Red Sox vs Reds match player stats | 2026 World Series Game 3 Sunday, March 29th

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Red Sox @ Reds Series Game 3 2025 WorldSeries Matchup Details

Teams : Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds
2025 WorldSeries Game 3
Date : Todays Game is on Sunday, March 29th
Time : 29/03/26 13:40:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Boston Red Sox World Series Game 3 Game Today

Sal Stewart’s batting average talent is projected to be in the 95th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Sal Stewart is projected to hit 4th in the batting order in this game.

Sal Stewart will hold the platoon advantage against Connelly Early in today’s game.

Sal Stewart pulls a lot of his flyballs (34.6% — 80th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league’s 7th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Sal Stewart will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jarren Duran in the 93rd percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

Jarren Duran is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card in this game.

Hitting from the opposite that Rhett Lowder throws from, Jarren Duran will have the upper hand today.

Jarren Duran has a 94th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.8%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards the game’s 7th-shallowest LF fences today.

With 8 hitters who bat from the opposite side in the opposing team’s projected offense, Connelly Early will be in a tough position while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in this matchup.

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

TJ Friedl is projected to bat 1st on the lineup card today.

TJ Friedl pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (38.8% — 96th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league’s 7th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

TJ Friedl will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Roman Anthony as the 7th-best batter in baseball when estimating his BABIP ability.

Roman Anthony is penciled in 1st in the lineup today.

Batting from the opposite that Rhett Lowder throws from, Roman Anthony will have an edge in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Stephenson in the 85th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

Hitting from the opposite that Connelly Early throws from, Tyler Stephenson will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Tyler Stephenson has an 81st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.2%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them out towards MLB’s 7th-shallowest RF fences today.

Home field advantage generally bolsters batter metrics in all categories, and Tyler Stephenson will hold that advantage in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Connelly Early in the 91st percentile when it comes to his strikeout talent.

The Cincinnati Reds have 3 bats in their projected lineup today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Elly De La Cruz, Matt McLain, Eugenio Suarez).

Hitting from the opposite that Connelly Early throws from, Ke’Bryan Hayes will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Ke’Bryan Hayes has a 99th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (40.5%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them in the direction of the league’s 7th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Ke’Bryan Hayes will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

When assessing his BABIP skill, Elly De La Cruz is projected as the 3rd-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Elly De La Cruz is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card today.

Elly De La Cruz has a 90th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.6%) and will have a big advantage hitting them out towards MLB’s 7th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

Home field advantage typically improves batter metrics across the board, and Elly De La Cruz will hold that advantage today.

When estimating his overall offensive ability, Willson Contreras ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Willson Contreras is projected to bat 4th on the lineup card in today’s game.

As it relates to his home run skill, Wilyer Abreu ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Wilyer Abreu has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (100% of the time), but he is projected to bat 5th in the batting order in this game.

Batting from the opposite that Rhett Lowder throws from, Wilyer Abreu will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Wilyer Abreu pulls many of his flyballs (35.9% — 87th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the game’s 7th-shallowest RF fences today.

Cincinnati’s 2nd-worst outfield defense of the day creates a favorable matchup for Wilyer Abreu, who tends to hit a lot of flyballs.

When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Sal Stewart ranks in the 90th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Marcelo Mayer’s BABIP skill is projected in the 76th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Batting from the opposite that Rhett Lowder throws from, Marcelo Mayer will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Matt McLain in the 85th percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

Matt McLain is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order today.

Matt McLain will hold the platoon advantage against Connelly Early today.

Home field advantage generally bolsters batter metrics in all categories, and Matt McLain will hold that advantage today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Eugenio Suarez as the game’s 14th-best home run batter.

Eugenio Suarez is penciled in 5th in the batting order in today’s game.

Eugenio Suarez will have the handedness advantage over Connelly Early today.

Eugenio Suarez pulls a lot of his flyballs (39.4% — 97th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s 7th-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage typically boosts batter metrics across the board, and Eugenio Suarez will hold that advantage in today’s game.

As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Elly De La Cruz ranks in the 82nd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Trevor Story in the 81st percentile when it comes to his home run talent.

Trevor Story is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.

Trevor Story has an 84th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.6%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of the league’s 7th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

Carlos Narvaez has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.2%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 7th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

Spencer Steer will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Connelly Early in today’s matchup.

Spencer Steer pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (37.2% — 92nd percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB’s 7th-shallowest LF fences today.

Spencer Steer will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to improve all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Eugenio Suarez in the 84th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive talent.

When assessing his overall offensive skill, Wilyer Abreu ranks in the 86th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Trevor Story in the 81st percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jarren Duran in the 89th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Stephenson in the 77th percentile when assessing his home run talent.

Negatives with the Cincinnati Reds World Series Game 3 Game Today

Low humidity has a small but significant correlation with less offense (and more strikeouts), and the weather forecast expects the 4th-lowest humidity of the day at 30%.

Among all the teams playing today, the best infield defense is that of the Boston Red Sox.

The Cincinnati Reds infield defense profiles as the strongest among all the teams playing today.

Playing on the road typically diminishes batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Jarren Duran in today’s matchup.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s judgement, Connelly Early’s overall pitching talent is in the 93rd percentile among all starting pitchers in MLB currently.

It is scheduled that we will see a Pitchers Umpire (Adam Beck) in charge of the strike zone in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects TJ Friedl in the 10th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

Connelly Early will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against TJ Friedl today.

In today’s matchup, Roman Anthony is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 11th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 38.5% rate (88th percentile).

Roman Anthony is an extreme groundball batter and matches up with the strong infield defense of Cincinnati (#1-best of all teams on the slate today).

Roman Anthony will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s game.

Tyler Stephenson is projected to hit 7th in the batting order today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Connelly Early to be on a bit of a short leash in today’s game, projecting a maximum of 78 pitches.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ke’Bryan Hayes in the 12th percentile as it relates to his home run talent.

Ke’Bryan Hayes is projected to hit 9th in the lineup in this game.

As a switch-hitter who performs worse from the 0 side of the plate, Elly De La Cruz will be at a disadvantage batting from his weak side against Connelly Early today.

Batting from the same side that Rhett Lowder throws from, Willson Contreras will not have the upper hand in today’s game.

Playing on the road generally reduces batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Willson Contreras in today’s matchup.

Wilyer Abreu will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

Marcelo Mayer is projected to hit 7th on the lineup card in this game.

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

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Caleb Durbin in the 11th percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

Caleb Durbin is penciled in 6th on the lineup card today, which would be a downgrade from his 100% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this season.

Batting from the same side that Rhett Lowder throws from, Caleb Durbin faces a tough challenge today.

In today’s game, Caleb Durbin is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 11th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 38.9% rate (92nd percentile).

Matt McLain hits many of his flyballs to center field (39.2% — 94th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards MLB’s 11th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

Rhett Lowder will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Trevor Story in today’s game.

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 Trevor Story today.

Carlos Narvaez is projected to bat 8th on the lineup card today.

Rhett Lowder will have the handedness advantage against Carlos Narvaez in today’s game.

Carlos Narvaez will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Spencer Steer in the 19th percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

Spencer Steer is projected to bat 6th on the lineup card in this matchup.

Spencer Steer is an extreme flyball hitter and squares off against the strong outfield defense of Boston (#1-best of all teams on the slate today).

As it relates to his home run ability, Caleb Durbin ranks in the 12th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Rhett Lowder will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to boost all of his metrics across the board.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Rhett Lowder to have a pitch count in today’s game, projecting a maximum of 72 pitches.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ke’Bryan Hayes in the 24th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

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