Pirates vs Guardians match player stats | 2026 Saturday, July 18th

|

PIT @ CLE

Pittsburgh Pirates at Cleveland Guardians Pirates vs GuardiansPirates vs GuardiansPirates vs GuardiansPirates vs GuardiansPirates vs GuardiansPirates vs Guardians

Pirates @ Guardians Matchup Details

Teams : Pittsburgh Pirates at Cleveland Guardians

Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, July 18th
Time : 18/07/26 13:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Pittsburgh Pirates Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brandon Lowe in the 90th percentile when estimating his home run ability.

,Brandon Lowe is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order today.

,The weather forecast expects the 5th-most suitable hitting weather of all games on the slate, as it relates to temperature and humidity.

,Hitting from the opposite that Gavin Williams throws from, Brandon Lowe will have an advantage in today’s game.

,Brandon Lowe has a good chance to have an advantage against every reliever for the game’s entirety, since the bullpen of the Cleveland Guardians has just 1 same-handed RP.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Esmerlyn Valdez in the 90th percentile when assessing his home run skill.

,Esmerlyn Valdez has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (52% of the time), but he is penciled in 4th in the batting order today.

,Esmerlyn Valdez has an 82nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.1%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them in the direction of the league’s 6th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ryan O’Hearn in the 84th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive talent.

,Ryan O’Hearn is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in today’s game.

,Ryan O’Hearn will hold the platoon advantage against Gavin Williams in today’s game.

,Ryan O’Hearn has a good chance to have an advantage against every reliever for the duration of the game, since the bullpen of the Cleveland Guardians only has 1 same-handed RP.

,As it relates to his overall offensive talent, Brandon Lowe ranks in the 84th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bryan Reynolds in the 97th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability.

,Bryan Reynolds is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in this game.

,The switch-hitting Bryan Reynolds will have the advantage of batting from from his good side (0) today against Gavin Williams.

,Bryan Reynolds has a 79th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.8%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them out towards the league’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ryan O’Hearn in the 88th percentile when estimating his batting average talent.

,When estimating his overall offensive talent, Esmerlyn Valdez ranks in the 77th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s evaluation, Gavin Williams’s overall pitching ability ranks in the 87th percentile out of all starters in the majors right now.

,Gavin Williams has been granted an above-average leash this year, recording 5.0 more adjusted pitches-per-game than the average starting pitcher.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the projected batting order for the Pittsburgh Pirates in this game holds an estimated true talent wOBA of .313, which is quite a bit lower than their actual wOBA of .333 this year.

,Patrick Bailey, the Guardians’s expected catcher in today’s matchup, projects as an elite pitch framer according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Gavin Williams will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which should improve all of his stats in all categories.

,As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Bryan Reynolds ranks in the 90th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jake Mangum in the 97th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

,Jake Mangum has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (79% of the time), but he is projected to hit 1st in the lineup today.

,Jake Mangum has a 98th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (38.8%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

,When estimating his strikeout ability, the leading projection system (THE BAT) places Gavin Williams in the 94th percentile among all starting pitchers in the majors.

,The Pittsburgh Pirates have 3 batters in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Esmerlyn Valdez, Tyler Callihan, Rafael Flores).

,Nick Gonzales has a 93rd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them out towards the league’s 6th-shallowest RF fences today.

Negatives with the Cleveland Guardians Game Today

Playing on the road generally lowers hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Brandon Lowe in today’s game.

,Hitting from the same side that Gavin Williams throws from, Esmerlyn Valdez will be in a tough position in today’s matchup.

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

,Ryan O’Hearn will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s matchup.

,Playing on the road generally diminishes batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Bryan Reynolds today.

,As a switch-hitter who performs worse from the 0 side of the plate, Jake Mangum will be at a disadvantage batting from his worse side against Gavin Williams in today’s game.

,Playing on the road typically lowers hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Jake Mangum in today’s game.

,When it comes to his home run ability, Nick Gonzales ranks in the 10th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Nick Gonzales is penciled in 6th in the lineup in today’s game, which would be a downgrade from his 66% rate of hitting in the top-half of the lineup this year.

,Batting from the same side that Gavin Williams throws from, Nick Gonzales has a tough challenge in today’s game.

,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 Nick Gonzales today.

Latest Cleveland Guardians Matches

Latest Pittsburgh Pirates Matches