Royals vs Cardinals match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Thursday, June 5th

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Royals vs Cardinals match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Thursday, June 5th

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Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Thursday, June 5th
05/06/25 13:45:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positive Match Player Stats for Royals vs Cardinals Series Game 2 Matchup Today

Humid weather has a small but significant correlation with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather report expects the 3rd-highest humidity on the slate at 79%.

Victor Scott II will hold the home field advantage today, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willson Contreras in the 92nd percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent.

Willson Contreras is projected to hit 4th in the batting order today.

Batting from the opposite that Noah Cameron throws from, Willson Contreras will have an edge in today’s matchup.

Willson Contreras hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.5% — 80th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting out towards the league’s 7th-shallowest CF fences in today’s matchup.

Nolan Arenado will hold the platoon advantage over Noah Cameron in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage generally improves batter metrics in all categories, and Nolan Arenado will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ivan Herrera in the 92nd percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

Ivan Herrera is projected to hit 5th in the batting order in today’s game.

Ivan Herrera will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Noah Cameron in today’s game.

Ivan Herrera will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to improve all of his stats.

When estimating his overall offensive talent, Lars Nootbaar ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Lars Nootbaar is penciled in 1st in the lineup today.

Lars Nootbaar hits many of his flyballs to center field (40.9% — 99th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting towards baseball’s 7th-shallowest CF fences today.

Home field advantage generally boosts hitter metrics in all categories, and Lars Nootbaar will hold that advantage today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brendan Donovan in the 97th percentile when estimating his batting average talent.

Brendan Donovan is penciled in 3rd in the lineup in today’s game.

Brendan Donovan will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Masyn Winn in the 77th percentile when assessing his batting average skill.

Masyn Winn is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in this game.

Hitting from the opposite that Noah Cameron throws from, Masyn Winn will have an edge in today’s matchup.

Masyn Winn will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to improve all of his stats.

Negative Match Player Stats with Royals vs Cardinals Series Game 2

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Victor Scott II in the 17th percentile when estimating his home run ability.

Victor Scott II is projected to bat 9th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Batting from the same side that Noah Cameron throws from, Victor Scott II will be at a disadvantage in today’s matchup.

Victor Scott II has a 91st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.3%) but may find it hard to clear MLB’s 8th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

When assessing his overall offensive ability, Victor Scott II ranks in the 23rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nolan Arenado in the 6th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

Nolan Arenado has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this season (78% of the time), but he is projected to bat 6th in the batting order in today’s game.

Nolan Arenado pulls many of his flyballs (42.5% — 100th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the league’s 8th-deepest LF fences today.

Extreme flyball batters like Nolan Arenado tend to perform worse against extreme flyball pitchers like Noah Cameron.

In today’s matchup, Ivan Herrera is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 2nd-deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 34.5% rate (82nd percentile).

Noah Cameron will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Lars Nootbaar in today’s game.

Hitting from the same side that Noah Cameron throws from, Brendan Donovan will not have the upper hand today.

Brendan Donovan has an 85th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.9%) and will have to hit them out towards MLB’s 8th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

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