Pirates vs Padres match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, May 31st

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Pirates vs Padres match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, May 31st

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Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Saturday, May 31st
31/05/25 21:40:00 PM EST First Pitch

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Dylan Cease projects as the 12th-best starter in MLB currently as it relates to his strikeout skill, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Recording 92.7 adjusted pitches per GS this year on average, Dylan Cease ranks in the 79th percentile.

The #3 ballpark in baseball for boosting strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Petco Park.

Petco Park’s altitude is near sea-level, one of the lowest in the league, which tends to lead to less offense.

The wind projects to be blowing in from CF at 8.4-mph in this match-up, the 4th-best of the day for mound aces.

Bailey Falter has a large reverse platoon split and should be aided by facing 6 opposite-handed hitters in today’s game.

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It is expected that we will see a Hitters Umpire (Jansen Visconti) behind the plate today.

Given that groundball pitchers struggle the most against flyball hitters, Dylan Cease (36.6% GB% according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be a bit disadvantaged in today’s game with 2 FB hitters in Pittsburgh’s projected offense.

As it relates to his strikeout talent, the leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Bailey Falter in the 16th percentile among all starters in MLB.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bailey Falter to throw 85 pitches in this game (9th-least of all pitchers on the slate today), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the offense with the 2nd-least strikeout-prone lineup today is the San Diego Padres with a 19.8% underlying K%.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Henry Davis (the Pirates’s expected catcher in today’s matchup) projects as a weak pitch framer.

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