Mets vs Nationals match player stats | 2025 Series Game 3 Thursday, August 21st

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Mets vs Nationals match player stats | 2025 Series Game 3 Thursday, August 21st

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Mets @ Nationals Series Game 3 Matchup Details

Teams : New York Mets at Washington Nationals
Series : Series Game 3
Date : Todays Game is on Thursday, August 21st
Time : 21/08/25 16:05:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the New York Mets Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects James Wood as the best hitter in the game when assessing his BABIP ability.

James Wood is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in today’s game.

As far as temperature and humidity go, the 5th-best hitting weather on the schedule is expected for this contest.

James Wood has a 98th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (40.1%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of the game’s 10th-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Out of all the teams in action today, the weakest infield defense is that of the the New York Mets.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brady House in the 94th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

Brady House will hold the platoon advantage over Sean Manaea today.

Brady House has an 86th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.1%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them out towards the league’s 10th-shallowest RF fences today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Dylan Crews in the 76th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill.

Dylan Crews will hold the platoon advantage against Sean Manaea in today’s matchup.

Dylan Crews has a 79th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.2%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 10th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

When estimating his overall offensive skill, Francisco Lindor ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Francisco Lindor is projected to bat 2nd on the lineup card in this game.

The switch-hitting Francisco Lindor will have the advantage of batting from from his strong side (0) today against MacKenzie Gore.

Francisco Lindor pulls a lot of his flyballs (36.1% — 92nd percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards MLB’s 10th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Pete Alonso as the league’s 12th-best home run hitter.

Pete Alonso is projected to bat 4th in the lineup in this game.

Hitting from the opposite that MacKenzie Gore throws from, Pete Alonso will have an edge today.

Pete Alonso projects as the 18th-best hitter in baseball, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Jeff McNeil pulls many of his flyballs (34.3% — 84th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league’s 10th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

When it comes to his strikeout ability, the leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Sean Manaea in the 79th percentile among all starters in the game.

Via the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the offense with the most strikeout-heavy lineup today is the Washington Nationals with a 25.8% underlying K%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Josh Bell in the 83rd percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.

Josh Bell is projected to bat 4th in the lineup in this matchup.

Josh Bell has an 80th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.3%) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 10th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

Riley Adams has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (90% of the time), but he is projected to hit 5th in the batting order in this game.

Riley Adams will hold the platoon advantage over Sean Manaea today.

Riley Adams has a 78th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.1%) and will have a big advantage hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 10th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

MacKenzie Gore projects as the 19th-best starting pitcher in baseball right now as it relates to his strikeout talent, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

MacKenzie Gore has averaged 96.7 adjusted pitches per start this year, checking in at the 97th percentile.

As a result of his large reverse platoon split, MacKenzie Gore should be in good shape matching up with 6 batters in the projected lineup who hit from the other side in this matchup.

Home field advantage typically improves pitcher stats in all categories, and MacKenzie Gore will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects CJ Abrams in the 77th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill.

CJ Abrams is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.

CJ Abrams pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (33.4% — 79th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 10th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Negatives with the Washington Nationals Game Today

The wind projects to be blowing in from CF at 12-mph in this match-up, the most-favorable of the day for mound aces.

Sean Manaea will have the handedness advantage against James Wood in today’s matchup.

Brady House is penciled in 8th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Dylan Crews is penciled in 6th in the batting order in today’s game.

Playing on the road typically lessens hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Francisco Lindor in today’s game.

Playing on the road generally lowers batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Pete Alonso today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jeff McNeil in the 15th percentile when assessing his home run skill.

Jeff McNeil is penciled in 7th on the lineup card today.

Batting from the same side that MacKenzie Gore throws from, Jeff McNeil will not have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Jeff McNeil will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jeff McNeil in the 16th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

Mike Muchlinski grades out as a Hitters Umpire and is expected to be in charge of the strike zone in today’s game.

With 7 hitters of opposing handedness in the opposing team’s projected batting order, Sean Manaea has a tough challenge while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in this outing.

Playing on the road generally weakens pitcher stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Sean Manaea in today’s matchup.

As a switch-hitter who bats worse from the 0 side of the dish, Josh Bell will be less advantaged while batting from his worse side against Sean Manaea in this game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Riley Adams in the 13th percentile as it relates to his batting average talent.

The New York Mets (21.3 K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) are projected to have the 3rd-least strikeout-prone team of hitters of all teams today.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Riley Adams (the Nationals’s expected catcher today) profiles as a weak pitch framer.

Sean Manaea will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against CJ Abrams in today’s matchup.

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