Red Sox vs Royals match player stats | 2025 Friday, May 9th

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Red Sox vs Royals match player stats | 2025 Friday, May 9th

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Matchup Details

Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals

Todays Game is on Friday, May 9th
09/05/25 19:40:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positive Match Player Stats for Red Sox vs Royals Matchup Today

With 6 hitters who share the same handedness in the opposing team’s projected offense, Hunter Dobbins figures to benefit from having the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in today’s outing.

Recording 93.7 adjusted pitches per game per started this year on average, Michael Lorenzen checks in at the 78th percentile.

Michael Lorenzen is an extreme flyball pitcher (34.6% FB% per the leading projection system, THE BAT) and should be helped pitching in the #30 HR venue among all major league stadiums in today’s game.

Because flyball pitchers have a significant edge over flyball bats, Michael Lorenzen and his 34.6% underlying FB% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be in a favorable spot in this game going up against 2 opposing FB bats.

Home field advantage typically bolsters pitcher metrics across the board, and Michael Lorenzen will hold that advantage in today’s game.

Trevor Story’s BABIP ability is projected in the 80th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alex Bregman in the 94th percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent.

Alex Bregman is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.

Freddy Fermin will benefit from the home field advantage today, which figures to boost all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Maikel Garcia in the 92nd percentile as it relates to his batting average skill.

Maikel Garcia is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Home field advantage generally improves hitter stats in all categories, and Maikel Garcia will hold that advantage in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Vinnie Pasquantino in the 86th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive talent.

Vinnie Pasquantino is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.

Batting from the opposite that Hunter Dobbins throws from, Vinnie Pasquantino will have an edge in today’s game.

Home field advantage generally improves batter metrics across the board, and Vinnie Pasquantino will hold that advantage in today’s game.

Batting from the opposite that Hunter Dobbins throws from, Michael Massey will have an edge today.

Michael Massey will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to boost all of his stats.

Negative Match Player Stats with Red Sox vs Royals

Ceddanne Rafaela is penciled in 9th in the batting order in this matchup.

Batting from the same side that Michael Lorenzen throws from, Ceddanne Rafaela will have a tough matchup in today’s matchup.

In today’s game, Ceddanne Rafaela is at a disadvantage facing the league’s deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 34.5% rate (82nd percentile).

Ceddanne Rafaela will be at a disadvantage playing away from home today.

When estimating his strikeout talent, the leading projection system (THE BAT) places Hunter Dobbins in the 17th percentile among all starters in MLB.

Considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Hunter Dobbins is projected to throw 80 pitches in today’s outing by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the least of all pitchers on the slate.

The Kansas City Royals (20.5 K% (via the leading projection system, THE BAT X) project to have the 4th-least strikeout-prone team of hitters of the day.

Hunter Dobbins will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.

Trevor Story has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this year (94% of the time), but he is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in this game.

Batting from the same side that Michael Lorenzen throws from, Trevor Story meets a tough challenge today.

Trevor Story hits many of his flyballs to center field (39% — 88th percentile) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 4th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

Trevor Story will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s game.

Batting from the same side that Michael Lorenzen throws from, Alex Bregman will be in a tough position in today’s game.

In today’s matchup, Alex Bregman is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 4th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 35% rate (88th percentile).

Extreme flyball hitters like Alex Bregman usually hit worse against extreme flyball pitchers like Michael Lorenzen.

Alex Bregman will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s game.

When assessing his overall offensive talent, Freddy Fermin ranks in the 24th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Freddy Fermin is penciled in 9th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Hunter Dobbins will have the handedness advantage over Freddy Fermin in today’s matchup.

Freddy Fermin hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.5% — 79th percentile) but may find it hard to clear MLB’s 4th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

The Boston Red Sox infield defense grades out as the 2nd-strongest out of every team playing today.

Hitting from the same side that Hunter Dobbins throws from, Maikel Garcia has a tough challenge in today’s game.

Maikel Garcia has a 92nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.7%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of baseball’s deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Maikel Garcia is an extreme groundball hitter and matches up with the strong infield defense of Boston (#2-best of all teams on the slate today).

Vinnie Pasquantino pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.8% — 94th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards MLB’s deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Massey in the 9th percentile when it comes to his BABIP ability.

Michael Massey is projected to bat 6th in the batting order in this matchup, which would be a downgrade from his 69% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this year.

In today’s matchup, Michael Massey is at a disadvantage facing the league’s deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 37.2% rate (95th percentile).

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