Reds vs Brewers match player stats | 2026 Series Game 2 Saturday, September 12th

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Reds @ Brewers Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Teams : Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers
Series Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, September 12th
Time : 12/09/26 19:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Cincinnati Reds Series Game 2 Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Christian Yelich in the 97th percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

,Christian Yelich is projected to bat 5th in the batting order today.

,The #8 stadium in the majors for boosting BABIP to left-handed hitters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is American Family Field.

,American Family Field has the 6th-shallowest CF dimensions in MLB.

,On average, the fence height at American Family Field is the 4th-lowest among all major league baseball stadiums.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects William Contreras in the 96th percentile when assessing his batting average talent.

,William Contreras is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.

,American Family Field profiles as the #8 ballpark in Major League Baseball for right-handed BABIP, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Built 602 feet above sea level, American Family Field has the 8th-highest elevation in the league, which generally leads to more offense.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Elly De La Cruz as the 5th-best batter in the league when it comes to his BABIP skill.

,Elly De La Cruz is projected to bat 2nd in the batting order in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Matt McLain in the 80th percentile as it relates to his home run ability.

,The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 8.9-mph in this contest, the 5th-most-favorable of the day for batters.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Stephenson in the 86th percentile as it relates to his BABIP skill.

,Tyler Stephenson has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (69% of the time), but he is penciled in 4th in the batting order in this game.

,Among all the teams playing today, the 3rd-worst outfield defense is that of the the Cincinnati Reds.

,Sal Frelick will hold the platoon advantage over Brady Singer in today’s matchup… and the cherry on top, Singer has a huge platoon split.

,Brice Turang’s BABIP ability is projected in the 97th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Brice Turang is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card in this game.

,JJ Bleday’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better from last year to this one, increasing from 35.5% to 44.3%.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Sal Stewart in the 94th percentile when assessing his batting average skill.

,Sal Stewart is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.

,Hitting from the opposite that Shane Drohan throws from, Jose Trevino will have an edge in today’s matchup.

,Dane Myers’s BABIP skill is projected in the 83rd percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Dane Myers is projected to bat 1st on the lineup card in this matchup, which would be an upgrade from his 50% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season.

,When assessing his batting average talent, Jackson Chourio is projected as the 17th-best batter in the majors by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Jackson Chourio is projected to hit 1st in the lineup in today’s game.

,Eugenio Suarez projects as the 19th-best home run hitter in the game, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Eugenio Suarez is projected to hit 5th in the batting order in this matchup.

,When it comes to his BABIP skill, Garrett Mitchell is projected as the 2nd-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Negatives with the Milwaukee Brewers Series Game 2 Game Today

Christian Yelich’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased this season; his 97.1-mph figure last year has dropped to 94.6-mph.

,Christian Yelich’s quickness has dropped off this year. His 28.17 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last year sits at 27.36 ft/sec now.

,Brady Singer will hold the platoon advantage over William Contreras today… and it’s an even bigger mismatch considering Singer’s huge platoon split.

,William Contreras has paced 12.6 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season, ranking in the 23rd percentile for power according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,The standard deviation of William Contreras’s launch angle this year (31.5°) is in the 3rd percentile. A high mark like this tends to lead to a lower batting average on balls in play.

,As a switch-hitter who is weaker from the 0 side of the dish, Elly De La Cruz will bat from his bad side against Shane Drohan in today’s matchup.

,The Milwaukee Brewers infield defense profiles as the strongest out of every team in action today.

,Elly De La Cruz will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Elly De La Cruz’s true offensive talent to be a .345, suggesting that he has experienced some positive variance this year given the .029 disparity between that figure and his actual .374 wOBA.

,Matt McLain is projected to hit 8th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Matt McLain has a 90th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.7%) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the game’s 7th-deepest RF fences in today’s game.

,Matt McLain will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

,Matt McLain’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off this year; his 93.1-mph average last season has dropped to 90.9-mph.

,Tyler Stephenson has an 87th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35%) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the league’s 7th-deepest RF fences today.

,Tyler Stephenson will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s matchup.

,Tyler Stephenson has put up a .230 Expected Batting Average since the start of last season, placing in the 24th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Tyler Stephenson’s maximum exit velocity (a reliable standard to evaluate power) has been 108.5 mph this year, checking in at the 17th percentile.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Joey Ortiz in the 25th percentile when assessing his home run ability.

,Joey Ortiz is projected to hit 7th on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Brady Singer will hold the platoon advantage against Joey Ortiz today… and it’s an even bigger mismatch considering Singer’s huge platoon split.

,Joey Ortiz has a 94th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.8%) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the league’s 7th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,Joey Ortiz’s launch angle this year (6.1°) is significantly lower than his 13.8° figure last season.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Sal Frelick in the 7th percentile when assessing his home run skill.

,Sal Frelick is projected to bat 6th in the lineup in today’s game.

,From last season to this one, Sal Frelick’s flyball exit velocity has decreased from an average of 88.2 mph to 85.2 mph.

,Utilizing Statcast data, Sal Frelick grades out in the 13th percentile for power according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season at 8.400.

,This year, Sal Frelick’s 2.6% Barrel%, a reliable stat for measuring power, places him in the 8th percentile among his peers.

,Despite posting a .341 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Brice Turang has had positive variance on his side given the .018 discrepancy between that figure and his estimated true talent wOBA of .323.

,Brice Turang’s 8.6° launch angle (an advanced stat to measure a hitter’s ability to lift the ball for power) is among the most groundball-inducing in the game: 11th percentile.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects JJ Bleday in the 7th percentile as it relates to his BABIP skill.

,JJ Bleday is projected to hit 6th on the lineup card in this matchup, which would be a downgrade from his 84% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this year.

,Shane Drohan will hold the platoon advantage against JJ Bleday in today’s game.

,JJ Bleday pulls a lot of his flyballs (38.3% — 94th percentile) and will be challenged by the game’s 7th-deepest RF fences in today’s game.

,In today’s game, Sal Stewart is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 7th-deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 37.5% rate (97th percentile).

,Playing on the road typically lowers batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Sal Stewart in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jose Trevino in the 4th percentile when assessing his BABIP ability.

,Jose Trevino is projected to bat 7th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Jose Trevino will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s game.

,This year, there has been a decline in Jose Trevino’s footspeed with his Statcast Sprint Speed dropping from 24.33 ft/sec last year to 23.21 ft/sec currently.

,As it relates to his home run talent, Cooper Pratt ranks in the 17th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Cooper Pratt is projected to hit 9th in the lineup in this matchup.

,Brady Singer will hold the platoon advantage over Cooper Pratt today… and it’s a particular mismatch considering Singer’s huge platoon split.

,This year, Cooper Pratt’s flyball exit velocity (an advanced standard to study power) is in the 18th percentile at 88.1 mph.

,Cooper Pratt has put up a .144 Isolated Power rate (ISO) this year, placing in the 24th percentile.

,Dane Myers will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

,Dane Myers’s speed has dropped off this season. His 28.37 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last year sits at 27.86 ft/sec now.

,Dane Myers has been lucky this year, putting up a .331 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .300 — a .031 disparity.

,Dane Myers has paced 10.9 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season, placing in the 17th percentile for power according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Hector Rodriguez is projected to hit 9th on the lineup card today.

,Batting from the same side that Shane Drohan throws from, Hector Rodriguez will have a tough matchup today.

,Hector Rodriguez will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Hector Rodriguez’s true offensive skill to be a .299, providing some evidence that he has been lucky this year given the .026 disparity between that figure and his actual .325 wOBA.

,Given Brady Singer’s huge platoon split, Jackson Chourio will be at a gigantic disadvantage batting from the same side of the plate in today’s game.

,Eugenio Suarez will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s game.

,Eugenio Suarez’s average exit velocity has fallen off this season; his 90.2-mph average last year has fallen off to 88-mph.

,In notching a .201 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) since the start of last season , Eugenio Suarez is positioned in the 4th percentile.

,Eugenio Suarez has notched a .209 batting average this year, placing in the 6th percentile.

,Garrett Mitchell is projected to hit 8th on the lineup card today.

,Garrett Mitchell has been lucky this year, compiling a .333 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .316 — a .017 difference.

,Garrett Mitchell’s 1.9° launch angle (a reliable stat to study a hitter’s ability to lift the ball for power) is among the most groundball-inducing in the game: 1st percentile.

,In terms of power, Garrett Mitchell has performed in the 18th percentile, having hit 10.7 long-balls per 600 plate appearances this year.

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