Royals vs Astros match player stats Saturday, August 31st 2024. Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros Series Game 3

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Royals vs Astros match player stats Saturday, August 31st 2024. Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros Series Game 3

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Todays Series Game 3 Matchup Details

Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros
Series Game 3
Todays Game is on Saturday, August 31st
31/08/24 19:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

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When assessing his batting average talent, Yainer Diaz is projected as the 16th-best batter in baseball by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Yainer Diaz is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in today’s game.

The #6 stadium in baseball for boosting home runs to righties, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

Hitting from the opposite that Cole Ragans throws from, Yainer Diaz will have an edge today.

Home field advantage generally improves batter stats in all categories, and Yainer Diaz will hold that advantage in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jeremy Pena in the 93rd percentile when it comes to his batting average skill.

Jeremy Pena is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in this game.

The shallowest LF dimensions in MLB are found in Minute Maid Park.

Hitting from the opposite that Cole Ragans throws from, Jeremy Pena will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Yusei Kikuchi in the 93rd percentile as it relates to his strikeout talent.

Tallying 93.5 adjusted pitches per outing this year on average, Yusei Kikuchi checks in at the 82nd percentile.

Phil Cuzzi projects as a Huge Pitchers Umpire and is scheduled to be calling pitches in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Minute Maid Park as the 10th-best ballpark in Major League Baseball for strikeouts.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Yordan Alvarez ranks as the 2nd-best batter in the game.

The #6 park in the majors for boosting home runs to LHB, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

Home field advantage generally bolsters batter metrics in all categories, and Yordan Alvarez will hold that advantage in today’s game.

Yordan Alvarez has seen a notable gain in his exit velocity on flyballs recently; just compare his 96.2-mph average in the last 7 days to his seasonal EV of 93.7-mph.

Utilizing Statcast metrics, Yordan Alvarez is in the 94th percentile for power via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances this year at 31.800.

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

Jake Meyers is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card in this matchup, which would be an upgrade from his 84% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season.

Hitting from the opposite that Cole Ragans throws from, Jake Meyers will have an edge today.

Home field advantage generally improves hitter metrics in all categories, and Jake Meyers will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Mauricio Dubon in the 83rd percentile when assessing his batting average skill.

Batting from the opposite that Cole Ragans throws from, Mauricio Dubon will have an advantage in today’s game.

Mauricio Dubon will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to boost all of his stats.

Compared to his seasonal average of 14.9°, Mauricio Dubon has significantly improved his launch angle in recent games, posting a 22° mark in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

Hitting from the opposite that Yusei Kikuchi throws from, Tyler Gentry will have an advantage in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Salvador Perez in the 85th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

Salvador Perez is penciled in 3rd in the batting order in today’s game.

Salvador Perez will hold the platoon advantage against Yusei Kikuchi in today’s game.

Salvador Perez pulls many of his flyballs (36.4% — 93rd percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards baseball’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Salvador Perez has made big gains with his Barrel% recently, upping his 13.1% seasonal rate to 23.8% in the last 7 days.

When assessing his batting average talent, Bobby Witt Jr. is projected as the 4th-best batter in baseball by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

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

Batting from the opposite that Yusei Kikuchi throws from, Bobby Witt Jr. will have an advantage in today’s game.

Bobby Witt Jr. has seen a sizeable improvement in his exit velocity this season; just compare his 93.2-mph average to last season’s 90.7-mph mark.

The Houston Astros have been the 10th-unluckiest offense in the league this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform better going forward, Minute Maid Park grades out as the #8 field in the majors for walks, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Cole Ragans will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

Cole Ragans’s 94.9-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a sizeable 1.1-mph fall off from last year’s 96-mph mark.

Paul DeJong has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this season (79% of the time), but he is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in this matchup.

Paul DeJong will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Yusei Kikuchi in today’s matchup.

Paul DeJong pulls many of his flyballs (35.6% — 91st percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Paul DeJong has made notable strides with his Barrel% recently, upping his 10.6% seasonal rate to 22.2% in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

Shay Whitcomb will have the handedness advantage against Cole Ragans today.

Shay Whitcomb will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

Bobby Witt Jr. has been hot lately, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 93.2-mph to 97.1-mph over the past 14 days.

Paul DeJong has seen a sizeable gain in his exit velocity on flyballs in recent games; just compare his 101.2-mph average over the last 14 days to his seasonal average of 94-mph.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Dairon Blanco in the 85th percentile when it comes to his BABIP skill.

Hitting from the opposite that Yusei Kikuchi throws from, Dairon Blanco will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Checking in at the 77th percentile, Dairon Blanco has hit 36.8% of his balls in the air since the start of last season with a velocity of 100 mph or faster.

Grading out in the 81st percentile, Dairon Blanco has posted a .322 BABIP since the start of last season.

Jeremy Pena will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to improve all of his stats.

Garrett Hampson will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Yusei Kikuchi today.

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

Garrett Hampson has experienced some negative variance in regards to his home runs this year; his 0.0 HR per 600 plate appearances rate is deflated compared to his 8.3 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Garrett Hampson is very athletic, placing in the 99th percentile in Sprint Speed at 29.94 ft/sec this year.

Freddy Fermin has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (85% of the time), but he is projected to hit 5th in the lineup in this game.

Batting from the opposite that Yusei Kikuchi throws from, Freddy Fermin will have an edge in today’s matchup.

Freddy Fermin pulls many of his flyballs (33.8% — 80th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

With a .336 BABIP this year, Freddy Fermin is positioned in the 90th percentile.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s judgement, Yusei Kikuchi’s overall pitching ability grades out in the 80th percentile among all starting pitchers in Major League Baseball currently.

The 5th-weakest projected lineup of all teams on the slate today in terms of overall batting ability is that of the Kansas City Royals.

The Kansas City Royals have been the 7th-luckiest offense in the majors this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to hit worse in the future, The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jose Altuve in the 93rd percentile when estimating his batting average ability.

Jose Altuve is projected to bat 1st in the lineup today.

Jose Altuve will hold the platoon advantage over Cole Ragans today.

Jose Altuve pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (41.7% — 99th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Cole Ragans projects as the 12th-best pitcher in the game currently when it comes to his strikeout ability, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Cole Ragans has been given a longer leash than the typical pitcher this year, recording 7.8 more adjusted pitches-per-start than the average hurler.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alex Bregman in the 94th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent.

Alex Bregman is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup in today’s game.

Batting from the opposite that Cole Ragans throws from, Alex Bregman will have an edge in today’s matchup.

Alex Bregman will possess the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should improve all of his stats.

When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Jose Altuve ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Garrett Hampson’s BABIP ability is projected in the 80th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Maikel Garcia in the 91st percentile when assessing his batting average talent.

Maikel Garcia is projected to hit 1st in the batting order today.

Maikel Garcia will hold the platoon advantage over Yusei Kikuchi in today’s game.

Maikel Garcia’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has improved from last season to this one, going from 11.5% to 16.7%.

Maikel Garcia has been unlucky in regards to his batting average this year; his .240 mark is a good deal lower than his .281 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Salvador Perez in the 93rd percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

Sporting a 1.23 K/BB rate this year, Yordan Alvarez has displayed strong plate discipline, checking in at the 98th percentile.

Checking in at the 99th percentile, Yordan Alvarez has notched a .317 batting average this year.

Over the last two weeks, Shay Whitcomb’s swing has been well optimized for base hits, notching a 60% of balls hit with a launch angle in the optimal range of -4° to 26°.

Nick Loftin will hold the platoon advantage against Yusei Kikuchi in today’s matchup.

When estimating his home run talent, Paul DeJong ranks in the 88th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Over the past two weeks, Yainer Diaz’s exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 93.3-mph over the course of the season to 97.7-mph of late.

Jose Altuve will possess the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to improve all of his stats.

Maikel Garcia has been unlucky in regards to his wOBA this year; his .278 rate is deflated compared to his .312 Expected wOBA, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Bobby Witt Jr. ranks as the 9th-best batter in baseball.

Bobby Witt Jr. has made substantial improvements with his Barrel% recently, improving his 14.8% seasonal rate to 20% over the past two weeks.

When estimating his overall offensive ability, Yainer Diaz ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Alex Bregman has made substantial improvements with his Barrel% lately, bettering his 6.4% seasonal rate to 12.5% in the last two weeks’ worth of games.

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Minute Maid Park has the 3rd-tallest average fence height among all parks.

Minute Maid Park’s elevation is near sea-level, one of the lowest among all major league parks, which generally leads to lower offensive output.

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

Yainer Diaz has an 81st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.5%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the league’s 9th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

The Kansas City Royals outfield defense projects as the 2nd-best among every team in action today.

Compared to his seasonal figure of 7.3°, Jeremy Pena has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (-2.1°) in the past 14 days.

Jeremy Pena has shown bad plate discipline this year, checking in at the 12th percentile with a 4.41 K/BB rate.

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

With 9 batters who bat from the opposite side in the opposing team’s projected lineup, Yusei Kikuchi faces a tough challenge while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in this outing.

Yusei Kikuchi has gone to his slider 5.7% less often this year (20.3%) than he did last season (26%).

Given the 0.08 discrepancy between Yusei Kikuchi’s 10.34 K/9 and his 10.25 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the most fortunate pitchers in the game this year when it comes to strikeouts and ought to see negative regression in future games.

Yordan Alvarez has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this season (100% of the time), but he is projected to hit 9th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Cole Ragans will hold the platoon advantage against Yordan Alvarez in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Minute Maid Park as the 9th-worst field in MLB for RHB BABIP.

Jake Meyers has taken a step back with his Barrel% of late; his 8.1% seasonal rate has dropped off to 0% in the past week.

Mauricio Dubon is penciled in 7th in the lineup today.

Mauricio Dubon has a 93rd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37.6%) and will be challenged by MLB’s 9th-deepest RF fences in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Gentry in the 13th percentile when it comes to his batting average talent.

Tyler Gentry is projected to bat 9th on the lineup card in this matchup.

When assessing his home run skill, Mauricio Dubon ranks in the 15th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Playing on the road typically reduces batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Salvador Perez in today’s game.

Despite posting a .349 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Salvador Perez has had some very good luck given the .025 difference between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .324.

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

Bobby Witt Jr. will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Cole Ragans as the 15th-best pitcher in MLB currently.

Cole Ragans has a large reverse platoon split and has the benefit of facing 8 opposite-handed batters in this matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Paul DeJong in the 7th percentile when it comes to his batting average ability.

Paul DeJong will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Shay Whitcomb in the 20th percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent.

Shay Whitcomb is projected to bat 6th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Shay Whitcomb has been cold recently, notching a 0% Barrel% (an advanced metric to evaluate power) over the past 7 days.

Dairon Blanco is penciled in 7th on the lineup card today.

In today’s game, Dairon Blanco 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 41.6% rate (100th percentile).

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

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Garrett Hampson in the 14th percentile as it relates to his home run ability.

Garrett Hampson is projected to bat 8th in the lineup in this matchup.

Playing on the road typically lessens batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Freddy Fermin today.

Freddy Fermin has been cold in recent games, with his seasonal exit velocity of 88-mph dropping to 79.7-mph in the past week’s worth of games.

Playing on the road typically weakens batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Tyler Gentry in today’s game.

Jose Altuve has been very fortunate when it comes to his batting average this year; his .299 rate is a fair amount higher than his .275 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

The Houston Astros (19.8 K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) project to have the 3rd-least strikeout-prone set of batters on the slate today.

Alex Bregman hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.3% — 82nd percentile) but may find it hard to clear the league’s 8th-deepest CF fences today.

When it comes to his overall offensive ability, Tyler Gentry ranks in the 15th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Jose Altuve’s true offensive skill to be a .328, implying that he has had positive variance on his side this year given the .017 difference between that mark and his actual .345 wOBA.

Garrett Hampson hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.9% — 91st percentile) and will be challenged by MLB’s 8th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

In today’s game, Maikel Garcia is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 9th-deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 39.1% rate (96th percentile).

Maikel Garcia will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

Minute Maid Park projects as the #21 venue in the majors for lefty base hits, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

When assessing his home run talent, Nick Loftin ranks in the 9th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Nick Loftin is projected to hit 6th in the batting order in today’s game.

Nick Loftin will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s game.

Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (24.4) provides evidence that Paul DeJong has had positive variance on his side this year with his 32.0 actual HR/600.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Maikel Garcia in the 12th percentile when assessing his home run talent.

Yainer Diaz’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has declined from last year to this one, decreasing from 21.6% to 12%.

Alex Bregman has been very fortunate when it comes to his home runs this year; his 23.1 HR per 600 plate appearances mark is a good deal higher than his 19.5 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

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