Todays Game 2 Matchup Details

Player match stat positives for Cincinnati at Toronto Game 2 Matchup Today

Among all major league stadiums, Rogers Centre’s CF fences are the 10th-shallowest.

Batting from the opposite that Jose Berrios throws from, Jake Fraley will have an advantage in today’s game.

The Cincinnati Reds outfield defense projects as the 2nd-worst among every team today.

Playing on the road generally weakens pitcher metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Carson Spiers today.

Out of all SPs, Carson Spiers’s fastball velocity of 91.3 mph is in the 23rd percentile this year.

As it relates to his overall offensive talent, Spencer Steer ranks in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Spencer Steer is penciled in 5th in the batting order in this game.

When it comes to plate discipline, Spencer Steer’s talent is quite impressive, posting a 1.95 K/BB rate this year while checking in at in the 79th percentile.

When assessing his overall offensive ability, Tyler Stephenson ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Tyler Stephenson is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order in today’s game.

Over the last week, Tyler Stephenson’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 10.3% up to 18.8%.

Tyler Stephenson has been hot of late, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 90.6-mph to 93.2-mph in the past 7 days.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ty France in the 84th percentile when estimating his batting average skill.

Ty France has seen a big gain in his exit velocity of late; just compare his 93.7-mph average in the past two weeks’ worth of games to his seasonal 88.6-mph EV.

Ty France’s average launch angle on his hardest-contacted balls this year (16.2°) is significantly better than his 11.2° figure last season.

Jeimer Candelario’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has increased lately, rising from 17.5% on the season to 30% in the past 7 days.

Checking in at the 77th percentile, Jeimer Candelario sports a .294 Isolated Power rate (ISO) this year.

When estimating his BABIP skill, Elly De La Cruz is projected as the 2nd-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Elly De La Cruz is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card in this game.

As a switch-hitter who performs better from the 0 side of the plate, Elly De La Cruz will get to bat from his strong side against Jose Berrios in today’s game.

Elly De La Cruz has made sizeable gains with his Barrel% in recent games, improving his 13.6% seasonal rate to 22.6% in the past 14 days.

As it relates to his overall offensive talent, Jonathan India ranks in the 89th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Jonathan India is projected to hit 1st in the lineup in this game.

Jonathan India has seen a notable gain in his exit velocity on flyballs recently; just compare his 96.9-mph average over the last two weeks to his seasonal average of 89.6-mph.

Compared to his seasonal average of 12.1°, Jonathan India has significantly improved his launch angle in recent games, posting a 25.5° angle over the last 14 days.

Grading out in the 85th percentile, Jake Fraley sits with a .329 BABIP this year.

When assessing his overall offensive talent, Ty France ranks in the 81st percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Spencer Steer’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has gotten better in recent games, increasing from 15.5% on the season to 36.4% in the past 7 days.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Rogers Centre as the 8th-best ballpark in the league for strikeouts.

T.J. Friedl is projected to hit 4th in the lineup today.

Hitting from the opposite that Jose Berrios throws from, T.J. Friedl will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

In the past 7 days, T.J. Friedl’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 3.2% up to 8.3%.

This season, T.J. Friedl has experienced a significant improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs, now sitting at an average of 88.8 mph compared to last year’s 86.7 mph mark.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Elly De La Cruz in the 88th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill.

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The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jake Fraley in the 13th percentile when assessing his home run skill.

Jake Fraley is penciled in 8th on the lineup card in this game, which would be a downgrade from his 65% rate of hitting in the top-half of the lineup this season.

Jake Fraley has been pinch hit for 13% of the time when starting against a right-handed starter this year.

Among all major league stadiums, the 8th-highest fence height (on average) are at Rogers Centre.

This matchup is expected to have the best conditions for pitching among all the games scheduled today.

Roberto Ortiz grades out as a Pitchers Umpire and is anticipated to be calling pitches in this game.

Rogers Centre ranks as the #22 venue in baseball for walks, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The wind projects to be blowing in from LF at 9.1-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-best of the day for pitchers.

Rogers Centre projects as the #24 park in MLB for right-handed batting average, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Jose Berrios will hold the platoon advantage over Spencer Steer in today’s matchup.

Hitting from the same side that Jose Berrios throws from, Tyler Stephenson will not have the upper hand in today’s game.

Playing on the road typically weakens batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Tyler Stephenson today.

Ty France is projected to hit 7th in the batting order in this matchup.

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

Jeimer Candelario will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Rogers Centre as the 7th-worst park in the game for LHB batting average.

Playing on the road generally diminishes batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Elly De La Cruz in today’s matchup.

Jose Berrios will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Jonathan India in today’s matchup.

Jonathan India will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

Jose Berrios will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Ty France today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Elly De La Cruz’s true offensive talent to be a .330, suggesting that he has been very fortunate this year given the .025 disparity between that mark and his actual .355 wOBA.

Playing on the road typically weakens hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Spencer Steer today.

The Toronto Blue Jays (20 K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) are forecasted to have the 3rd-least strikeout-heavy set of batters of all teams on the slate.

Carson Spiers has had some very good luck with his strikeouts this year, notching an 8.40 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 7.64 — a 0.77 K/9 difference.

T.J. Friedl will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s game.

In terms of his home runs, T.J. Friedl has been lucky this year. His 28.4 HR per 600 plate appearances figure has been a fair amount higher than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected HR/600 at 15.0.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects T.J. Friedl in the 9th percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

Compared to his seasonal figure of 10.3°, Elly De La Cruz has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (7.1°) in the last 14 days.