Nationals vs Cubs match player stats | 2026 World Series Game 2 Saturday, March 28th

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Nationals @ Cubs Series Game 2 2025 WorldSeries Matchup Details

Teams : Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs
2025 WorldSeries Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, March 28th
Time : 28/03/26 14:20:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Washington Nationals World Series Game 2 Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Cade Horton in the 80th percentile when it comes to his overall pitching abilities.

The #9 ballpark in the majors for suppressing batting average, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Wrigley Field.

The 5th-deepest right field dimensions in MLB are found in Wrigley Field.

The league’s 7th-tallest fences can be found at Wrigley Field.

Less offense (and more strikeouts) are strongly connected with cold weather, and the weather report for this game calls for the lowest temperature of all games on the slate at 42°.

Miles Mikolas was rolling in his last outing and gave up 2 ER.

Negatives with the Chicago Cubs World Series Game 2 Game Today

Cade Horton has been given a shorter leash than the average pitcher since the start of last season, throwing 11.4 fewer adjusted pitches-per-game than the average starting pitcher.

The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10.5-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for hitters.

Despite conventional wisdom, fastballs are generally a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Cade Horton has utilized his fastball a lot since the start of last season, though: 55.6% of the time, placing in the 100th percentile.

Cade Horton has been lucky since the start of last season, compiling a 2.67 ERA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 4.10 — a 1.43 deviation.

Cade Horton has been one of the luckiest hurlers in the game on balls in play since the start of last season with a .258 BABIP and figures to see that luck normalize going forward.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s judgement, Miles Mikolas’s overall pitching ability ranks in the 19th percentile among all starters in MLB currently.

Miles Mikolas has been given a shorter leash than the average pitcher since the start of last season, throwing 8.6 fewer adjusted pitches-per-game than the average starting pitcher.

Out of all SPs, Miles Mikolas’s fastball spin rate of 2217 rpm ranks in the 18th percentile since the start of last season.

With a 5.10 FIP since the start of last season (Fielding Independent Pitching, an ERA estimator that focuses on the aspects of pitching most within the pitcher’s control), Miles Mikolas places in the 11th percentile.

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