Pirates vs Giants match player stats | 2026 Friday, May 8th

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Pirates @ Giants Matchup Details

Teams : Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants

Date : Todays Game is on Friday, May 8th
Time : 08/05/26 22:15:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Pittsburgh Pirates Game Today

Jung Hoo Lee is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in this matchup, which would be an upgrade from his 64% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this year.

,In Major League Baseball, Oracle Park’s right field fences are the 2nd-shallowest.

,The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 15-mph in this game, the most-favorable of the day for bats.

,Jung Hoo Lee will have the handedness advantage over Carmen Mlodzinski in today’s matchup.

,Home field advantage generally improves hitter metrics across the board, and Jung Hoo Lee will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,The Pittsburgh Pirates outfield defense profiles as the 3rd-worst among every team on the slate today.

,Jesus Rodriguez will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to improve all of his stats.

,Jesus Rodriguez’s batting average skill is projected to be in the 96th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Matt Chapman in the 88th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

,Matt Chapman is penciled in 4th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Matt Chapman will possess the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to boost all of his stats.

,When assessing his home run talent, Casey Schmitt ranks in the 76th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Casey Schmitt is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.

,Home field advantage typically bolsters batter metrics in all categories, and Casey Schmitt will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,Casey Schmitt has made significant gains with his Barrel%, upping his 9.1% rate last year to 17.2% this year.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bryce Eldridge in the 92nd percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

,Bryce Eldridge will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Carmen Mlodzinski today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willy Adames in the 91st percentile when estimating his home run ability.

,Extreme flyball bats like Willy Adames generally hit better against extreme groundball pitchers like Carmen Mlodzinski.

,Willy Adames will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to improve all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Willy Adames’s true offensive skill to be a .324, suggesting that he has been unlucky this year given the .078 discrepancy between that figure and his actual .246 wOBA.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Heliot Ramos in the 87th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability.

,Heliot Ramos has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this season (50% of the time), but he is projected to hit 1st in the batting order today.

,Heliot Ramos has a 92nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 2nd-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

,Heliot Ramos will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

,Pittsburgh’s 3rd-worst outfield defense on the slate today creates a favorable matchup for Willy Adames, who tends to hit a lot of flyballs.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s judgement, Carmen Mlodzinski’s overall pitching ability ranks in the 82nd percentile out of all starters in the league right now.

,Oracle Park ranks as the #30 ballpark in the league for walks, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Carmen Mlodzinski performed well in his previous game started and allowed 2 ER.

,When it comes to his home run talent, Rafael Devers ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Rafael Devers is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in this matchup.

,Rafael Devers will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Carmen Mlodzinski in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bryce Eldridge in the 91st percentile when assessing his home run skill.

,Home field advantage generally boosts batter stats in all categories, and Bryce Eldridge will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,In his last GS, Carmen Mlodzinski performed well and compiled 8 strikeouts.

,Carmen Mlodzinski’s change-up percentage has spiked by 16.6% from last year to this one (11.6% to 28.2%) .

,Carmen Mlodzinski has compiled a 26.6% Strikeout% this year, grading out in the 80th percentile.

,Matt Chapman’s launch angle lately (27.6° over the last week) is quite a bit higher than his 7.1° seasonal figure.

Negatives with the San Francisco Giants Game Today

As it relates to his home run ability, Jung Hoo Lee ranks in the 6th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,The #3 park in the league for suppressing home runs to LHB, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.

,Among all major league stadiums, the highest average fence height are at Oracle Park.

,This matchup is forecasted to have the 3rd-most suitable conditions for pitching among all the games scheduled today.

,Jung Hoo Lee has been cold of late, with his seasonal exit velocity of 88.3-mph dropping to 84.3-mph in the past week’s worth of games.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jesus Rodriguez in the 11th percentile when assessing his home run ability.

,Jesus Rodriguez is penciled in 8th in the batting order in this matchup.

,The #3 ballpark in the majors for suppressing home runs to right-handed hitters, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.

,Oracle Park’s altitude is near sea-level, one of the lowest in the majors, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to worse offense.

,Batting from the same side that Carmen Mlodzinski throws from, Matt Chapman will have a tough challenge today.

,Hitting from the same side that Carmen Mlodzinski throws from, Casey Schmitt will have a disadvantage today.

,Bryce Eldridge is penciled in 7th in the batting order in this matchup.

,Since the start of last season, Bryce Eldridge has been pinch hit for in 15% of his appearances when starting against right-handed starter.

,Willy Adames has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this season (73% of the time), but he is penciled in 6th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Carmen Mlodzinski will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Heliot Ramos in today’s matchup.

,Considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Carmen Mlodzinski is projected to throw 85 pitches today by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the 5th-least of all pitchers on the slate today.

,The San Francisco Giants have been the 2nd-unluckiest offense in the game this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to hit better in the future,Rafael Devers has been cold lately, with his seasonal exit velocity of 89.7-mph dropping to 86.8-mph over the past 14 days.

,Rafael Devers’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has fallen off from last year to this one, decreasing from 15.1% to 10.5%.

,Playing on the road typically diminishes pitcher stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Carmen Mlodzinski in today’s game.

,Out of all starting pitchers, Carmen Mlodzinski’s fastball spin rate of 2050 rpm is in the 4th percentile this year.

,Carmen Mlodzinski has had some very good luck with his strikeouts this year, notching a 10.59 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 8.42 — a 2.17 K/9 disparity.

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