Rockies vs Astros match player stats | 2026 Tuesday, April 14th

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Rockies @ Astros Matchup Details

Teams : Colorado Rockies at Houston Astros

Date : Todays Game is on Tuesday, April 14th
Time : 14/04/26 20:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Colorado Rockies Game Today

Tyler Freeman’s batting average skill is projected to be in the 91st percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Tyler Freeman is projected to hit 1st in the lineup in this game.

,Minute Maid Park grades out as the #6 park in the game for RHB home runs, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Hitting from the opposite that Colton Gordon throws from, Tyler Freeman will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

,Extreme groundball batters like Tyler Freeman tend to be more successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Colton Gordon.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jordan Beck in the 79th percentile when it comes to his BABIP skill.

,Jordan Beck is projected to hit 5th in the lineup in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 88% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season.

,Jordan Beck will have the handedness advantage over Colton Gordon in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Kyle Karros in the 93rd percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.

,Kyle Karros will hold the platoon advantage against Colton Gordon in today’s matchup.

,In the past two weeks, Kyle Karros has averaged an impressive 99.9-mph exit velocity on his flyballs, an advanced proxy for home run potential.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ezequiel Tovar in the 81st percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

,Ezequiel Tovar is projected to bat 4th in the lineup today.

,Among all major league stadiums, Minute Maid Park’s left field fences are the shallowest.

,Ezequiel Tovar will have the handedness advantage against Colton Gordon today.

,Over the past 7 days, Ezequiel Tovar’s exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 93.8-mph over the course of the season to 99.6-mph of late.

,Brenton Doyle has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (92% of the time), but he is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card today.

,Batting from the opposite that Colton Gordon throws from, Brenton Doyle will have an edge in today’s matchup.

,Brenton Doyle’s launch angle in recent games (20° in the past 7 days) is quite a bit better than his 10.2° seasonal mark.

,Compared to last season, Brenton Doyle has improved his ability to hit the ball at a launch angle ideal for base hits, increasing his percentage of balls hit between -4° and 26° from 43.7% to 53.8% this season.

,Brenton Doyle has been unlucky in regards to his wOBA since the start of last season; his .278 figure is quite a bit lower than his .307 Expected wOBA, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,The #6 venue in the league for boosting home runs to left-handed hitters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

,Troy Johnston has been zeroed in on the ideal launch angle for home runs recently, striking balls between 23° and 34° 37.5% of the time in the past week.

,Posting a .338 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) since the start of last season, Troy Johnston grades out in the 84th percentile for offensive ability.

,Utilizing Statcast data, Troy Johnston grades out in the 90th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .281.

,Launch angles in the range of -4° to 26° tend to become base hits at a high rate; Troy Johnston and his 49.6% since the start of last season rank in the 88th percentile by this measure.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Hunter Goodman in the 96th percentile as it relates to his home run talent.

,Hunter Goodman is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup today.

,Hunter Goodman will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Colton Gordon in today’s game.

,Hunter Goodman has big-time power (96th percentile) if he makes contact, but that’s usually a big “IF” (29.2% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Colton Gordon is a pitch-to-contact type (15th percentile K%) — great news for Goodman.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brenton Doyle in the 76th percentile as it relates to his home run ability.

,Brenton Doyle has big-time power (76th percentile) if he makes contact, but that’s usually a big “IF” (29.3% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Colton Gordon is a pitch-to-contact type (14th percentile K%) — great news for Doyle.

,Willi Castro has seen a significant increase in his exit velocity lately; just compare his 91.2-mph average in the last 7 days to his seasonal 86.7-mph EV.

,Willi Castro’s ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased recently, going from 51.7% on the season to 66.7% over the past 7 days.

,Willi Castro has suffered from bad luck when it comes to his batting average since the start of last season; his .226 mark is quite a bit lower than his .253 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Homers are generally more common at venues with shallow fences, and Minute Maid Park has the 2nd-shallowest among all stadiums.

,In notching a .325 wOBA (a leading indicator of offensive ability) since the start of last season, Troy Johnston finds himself in the 75th percentile.

,By putting up a .296 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) since the start of last season , Tyler Freeman is positioned in the 96th percentile.

,Hunter Goodman pulls many of his flyballs (39% — 96th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards MLB’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

,Hunter Goodman has been hot of late, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 91.8-mph to 95.4-mph in the past week.

,There has been a significant improvement in Hunter Goodman’s launch angle from last season’s 17.4° to 24.3° this year.

Negatives with the Houston Astros Game Today

10% of the time that Tyler Freeman has started against a southpaw since the start of last season, he has been pulled from the game early.

,Among all parks, the 3rd-tallest average fence height are at Minute Maid Park.

,Built just 20 feet above sea level, Minute Maid Park has one of the lowest elevations among all stadiums, which tends to lead to worse offense.

,According to the weather forecast, the temperature and humidity for this contest will be the 5th-most suitable for pitching of all games on the slate today.

,Tyler Freeman has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35%) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 9th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,Jordan Beck hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.6% — 89th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards baseball’s 8th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

,Jordan Beck will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

,Kyle Karros is penciled in 8th in the lineup in today’s game.

,In today’s matchup, Kyle Karros is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 8th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 37.9% rate (76th percentile).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Minute Maid Park as the 5th-worst park in Major League Baseball for RHB batting average.

,Extreme flyball bats like Ezequiel Tovar tend to perform worse against extreme flyball pitchers like Colton Gordon.

,Ezequiel Tovar will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

,In today’s matchup, Brenton Doyle is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 8th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 38.9% rate (92nd percentile).

,Playing on the road typically lessens batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Brenton Doyle in today’s matchup.

,Troy Johnston is projected to bat 7th on the lineup card in this game, which would be a downgrade from his 58% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this year.

,Colton Gordon will hold the platoon advantage over Troy Johnston in today’s matchup.

,Playing on the road typically diminishes hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Hunter Goodman today.

,Hunter Goodman has taken a step back with his Barrel%; his 12.6% rate last season has fallen off to 3.3% this season.

,Willi Castro is penciled in 6th in the batting order in today’s game.

,The switch-hitting Willi Castro will be at a disadvantage batting from his worse side (0) today against Colton Gordon,Playing on the road typically lessens hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Willi Castro today.

,When assessing his overall offensive skill, Brett Sullivan ranks in the 1st percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Brett Sullivan is penciled in 9th in the batting order in this matchup.

,Colton Gordon will have the handedness advantage over Brett Sullivan today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Minute Maid Park as the 5th-worst stadium in MLB for LHB batting average.

,Checking in at the 13th percentile, Ezequiel Tovar has posted a .280 wOBA (widely regarded as the top measure of overall offense) since the start of last season.

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