Orioles @ Angels Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Positives for the Baltimore Orioles Series Game 2 Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Colton Cowser in the 89th percentile when estimating his home run talent.

,Angel Stadium has the lowest fence height (on average) among all major league parks.

,Colton Cowser will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Ryan Johnson in today’s game.

,In the last 14 days, Colton Cowser’s maximum exit velocity (a good proxy for recent form and raw power) has been 111.8-mph, which qualifies as one of the hardest-hit balls in the majors.

,Over the past two weeks, Colton Cowser has posted a 25.6° launch angle, lifting the ball well and indicating strong home run potential.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Angel Stadium as the 2nd-worst field in Major League Baseball for batting average.

,Home field advantage generally bolsters pitcher stats in all categories, and Ryan Johnson will hold that advantage today.

,As it relates to his home run ability, Zach Neto ranks in the 89th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Zach Neto is projected to hit 1st in the lineup today.

,The Baltimore Orioles infield defense grades out as the 3rd-worst among every team today.

,Home field advantage generally improves batter stats in all categories, and Zach Neto will hold that advantage in today’s game.

,When assessing his home run talent, Jo Adell ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Jo Adell is penciled in 3rd in the lineup in this game.

,Home field advantage generally improves batter stats in all categories, and Jo Adell will hold that advantage today.

,Jo Adell has hit one of the hardest balls in the game over the past 14 days — 112-mph — which is a favorable proxy for recent form and raw power.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Pete Alonso ranks as the 17th-best batter in the majors.

,Pete Alonso is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in this game.

,Out of all the teams today, the 2nd-worst infield defense belongs to the Los Angeles Angels.

,Pete Alonso has been hot of late, compiling a a 13.3% Barrel% (an advanced stat to study power) over the last 14 days.

,When it comes to his BABIP skill, Blaze Alexander is projected as the 8th-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Blaze Alexander has been hot lately, posting a a 19% Barrel% (an advanced stat to evaluate power) in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

,In the past 14 days, Blaze Alexander has averaged an impressive 101.8-mph exit velocity on his flyballs, an advanced proxy for home run potential.

,Over the last 14 days, Blaze Alexander’s swing has been well optimized for base hits, notching a 71.4% of balls hit with a launch angle in the optimal range of -4° to 26°.

,Nolan Schanuel is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup in this game.

,Batting from the opposite that Shane Baz throws from, Nolan Schanuel will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

,Home field advantage generally improves batter stats in all categories, and Nolan Schanuel will hold that advantage in today’s game.

,When it comes to his overall offensive ability, Jo Adell ranks in the 85th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Leody Taveras is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 91% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this year.

,In the past week’s worth of games, Leody Taveras has averaged an impressive 103.3-mph exit velocity on his flyballs, an advanced indicator of home run potential.

,Leody Taveras has been lifting the ball well lately, posting a 35.5° launch angle over the last week.

,When assessing his overall offensive talent, Gunnar Henderson ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Gunnar Henderson is projected to bat 2nd in the batting order in today’s game.

,Gunnar Henderson will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Ryan Johnson in today’s matchup.

,When assessing his home run ability, Samuel Basallo ranks in the 85th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Samuel Basallo is projected to bat 4th on the lineup card in this game.

,Batting from the opposite that Ryan Johnson throws from, Samuel Basallo will have an advantage today.

,When estimating his home run skill, Logan O’Hoppe ranks in the 84th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Home field advantage generally improves batter metrics in all categories, and Logan O’Hoppe will hold that advantage in today’s game.

,Logan O’Hoppe has been hot of late, putting up a a 15.4% Barrel% (an advanced standard to evaluate power) in the past week.

,Jackson Holliday’s BABIP skill is projected in the 86th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Batting from the opposite that Ryan Johnson throws from, Jackson Holliday will have an edge today.

,Jackson Holliday has been hot lately, posting a a 23.8% Barrel% (a reliable stat to measure power) in the last two weeks’ worth of games.

,Jackson Holliday has been hot of late, posting a 95.8-mph average exit velocity in the past week.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jose Siri in the 94th percentile when it comes to his home run ability.

,Home field advantage generally bolsters batter stats in all categories, and Jose Siri will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,Jose Siri’s speed has gotten better this year. His 28.46 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last year sits at 29.57 ft/sec now.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Taylor Ward in the 94th percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

,Taylor Ward is projected to hit 1st in the lineup in this matchup.

,Taylor Ward has been hot lately, notching a 92.6-mph average exit velocity in the last two weeks.

,Taylor Ward has been lifting the ball well lately, compiling a 20.3° launch angle over the past two weeks.

,Gunnar Henderson has been hot of late, posting a 96-mph average exit velocity in the past week’s worth of games.

,Nolan Schanuel’s batting average talent is projected to be in the 88th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Samuel Basallo, the Orioles’s expected catcher in today’s game, profiles as a weak pitch framer according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Playing on the road typically diminishes pitcher stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Shane Baz today.

,The 9.6% Barrel% of the Los Angeles Angels grades them out as the #4 group of hitters in Major League Baseball this year by this metric.

,Wade Meckler is projected to hit 5th in the lineup today.

,Hitting from the opposite that Shane Baz throws from, Wade Meckler will have an advantage in today’s game.

,Home field advantage generally improves hitter stats in all categories, and Wade Meckler will hold that advantage in today’s game.

,Donovan Walton will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Shane Baz in today’s matchup.

,Donovan Walton will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which ought to boost all of his stats.

,Donovan Walton has been optimizing his launch angle on his hardest hit balls quite well recently, putting up a 17.7° angle on such balls in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

,Logan O’Hoppe has been hot in recent games, compiling a 91.4-mph average exit velocity over the last two weeks.

,Pete Alonso has displayed some good exit velocity indicators recently, averaging 104.3-mph on his flyballs in the last week’s worth of games.

,Zach Neto has been hot recently, posting a a 20% Barrel% (a reliable standard to assess power) over the past two weeks.

,Denzer Guzman will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to improve all of his stats.

,Denzer Guzman has hit one of the hardest balls in MLB over the past week — 107.7-mph — which is a good measure of recent form and raw power.

,As it relates to his home run ability, Coby Mayo ranks in the 92nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Coby Mayo has been hot in recent games, posting a a 13.3% Barrel% (a reliable metric to assess power) in the last two weeks.

,Coby Mayo has shown some good exit velocity metrics in recent games, averaging 101.6-mph on his flyballs over the last 14 days.

,Samuel Basallo has been hot recently, notching a a 15% Barrel% (a reliable standard to assess power) over the last 14 days.

,Grading out in the 93rd percentile, Samuel Basallo has hit 46.8% of his balls in the air this year with a velocity of at least 100 mph.

,Shane Baz has been given an above-average leash this year, recording 6.9 more adjusted pitches-per-game than the average starting pitcher.

,The Los Angeles Angels have 5 hitters in their projected lineup today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (via the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Jose Siri, Logan O’Hoppe, Jorge Soler, Zach Neto, Denzer Guzman).

,Angel Stadium profiles as the #4 stadium in baseball for strikeouts, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,When it comes to his home run ability, Jorge Soler ranks in the 91st percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Jorge Soler is projected to bat 4th on the lineup card today.

,Jorge Soler will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should boost all of his stats.

,Jose Siri has been hot recently, compiling a a 33.3% Barrel% (an advanced standard to measure power) over the last week.

,Jose Siri has displayed some good exit velocity indicators recently, averaging 106.1-mph on his flyballs in the last 7 days.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jackson Holliday in the 79th percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Colton Cowser in the 79th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

,Ranking in the 82nd percentile for power, Coby Mayo has paced 27.6 home runs per 600 plate appearances this year.

,Logan O’Hoppe has been zeroed in on the ideal launch angle for base hits recently, angling balls between -4° and 26° 69.2% of the time over the past 7 days.

,Donovan Walton has had a particularly strong THE BAT X Spray Score over the past 7 days, which measures a batter’s skill in hitting the ball to all fields.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Wade Meckler in the 96th percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jose Siri in the 83rd percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Zach Neto in the 86th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill.

,Blaze Alexander has been zeroed in on the ideal launch angle for home runs of late, striking balls between 23° and 34° 23.8% of the time in the past two weeks.

,Utilizing Statcast metrics, Jorge Soler grades out in the 77th percentile for power according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season at 26.300.

Negatives with the Los Angeles Angels Series Game 2 Game Today

Colton Cowser is projected to bat 6th in the batting order in this game.

,Colton Cowser has an 82nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.1%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the league’s 11th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

,Colton Cowser will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s game.

,In the past 7 days, Colton Cowser has failed to produce much power, posting a mere a 0% Barrel% (a reliable standard to measure power).

,Taking into account both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Ryan Johnson is projected to throw 77 pitches in today’s game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the 4th-least of all pitchers today.

,The Baltimore Orioles projected lineup grades out as the 4th-strongest of the day in terms of overall hitting ability.

,It may be best to expect better numbers for the Baltimore Orioles offense in future games, considering that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) views them as the 4th-unluckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year.

,Projected catcher Logan O’Hoppe projects as a weak pitch framer, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Angel Stadium as the 3rd-worst ballpark in MLB for run-scoring.

,Shane Baz will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Zach Neto in today’s matchup.

,Zach Neto pulls many of his flyballs (39.1% — 95th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards baseball’s 11th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

,Shane Baz will hold the platoon advantage against Jo Adell in today’s game.

,Ryan Johnson will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Pete Alonso in today’s matchup.

,Playing on the road generally lowers hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Pete Alonso in today’s game.

,Blaze Alexander is projected to hit 9th in the lineup in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Angel Stadium as the 4th-worst stadium in baseball for right-handed batting average.

,Hitting from the same side that Ryan Johnson throws from, Blaze Alexander will have a disadvantage in today’s game.

,Blaze Alexander will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nolan Schanuel in the 6th percentile when it comes to his home run ability.

,In the past two weeks’ worth of games, Nolan Schanuel has recorded a mere a 0% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

,Nolan Schanuel has not been honed in on the ideal launch angle for home runs lately, hitting balls between 23° and 34° just 0% of the time in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

,Nolan Schanuel has averaged 11.6 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season, checking in at the 19th percentile for power according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Placing in the 10th percentile for power, Blaze Alexander has averaged 6.1 homers per 600 plate appearances this year.

,Leody Taveras has an 84th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.5%) but may find it hard to clear the league’s 11th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

,Leody Taveras will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

,Leody Taveras has been cold recently, compiling a 0% Barrel% (a reliable metric to evaluate power) over the past week.

,Ranking in the 7th percentile for power, Leody Taveras has paced 4.5 HRs per 600 plate appearances this year.

,Gunnar Henderson will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s matchup.

,In the last two weeks, Gunnar Henderson has recorded a mere a 3.1% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

,Playing on the road typically weakens hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Samuel Basallo today.

,In the past 14 days, Samuel Basallo’s swing has not been well optimized for base hits, hitting a mere 20% of his balls with a launch angle in the optimal range of -4° to 26°.

,Based on Statcast metrics, Samuel Basallo is in the 18th percentile per the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .194.

,Logan O’Hoppe is projected to bat 8th in the batting order in this matchup.

,Hitting from the same side that Shane Baz throws from, Logan O’Hoppe faces a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

,When it comes to power, Logan O’Hoppe is ranked in the 20th percentile, having hit 9.2 homers per 600 plate appearances this year.

,Jackson Holliday is projected to hit 8th in the batting order in this matchup.

,The #4 stadium in baseball for suppressing batting average to LHB, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Angel Stadium.

,Jackson Holliday has an 84th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.5%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 11th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

,Jackson Holliday will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

,Jackson Holliday has not been honed in on the ideal launch angle for home runs recently, angling balls between 23° and 34° just 0% of the time in the last 7 days.

,Jose Siri is projected to bat 9th in the batting order in today’s game.

,When starting against a right-handed pitcher since the start of last season, Jose Siri has been pulled from the game early 12% of the time.

,Batting from the same side that Shane Baz throws from, Jose Siri will have a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

,Jose Siri pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (34.2% — 78th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards MLB’s 11th-deepest LF fences today.

,Batting from the same side that Ryan Johnson throws from, Taylor Ward meets a tough challenge today.

,Playing on the road generally weakens batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Taylor Ward today.

,Placing in the 9th percentile, Nolan Schanuel has hit 17.1% of his balls in the air this year with a velocity of at least 100 mph.

,The 5th-weakest projected batting order of all teams today in terms of overall offensive skill is that of the Los Angeles Angels.

,The Los Angeles Angels have been the 7th-luckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to negatively regress going forward,Shane Baz has used his curveball 6.4% more often this season (33.3%) than he did last season (26.9%).

,Out of all SPs, Shane Baz’s fastball velocity of 95.5 mph grades out in the 79th percentile this year.

,When estimating his home run skill, Wade Meckler ranks in the 4th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,This year, Wade Meckler has been pulled from the game early in 23% of his appearances when starting against right-handed starter.

,Over the past two weeks, Wade Meckler has recorded a mere a 0% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

,Wade Meckler has been cold lately, posting a 83.1-mph average exit velocity over the past two weeks.

,Wade Meckler has not been honed in on the ideal launch angle for home runs recently, striking balls between 23° and 34° just 0% of the time in the past 7 days.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Donovan Walton in the 16th percentile when estimating his home run ability.

,Donovan Walton is penciled in 7th in the batting order today.

,When starting against a righty hurler this year, Donovan Walton has been lifted for a pinch-hitter 12% of the time.

,Donovan Walton has performed at a clip of 0.0 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season, checking in at the 0th percentile for power according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Over the past two weeks, Gunnar Henderson has not been doing well in optimizing the launch angle on his hardest hit balls to generate power, managing a mere a 6.5° angle.

,When it comes to his overall offensive ability, Denzer Guzman ranks in the 25th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Denzer Guzman is projected to bat 6th on the lineup card today.

,Shane Baz will hold the platoon advantage against Denzer Guzman in today’s game.

,Over the last 14 days, Denzer Guzman has recorded a mere a 0% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

,In the past 14 days, Denzer Guzman has not been doing well in optimizing the launch angle on his hardest hit balls to generate power, managing a mere a 1.4° angle.

,Coby Mayo is projected to bat 7th on the lineup card in today’s game.

,Batting from the same side that Ryan Johnson throws from, Coby Mayo will be at a disadvantage today.

,Today, Coby Mayo is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 11th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 40.3% rate (97th percentile).

,Playing on the road typically diminishes batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Coby Mayo today.

,Placing in the 19th percentile, Shane Baz recorded an 8.8% Swinging Strike% this year.

,Batting from the same side that Shane Baz throws from, Jorge Soler will have a tough matchup today.

,Jorge Soler pulls many of his flyballs (36.4% — 89th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the league’s 11th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

,Jorge Soler’s quickness has declined this year. His 26.03 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last season sits at 25.55 ft/sec now.

,Jorge Soler has posted a .199 Expected Batting Average since the start of last season, placing in the 3rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Power-wise, Taylor Ward grades out in the 7th percentile, having averaged 4.7 home runs per 600 plate appearances this year.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Donovan Walton in the 8th percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

,Donovan Walton is quite slow, placing in the 25th percentile in Sprint Speed at 26.33 ft/sec this year.

,Taylor Ward has hit 22.5% of his balls in the air 100+ mph this year, checking in at the 25th percentile.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jorge Soler in the 19th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

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