Phillies vs Royals match player stats | 2026 Series Game 3 Monday, July 6th

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Phillies @ Royals Series Game 3 Matchup Details

Teams : Philadelphia Phillies at Kansas City Royals
Series Game 3
Date : Todays Game is on Monday, July 6th
Time : 06/07/26 14:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Philadelphia Phillies Series Game 3 Game Today

Alan Porter profiles as a Hitters Umpire and is likely to be calling pitches in today’s game.

,The weather forecast calls for temperatures in this game to reach the highest level on the slate at 85°, which is highly linked to an increase in offense (and a reduction in strikeouts).

,The Kansas City Royals have 6 batters in the projected offense that will have the handedness advantage over Cristopher Sanchez today.

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

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Trea Turner as the 18th-best batter in the league when assessing his BABIP ability.

,Trea Turner is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in this matchup.

,Hitting from the opposite that Noah Cameron throws from, Trea Turner will have an advantage in today’s game.

,As it relates to his home run skill, Carter Jensen ranks in the 78th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Carter Jensen is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in this matchup.

,Carter Jensen will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to boost all of his stats.

,Extreme flyball bats like Michael Massey are generally more successful against extreme groundball pitchers like Cristopher Sanchez.

,Home field advantage typically improves hitter metrics across the board, and Michael Massey will hold that advantage in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Trea Turner in the 84th percentile when assessing his overall offensive skill.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brandon Marsh as the 4th-best hitter in MLB as it relates to his BABIP ability.

,Brandon Marsh is projected to hit 5th in the lineup in this matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alec Bohm in the 95th percentile when it comes to his batting average ability.

,Alec Bohm is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this matchup.

,Alec Bohm will hold the platoon advantage against Noah Cameron in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bryson Stott in the 81st percentile when assessing his batting average talent.

,As it relates to his home run talent, Jac Caglianone ranks in the 88th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Jac Caglianone has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (57% of the time), but he is projected to bat 4th in the lineup in this game.

,Home field advantage generally improves batter stats across the board, and Jac Caglianone will hold that advantage in today’s game.

,Kyle Schwarber projects as the 3rd-best home run hitter in Major League Baseball, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Kyle Schwarber is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card today.

,Kyle Schwarber is an extreme flyball batter and faces the weak outfield defense of Kansas City (#1-worst of all teams on the slate).

,Lane Thomas is penciled in 3rd in the batting order in this game.

,Lane Thomas will hold the platoon advantage over Cristopher Sanchez in today’s matchup.

,Lane Thomas will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which should boost all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects J.T. Realmuto in the 87th percentile when it comes to his batting average skill.

,J.T. Realmuto will hold the platoon advantage over Noah Cameron today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Edmundo Sosa in the 79th percentile when assessing his batting average ability.

,Edmundo Sosa will have the handedness advantage over Noah Cameron today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Starling Marte in the 90th percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.

,Hitting from the opposite that Cristopher Sanchez throws from, Starling Marte will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

,Starling Marte will hold the home field advantage today, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bobby Witt Jr. as the 2nd-best batter in the majors as it relates to his batting average talent.

,Bobby Witt Jr. is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.

,Bobby Witt Jr. will hold the platoon advantage over Cristopher Sanchez in today’s game.

,Extreme flyball hitters like Bobby Witt Jr. are generally more successful against extreme groundball pitchers like Cristopher Sanchez.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Derek Hill in the 96th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

,Batting from the opposite that Noah Cameron throws from, Derek Hill will have the upper hand today.

,Bobby Witt Jr. projects as the 5th-best hitter in the league, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Bryce Harper ranks as the 10th-best hitter in baseball.

,Bryce Harper is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jac Caglianone in the 78th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill.

,Nick Loftin has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this season (79% of the time), but he is penciled in 5th in the lineup in today’s game.

,Nick Loftin will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cristopher Sanchez today.

,Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter metrics in all categories, and Nick Loftin will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Kyle Schwarber ranks as the 14th-best hitter in the game.

,Throwing 94.7 adjusted pitches per start this year on average, Cristopher Sanchez checks in at the 90th percentile.

,When it comes to his strikeout ability, the leading projection system (THE BAT) places Cristopher Sanchez in the 94th percentile among all starters in baseball.

,The Kansas City Royals (23.1% K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) project to have the 4th-most strikeout-prone team of batters on the slate today.

Negatives with the Kansas City Royals Series Game 3 Game Today

Cristopher Sanchez projects as the 3rd-best pitcher in the league right now, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,The Kansas City Royals projected batting order projects as the 3rd-worst of all teams on the slate today in terms of overall hitting skill.

,Among every team playing today, the 2nd-best infield defense is that of the Philadelphia Phillies.

,Trea Turner hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.1% — 78th percentile) but may find it hard to clear baseball’s 4th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

,Among all the teams on the slate today, the strongest infield defense belongs to the Kansas City Royals.

,Playing on the road generally lowers batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Trea Turner in today’s matchup.

,Cristopher Sanchez will hold the platoon advantage over Carter Jensen in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Massey in the 9th percentile as it relates to his BABIP skill.

,Michael Massey is projected to bat 8th on the lineup card in this game.

,Cristopher Sanchez will have the handedness advantage against Michael Massey today.

,Michael Massey pulls many of his flyballs (38% — 94th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the game’s deepest RF fences today.

,Noah Cameron will have the handedness advantage over Brandon Marsh today.

,Brandon Marsh has a 75th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.1%) but may find it hard to clear MLB’s deepest LF fences today.

,Playing on the road typically weakens hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Brandon Marsh today.

,Alec Bohm has a 98th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (39.8%) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards MLB’s deepest RF fences today.

,Alec Bohm will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

,Bryson Stott is projected to hit 8th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Batting from the same side that Noah Cameron throws from, Bryson Stott will have a tough challenge in today’s game.

,Bryson Stott hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (38.6% — 88th percentile) and will be challenged by the game’s 4th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

,Bryson Stott will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

,Cristopher Sanchez will hold the platoon advantage over Jac Caglianone today.

,Jac Caglianone hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.8% — 90th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 4th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

,Hitting from the same side that Noah Cameron throws from, Kyle Schwarber faces a tough challenge today.

,Kyle Schwarber pulls many of his flyballs (43.9% — 100th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the game’s deepest RF fences in today’s game.

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

,Today, Lane Thomas is at a disadvantage facing the league’s deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 35.6% rate (84th percentile).

,J.T. Realmuto is projected to bat 7th on the lineup card today.

,J.T. Realmuto has a 90th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.4%) and will be challenged by MLB’s deepest RF fences in today’s game.

,J.T. Realmuto will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s game.

,Edmundo Sosa is projected to bat 9th on the lineup card in today’s game.

,Edmundo Sosa hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.9% — 91st percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards baseball’s 4th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

,Playing on the road typically lowers batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Edmundo Sosa in today’s game.

,Starling Marte is projected to bat 6th on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Starling Marte has an 89th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.3%) and will be challenged by baseball’s deepest RF fences today.

,Typically, hitters like Starling Marte who hit a lot of groundballs are generally less successful when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of groundballs such as Cristopher Sanchez.

,In today’s matchup, Bobby Witt Jr. is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 4th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 38.8% rate (90th percentile).

,Derek Hill is projected to bat 6th on the lineup card today.

,Derek Hill hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (38.2% — 81st percentile) and will have to hit them out towards baseball’s 4th-deepest CF fences today.

,Playing on the road generally lowers batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Derek Hill in today’s matchup.

,Batting from the same side that Noah Cameron throws from, Bryce Harper will be at a disadvantage in today’s matchup.

,Bryce Harper has a 79th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.5%) but may find it hard to clear the game’s deepest LF fences today.

,Bryce Harper will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nick Loftin in the 18th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

,Nick Loftin pulls a lot of his flyballs (35.4% — 83rd percentile) but may find it hard to clear the league’s deepest LF fences today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nick Loftin in the 22nd percentile as it relates to his home run skill.

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