Phillies vs Royals match player stats | 2026 Saturday, July 4th

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Phillies @ Royals Matchup Details

Teams : Philadelphia Phillies at Kansas City Royals

Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, July 4th
Time : 04/07/26 20:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Philadelphia Phillies Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Michael Wacha in the 84th percentile as it relates to his overall pitching abilities.

,Michael Wacha has averaged 94.8 adjusted pitches per start this year, ranking in the 90th percentile.

,Kauffman Stadium has the deepest left field fences in the league.

,The Kansas City Royals infield defense profiles as the 2nd-strongest among every team today.

,Michael Wacha was on point in his previous outing and conceded 0 ER.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Jesus Luzardo as the 13th-best starting pitcher in the majors currently.

,Recording 97.1 adjusted pitches per GS this year on average, Jesus Luzardo ranks in the 97th percentile.

,Jesus Luzardo has gone to his four-seam fastball 8.7% less often this season (25.2%) than he did last season (33.9%).

,Out of all SPs, Jesus Luzardo’s fastball velocity of 96.5 mph is in the 90th percentile this year.

,When assessing his strikeout talent, Jesus Luzardo projects as the 14th-best starter in the majors currently, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Jesus Luzardo was in good form in his last outing and notched 7 strikeouts.

,In his previous GS, Michael Wacha turned in a great performance and posted 7 strikeouts.

Negatives with the Kansas City Royals Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Kauffman Stadium as the 3rd-best ballpark in Major League Baseball for walks.

,Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all major league stadiums, which tends to lead to more offense.

,Hot weather is strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast forecasts the 5th-hottest temperature of all games on the slate at 90°.

,Among all SPs, Michael Wacha’s fastball velocity of 92.4 mph grades out in the 17th percentile this year.

,Out of all starting pitchers, Michael Wacha’s fastball spin rate of 2167 rpm grades out in the 12th percentile this year.

,Jesus Luzardo gave up a monstrous 6 earned runs in his last GS.

,Kauffman Stadium grades out as the #26 field in MLB for strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

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