Orioles vs Royals match player stats | 2025 World Series Game 2 Saturday, April 5th

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Orioles vs Royals match player stats | 2025 World Series Game 2 Saturday, April 5th

BAL @ KC

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World Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Saturday, April 5th
05/04/25 16:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positive Match Player Stats for Orioles vs Royals Series Game 2 Matchup Today

According to the weather forecast, the temperature and humidity for this contest will be the 4th-most favorable for pitching on the slate.

The wind projects to be blowing in from LF at 18.2-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for hurlers.

It may come as a surprise, but fastballs are generally a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Michael Wacha must realize this, because he has utilized his secondary pitches a lot since the start of last season: 60.7% of the time, checking in at the 84th percentile.

Considering the 0.36 disparity between Michael Wacha’s 7.75 K/9 and his 8.11 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the unluckiest pitchers in baseball since the start of last season as it relates to strikeouts and should positively regress in future games.

Negative Match Player Stats with Orioles vs Royals Series Game 2

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Tomoyoki Sugano in the 3rd percentile when assessing his strikeout ability.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Kauffman Stadium as the 2nd-worst venue in MLB for strikeouts.

Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest altitude among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense.

In his last start, Tomoyoki Sugano struggled when it came to striking batters out and was only able to tally 1 Ks.

In his last start, Michael Wacha wasn’t on when it came to striking batters out and only managed to tally 2 Ks.

Among all starters, Michael Wacha’s fastball spin rate of 2132.9 rpm ranks in the 21st percentile since the start of last season.

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