Rays vs Royals match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Wednesday, June 25th

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Rays vs Royals match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Wednesday, June 25th

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Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Wednesday, June 25th
25/06/25 19:40:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positive Match Player Stats for Rays vs Royals Series Game 2 Matchup Today

Considering the 1.04 difference between Michael Wacha’s 6.80 K/9 and his 7.84 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the least fortunate pitchers in baseball this year when it comes to strikeouts and ought to see better results going forward.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Michael Wacha in the 77th percentile when it comes to his overall pitching abilities.

Michael Wacha has averaged 17.2 outs per game per started this year, ranking in the 78th percentile.

Kauffman Stadium has the deepest right field dimensions in the league.

Michael Wacha is an extreme flyball pitcher (37% FB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) and has the benefit of pitching in the #30 HR venue in MLB today.

In his last start, Michael Wacha turned in a great performance and gave up 1 ER.

Out of all starting pitchers, Drew Rasmussen’s fastball velocity of 94.7 mph grades out in the 78th percentile this year.

Drew Rasmussen’s 2484-rpm fastball spin rate this year grades out in the 89th percentile out of all SPs.

Given the 0.86 gap between Drew Rasmussen’s 7.60 K/9 and his 8.46 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the least fortunate pitchers in the majors this year as it relates to strikeouts and figures to see positive regression the rest of the season.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Drew Rasmussen in the 94th percentile when assessing his overall pitching abilities.

Drew Rasmussen was rolling in his last outing and allowed 0 ER.

Negative Match Player Stats with Rays vs Royals Series Game 2

Kauffman Stadium sits at the 4th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to higher offensive output.

Hot weather is strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather report predicts the highest temperatures of all games on the slate today at 91°.

The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 13.6-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for hitters.

In his previous GS, Michael Wacha wasn’t on when it came to striking hitters out and was only able to post 2 Ks.

Michael Wacha’s 92.6-mph velocity on his fastball this year is a sizeable 1-mph decline from last season’s 93.6-mph figure.

Kauffman Stadium ranks as the #9 ballpark in baseball for batting average, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Compared to the average pitcher, Drew Rasmussen has been given a below-average leash this year, tallying an -12.1 fewer adjusted pitches each outing.

Drew Rasmussen’s high utilization rate of his fastball (58.3% this year) is likely dampening his results, since they are generally much less effective than breaking or off-speed pitches.

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