Padres vs Dodgers match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, August 16th

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Padres vs Dodgers match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, August 16th

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Padres @ Dodgers Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Teams : San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers
Series : Series Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, August 16th
Time : 16/08/25 21:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the San Diego Padres Game Today

Blake Snell projects as the 11th-best starter in Major League Baseball right now when estimating his strikeout skill, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Compared to average, Blake Snell has been granted a longer leash than the average pitcher since the start of last season, recording an additional 3.4 adjusted pitches each game.

Brennan Miller grades out as a Pitchers Umpire and is anticipated to be umping in today’s game.

This contest is projected to have the 3rd-most suitable conditions for pitching among all the games scheduled today.

Due to his reverse platoon split, Blake Snell figures to be at an advantage being matched up with 6 batters in the projected offense of the opposite hand today.

Dylan Cease projects as the 8th-best starter in the league right now when it comes to his strikeout skill, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Throwing 94.3 adjusted pitches per outing this year on average, Dylan Cease ranks in the 91st percentile.

With 6 hitters of the same handedness in the opposing team’s projected lineup, Dylan Cease ought to benefit from having the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in today’s matchup.

Negatives with the Los Angeles Dodgers Game Today

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the team with the least strikeout-heavy lineup on the slate today is the San Diego Padres with a 18.1% underlying K%.

Will Smith, the Dodgers’s expected catcher in today’s game, projects as a weak pitch framer according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Dodger Stadium as the 8th-worst field in baseball for strikeouts.

Blake Snell didn’t have his best stuff when it came to striking batters out in his last game started and posted 2 Ks.

Blake Snell’s 94.7-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a sizeable 1.1-mph fall off from last year’s 95.8-mph mark.

Dylan Cease will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s game.

Dylan Cease has experienced some positive variance in regards to his strikeouts this year, compiling an 11.76 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 11.32 — a 0.44 K/9 difference.

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