Rays vs Yankees match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, May 3rd

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Rays vs Yankees match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, May 3rd

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Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Saturday, May 3rd
03/05/25 13:05:00 PM EST First Pitch

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

The #3 stadium in MLB for boosting home runs, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Yankee Stadium.

In the majors, Yankee Stadium has the 7th-lowest average fence height.

As far as temperature and humidity are concerned, the 4th-most suitable hitting weather on the schedule is expected for this contest.

The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 15.5-mph in this contest, the 3rd-best of the day for batters.

Zack Littell is an extreme flyball pitcher (37.5% FB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) and is stuck pitching in the #3 HR venue among all parks today.

Built just 11 feet above sea level, Yankee Stadium has one of the lowest altitudes among all stadiums, which generally leads to worse offense.

In his last GS, Zack Littell was in good form and notched 7 strikeouts.

Zack Littell has suffered from bad luck when it comes to his strikeouts this year, putting up a 5.82 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 7.19 — a 1.36 K/9 disparity.

Out of all the teams playing today, the 2nd-worst outfield defense belongs to the New York Yankees.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Clarke Schmidt in the 80th percentile when estimating his strikeout talent.

Clarke Schmidt has put up a 12.4% Swinging Strike rate since the start of last season, placing in the 78th percentile.

Clarke Schmidt has recorded a 25.9% Strikeout% since the start of last season, checking in at the 84th percentile.

Negative Match Player Stats with Rays vs Yankees Series Game 2

In MLB, Yankee Stadium’s centerfield fences are the 6th-deepest.

Zack Littell was firing on all cylinders in his last GS and gave up 1 ER.

Zack Littell’s fastball spin rate over his last 3 outings (2094 rpm) has been a significant increase over than his seasonal rate (1974 rpm).

Zack Littell’s high utilization rate of his secondary pitches (65.2% this year) should work in his favor since they are typically much more effective than fastballs.

Considering the 0.52 disparity between Zack Littell’s 5.03 ERA and his 4.51 estimated true talent ERA (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the least fortunate pitchers in the league this year and should perform better in future games.

When estimating his strikeout ability, the leading projection system (THE BAT) places Zack Littell in the 25th percentile among all starting pitchers in Major League Baseball.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Yankee Stadium as the 9th-worst field in the game for strikeouts.

Zack Littell’s 2015.8-rpm fastball spin rate since the start of last season ranks in the 9th percentile out of all starters.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s judgement, Clarke Schmidt’s overall pitching skill ranks in the 79th percentile out of all starters in the majors currently.

Contrary to popular belief, fastballs are generally a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Clarke Schmidt has utilized his off-speed and breaking balls 11% more often this season (90.1%) than he did last season (79.1%).

Clarke Schmidt struggled when it came to striking hitters out in his last outing and accumulated 2 Ks.

Considering the 0.65 disparity between Clarke Schmidt’s 9.72 K/9 and his 9.07 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the luckiest pitchers in baseball since the start of last season as it relates to strikeouts and should see negative regression going forward.

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