Phillies vs Rays match player stats | 2025 Series Game 3 Thursday, May 8th

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Phillies vs Rays match player stats | 2025 Series Game 3 Thursday, May 8th

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Series Game 3 Matchup Details

Philadelphia Phillies at Tampa Bay Rays
Series Game 3
Todays Game is on Thursday, May 8th
08/05/25 19:05:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positive Match Player Stats for Phillies vs Rays Series Game 3 Matchup Today

When assessing his strikeout skill, the leading projection system (THE BAT) places Jesus Luzardo in the 92nd percentile among all SPs in Major League Baseball.

Jesus Luzardo has averaged 95.2 adjusted pitches per GS this year, grading out in the 87th percentile.

Jesus Luzardo was on point in his previous GS and compiled 11 strikeouts.

Jesus Luzardo’s slider rate has jumped by 7.2% from last season to this one (29.2% to 36.4%) .

Out of all SPs, Jesus Luzardo’s fastball velocity of 95.7 mph grades out in the 90th percentile this year.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s assessment, Jesus Luzardo’s overall pitching talent grades out in the 90th percentile among all starting pitchers in the league currently.

The 5th-deepest CF dimensions in Major League Baseball are found in George M. Steinbrenner Field.

Jesus Luzardo was firing on all cylinders in his last GS and conceded 2 ER.

The Tampa Bay Rays infield defense grades out as the 2nd-strongest among every team on the slate today.

In his previous GS, Ryan Pepiot was on point and conceded 1 ER.

Despite conventional wisdom, fastballs are generally a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Ryan Pepiot has utilized his off-speed and breaking balls 11.2% more often this year (60.6%) than he did last year (49.4%).

Ryan Pepiot’s 2390-rpm fastball spin rate this year grades out in the 78th percentile out of all starters.

Negative Match Player Stats with Phillies vs Rays Series Game 3

Hot weather is strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the hottest weather on the slate today at 83,°.

The #9 field in MLB for boosting home runs, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is George M. Steinbrenner Field.

George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest average fence height among all stadiums.

The Philadelphia Phillies infield defense grades out as the 13th-weakest among every team on the slate today.

With a 1.9 deviation between Jesus Luzardo’s 1.94 ERA and his 3.84 estimated true talent ERA (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the luckiest pitchers in baseball this year and ought to see worse results going forward.

Ryan Pepiot is an extreme flyball pitcher (38.2% FB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) and is stuck pitching in the #9 HR venue in the majors today.

Ryan Pepiot has had positive variance on his side thus far when it comes to his ERA this year; his 4.23 rate is considerably lower than his 5.26 FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching, an estimator of ERA that focuses on the things a pitcher has the most control over).

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