Royals vs Astros match player stats Friday, August 30th 2024. Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros Series Game 2

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Royals vs Astros match player stats Friday, August 30th 2024. Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros Series Game 2

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Todays Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Friday, August 30th
30/08/24 20:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

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As it relates to his overall offensive ability, Salvador Perez ranks in the 85th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Salvador Perez is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in this matchup.

Salvador Perez will have the handedness advantage over Framber Valdez in today’s game.

Salvador Perez pulls a lot of his flyballs (36.5% — 93rd percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards MLB’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Extreme groundball batters like Salvador Perez are generally more successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Framber Valdez.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jeremy Pena in the 92nd percentile when it comes to his batting average talent.

The shallowest LF dimensions among all stadiums are found in Minute Maid Park.

Jeremy Pena will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s game, which should boost all of his stats.

Jeremy Pena has made big improvements with his Barrel% in recent games, bettering his 5.7% seasonal rate to 18.8% in the last 7 days.

Over the past 14 days, Jeremy Pena’s exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 91.5-mph over the course of the season to 97.1-mph lately.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Garrett Hampson in the 81st percentile when assessing his BABIP ability.

Garrett Hampson has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (96% of the time), but he is projected to hit 5th in the batting order today.

Garrett Hampson will have the handedness advantage against Framber Valdez today.

Garrett Hampson’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has increased from last season to this one, increasing from 13.9% to 17.8%.

Ranking in the 99th percentile for Sprint Speed at 29.94 ft/sec this year, Garrett Hampson is notably toolsy.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Dairon Blanco in the 85th percentile when assessing his BABIP ability.

Minute Maid Park grades out as the #5 stadium in the game for right-handed home runs, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Batting from the opposite that Framber Valdez throws from, Dairon Blanco will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Dairon Blanco has hit 36.8% of his balls in the air 100+ mph since the start of last season, grading out in the 77th percentile.

By putting up a .322 BABIP since the start of last season, Dairon Blanco is positioned in the 81st percentile.

As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Vinnie Pasquantino ranks in the 88th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Vinnie Pasquantino is penciled in 3rd in the lineup today.

This season, Vinnie Pasquantino has experienced a significant increase in his exit velocity on flyballs, now sitting at an average of 92.5 mph compared to last year’s 90 mph mark.

Posting a 1.9 K/BB rate this year, Vinnie Pasquantino has displayed impressive plate discipline, checking in at the 80th percentile.

The 5th-best projected batting order of the day in terms of overall hitting ability belongs to the Houston Astros.

The Houston Astros have been the 10th-unluckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to positively regress in future games, The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Minute Maid Park as the 8th-best field in the league for walks.

Seth Lugo will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jose Altuve in the 93rd percentile when it comes to his batting average talent.

Jose Altuve is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in today’s game.

Jose Altuve pulls many of his flyballs (41.5% — 99th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage typically bolsters hitter stats across the board, and Jose Altuve will hold that advantage today.

The #5 stadium in Major League Baseball for boosting home runs to left-handed hitters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

Jon Singleton will have the handedness advantage over Seth Lugo in today’s matchup.

Jon Singleton will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

Placing in the 93rd percentile, the hardest ball Jon Singleton has hit this year reached a maximum exit velocity of 115.4 mph — an advanced indication of underlying power ability.

Projected catcher Yainer Diaz projects as a weak pitch framer, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Because groundball hitters have a substantial advantage over flyball pitchers, Framber Valdez and his 58.6% underlying GB% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT) finds himself in a troublesome spot today matching up with 2 opposing GB hitters.

Framber Valdez’s 93.5-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a significant 1.2-mph drop off from last season’s 94.7-mph mark.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (8.3) provides evidence that Garrett Hampson has suffered from bad luck this year with his 0.0 actual HR/600.

Bobby Witt Jr. projects as the 8th-best batter in the league, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Bobby Witt Jr. is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card in this matchup.

Batting from the opposite that Framber Valdez throws from, Bobby Witt Jr. will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Extreme flyball batters like Bobby Witt Jr. are generally more successful against extreme groundball pitchers like Framber Valdez.

Batting from the opposite that Framber Valdez throws from, Freddy Fermin will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Freddy Fermin pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (33.9% — 80th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the game’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Freddy Fermin has compiled a .336 BABIP this year, grading out in the 90th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Maikel Garcia in the 90th percentile when it comes to his batting average talent.

Maikel Garcia is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in this matchup.

Batting from the opposite that Framber Valdez throws from, Maikel Garcia will have an edge in today’s matchup.

Compared to last year, Maikel Garcia has improved his ability to hit the ball at a launch angle ideal for home runs, increasing his percentage of balls hit between 23° and 34° from 11.5% to 16.7% this season.

When it comes to his batting average, Maikel Garcia has had bad variance on his side this year. His .240 figure falls considerably below the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected Batting Average (xBA) at .281.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jose Altuve in the 87th percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent.

As it relates to his home run skill, Salvador Perez ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Framber Valdez has averaged 95.1 adjusted pitches per game per started this year, checking in at the 90th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alex Bregman in the 94th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.

Alex Bregman is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in this game.

Alex Bregman will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to improve all of his stats.

Over the last 14 days, Alex Bregman has improved his Barrel% substantially, increasing it from his seasonal rate of 6.4% to 12.5%.

Alex Bregman has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity lately; just compare his 91.8-mph average over the last 14 days to his seasonal 89.4-mph EV.

In the last week’s worth of games, Vinnie Pasquantino’s maximum exit velocity (a good measure of recent form and raw power) has been 110.3-mph, which qualifies as one of the hardest-hit balls in the league.

Jake Meyers will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s game, which should boost all of his stats.

Jake Meyers has seen a sizeable improvement in his exit velocity this season; just compare his 89.2-mph average to last year’s 86-mph mark.

Jake Meyers’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has gotten better in recent games, increasing from 20% on the season to 35.7% in the past 14 days.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jake Meyers in the 78th percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

In terms of his home runs, Vinnie Pasquantino has had bad variance on his side this year. His 20.7 HR per 600 plate appearances figure has been quite a bit lower than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected HR/600 at 24.8.

Compared to last season, Jake Meyers 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 40% to 47.4% this season.

Seth Lugo has averaged 96.3 adjusted pitches per start this year, checking in at the 94th percentile.

The #10 venue in the league for boosting strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bobby Witt Jr. as the 4th-best hitter in the league as it relates to his batting average skill.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Framber Valdez in the 81st percentile when estimating his strikeout talent.

Bobby Witt Jr. has seen a notable gain in his exit velocity this year; just compare his 93.2-mph average to last year’s 90.7-mph EV.

Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (.312) implies that Maikel Garcia has suffered from bad luck this year with his .278 actual wOBA.

Over the last 7 days, Jose Altuve’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 7% up to 18.8%.

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The #9 stadium in baseball for suppressing base hits to righties, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

Built just 20 feet above sea level, Minute Maid Park has one of the lowest elevations among all parks, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to less offense.

The Minute Maid Park roof is expected to be closed today, making conditions in this game -7° colder than the average outdoor game of all games on the slate — favorable for pitching.

Playing on the road generally lessens hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Salvador Perez in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Salvador Perez’s true offensive talent to be a .324, indicating that he has had positive variance on his side this year given the .025 discrepancy between that figure and his actual .349 wOBA.

Jeremy Pena is projected to bat 6th in the lineup today.

Seth Lugo will have the handedness advantage against Jeremy Pena in today’s game.

In today’s game, Garrett Hampson 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 (91st percentile).

Playing on the road typically lessens batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Garrett Hampson in today’s matchup.

Dairon Blanco is penciled in 8th in the lineup in this matchup.

In the league, the 3rd-tallest fence height (on average) are at Minute Maid Park.

Dairon Blanco hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (41.6% — 100th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards MLB’s 8th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

Minute Maid Park profiles as the #21 stadium in baseball for left-handed base hits, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Framber Valdez will have the handedness advantage over Vinnie Pasquantino in today’s game.

In today’s game, Vinnie Pasquantino is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 9th-deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 36.2% rate (92nd percentile).

Among every team on the slate today, the strongest infield defense is that of the the Kansas City Royals.

With a 3.47 FIP this year (Fielding Independent Pitching, an ERA estimator that is concerned with the aspects of pitching most within the pitcher’s control), Seth Lugo places in the 80th percentile.

Batting from the same side that Seth Lugo throws from, Jose Altuve will have a tough challenge in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jon Singleton in the 3rd percentile when assessing his batting average talent.

Jon Singleton is projected to bat 7th in the batting order in this game.

Jon Singleton has been lifted for a pinch-hitter 18% of the time when starting against a righty on the mound this year.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Framber Valdez as the 12th-best pitcher in the majors right now.

It may be sensible to expect negative regression for the Kansas City Royals offense the rest of the season, given that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) views them as the 7th-luckiest offense in the game this year.

Framber Valdez has a large reverse platoon split and should be aided by facing 6 opposite-handed bats today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Garrett Hampson in the 14th percentile when assessing his home run skill.

Bobby Witt Jr. has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.9%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of baseball’s 9th-deepest RF fences today.

Bobby Witt Jr. will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s matchup.

Freddy Fermin is penciled in 7th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Freddy Fermin will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s game.

Maikel Garcia has a 96th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (39.1%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the league’s 9th-deepest RF fences today.

Typically, batters like Maikel Garcia who hit a lot of flyballs tend to be less successful when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as Framber Valdez.

Despite posting a .345 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Jose Altuve has had some very good luck given the .017 discrepancy between that figure and his estimated true talent wOBA of .328.

Seth Lugo will hold the platoon advantage over Alex Bregman in today’s matchup.

Alex Bregman hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.4% — 84th percentile) and will be challenged by the league’s 8th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

Jake Meyers is penciled in 9th in the lineup in this game.

Seth Lugo will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Jake Meyers in today’s game.

Jake Meyers has negatively regressed with his Barrel% of late; his 8.1% seasonal rate has dropped to 0% in the past 7 days.

The Houston Astros (20.5 K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) project to have the 5th-least strikeout-heavy lineup on the slate today.

Seth Lugo’s 91.6-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a substantial 1.2-mph decrease from last year’s 92.8-mph figure.

Seth Lugo’s curveball utilization has fallen by 12.3% from last year to this one (29.3% to 17%) .

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jeremy Pena in the 21st percentile when assessing his home run talent.

When it comes to his home run ability, Maikel Garcia ranks in the 12th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

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