Red Sox vs Royals match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, May 10th

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Red Sox vs Royals match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, May 10th

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Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Saturday, May 10th
10/05/25 19:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

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

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Cole Ragans as the 7th-best starter in Major League Baseball right now.

Cole Ragans has been given more leash than the average pitcher since the start of last season, recording 7.3 more adjusted pitches-per-outing than the average starter.

The deepest RF dimensions in Major League Baseball are found in Kauffman Stadium.

Dry weather has a small yet noteworthy connection with less offense (and more Ks), and the weather report calls for the 5th-driest conditions on the schedule today at 29%.

Cole Ragans is an extreme flyball pitcher (35.5% FB% per the leading projection system, THE BAT) and should be helped pitching in the #30 HR venue in the league in today’s game.

Cole Ragans projects as the 2nd-best SP in baseball currently as it relates to his strikeout ability, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Cole Ragans’s 2556-rpm fastball spin rate this year ranks in the 99th percentile out of all starters.

Garrett Crochet’s 95.1-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a big 2-mph decline from last year’s 97.1-mph figure.

Given the 1.39 gap between Garrett Crochet’s 2.02 ERA and his 3.41 estimated true talent ERA (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the luckiest pitchers in baseball this year and ought to see worse results in the future.

Garrett Crochet has been one of the luckiest mound aces in MLB on balls in play this year with a .254 BABIP and figures to see that luck normalize going forward.

Garrett Crochet projects as the 6th-best starter in the league right now as it relates to his strikeout talent, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Garrett Crochet has been granted a longer leash than the typical pitcher this year, throwing 7.8 more adjusted pitches-per-start than the average hurler.

Garrett Crochet’s four-seamer usage has dropped by 11.1% from last year to this one (53.7% to 42.6%) .

Garrett Crochet’s 2467-rpm fastball spin rate this year is in the 91st percentile among all SPs.

Negative Match Player Stats with Red Sox vs Royals Series Game 2

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Kauffman Stadium as the best field in the league for walks.

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

Cole Ragans’s four-seam fastball utilization has risen by 7.2% from last year to this one (41.8% to 49%) .

Cole Ragans’s 94.9-mph fastball velocity this year grades out in the 83rd percentile out of all starters.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Kauffman Stadium as the 5th-worst stadium in the league for strikeouts.

Cole Ragans has experienced some positive variance in regards to his strikeouts this year, putting up a 14.38 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 11.75 — a 2.64 K/9 deviation.

Garrett Crochet projects as the 11th-best starting pitcher in MLB currently, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Out of all the teams today, the 3rd-best infield defense is that of the Boston Red Sox.

In his previous start, Garrett Crochet was firing on all cylinders and allowed 2 ER.

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