Royals vs Guardians match player stats | 2026 World Series Game 3 Wednesday, April 8th

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Royals @ Guardians Series Game 3 2025 WorldSeries Matchup Details

Teams : Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians
2025 WorldSeries Game 3
Date : Todays Game is on Wednesday, April 8th
Time : 08/04/26 13:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Kansas City Royals World Series Game 3 Game Today

The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10.1-mph in this match-up, the 3rd-strongest of the day for hitters.

Brayan Rocchio will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which should bolster all of his stats.

Bobby Witt Jr. projects as the 9th-best hitter in MLB, via the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Bobby Witt Jr. is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in today’s game.

Bobby Witt Jr. will hold the platoon advantage against Joey Cantillo in today’s game.

Bobby Witt Jr. has an 89th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.2%) and has the good fortune of hitting them out towards baseball’s 6th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

When assessing his overall offensive skill, Jose Ramirez ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Jose Ramirez is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.

Jose Ramirez pulls a lot of his flyballs (42% — 99th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Jose Ramirez will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

It is expected that we will see a Huge Hitters Umpire (Dan Iassogna) in charge of the strike zone in this game.

Playing on the road generally lowers pitcher metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Cole Ragans today.

Vinnie Pasquantino is projected to hit 5th in the batting order today.

Vinnie Pasquantino pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (38.1% — 94th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 6th-shallowest RF fences today.

Rhys Hoskins is penciled in 5th in the batting order in this game.

Batting from the opposite that Cole Ragans throws from, Rhys Hoskins will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

Rhys Hoskins pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (41.1% — 99th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Rhys Hoskins will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should boost all of his stats.

Salvador Perez is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this matchup.

Batting from the opposite that Joey Cantillo throws from, Salvador Perez will have an edge in today’s game.

Salvador Perez pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (37.8% — 93rd percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the game’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences today.

Angel Martinez is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup today, which would be an upgrade from his 67% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season.

As a switch-hitter who is stronger from the 0 side of the dish, Angel Martinez will get to bat from his better side against Cole Ragans today.

Angel Martinez pulls a lot of his flyballs (38.8% — 96th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Angel Martinez will hold the home field advantage today, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

Starling Marte’s BABIP skill is projected in the 93rd percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Starling Marte will have the handedness advantage against Joey Cantillo in today’s game.

Starling Marte has an 83rd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.3%) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB’s 6th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects C.J. Kayfus in the 83rd percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

C.J. Kayfus will possess the home field advantage today, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

Steven Kwan is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in this game.

Steven Kwan has a 93rd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.7%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them in the direction of the league’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Steven Kwan will possess the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to improve all of his stats.

Juan Brito pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (34.1% — 77th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage generally improves batter stats across the board, and Juan Brito will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bobby Witt Jr. as the 5th-best batter in baseball when estimating his batting average ability.

When assessing his home run ability, David Fry ranks in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

David Fry is penciled in 4th in the batting order in this matchup.

David Fry will hold the platoon advantage against Cole Ragans in today’s matchup.

David Fry pulls many of his flyballs (38.3% — 95th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards the game’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences today.

When estimating his home run ability, Salvador Perez ranks in the 95th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Maikel Garcia in the 84th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.

Maikel Garcia is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in this game.

Maikel Garcia will hold the platoon advantage over Joey Cantillo in today’s game.

Maikel Garcia has an 86th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.7%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 6th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

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

Carter Jensen pulls a lot of his flyballs (34.3% — 78th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards MLB’s 6th-shallowest RF fences today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Vinnie Pasquantino in the 83rd percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

When assessing his home run talent, Rhys Hoskins ranks in the 92nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Maikel Garcia in the 96th percentile when it comes to his batting average talent.

Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics across the board, and David Fry will hold that advantage in today’s game.

Negatives with the Cleveland Guardians World Series Game 3 Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brayan Rocchio in the 20th percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

Brayan Rocchio is penciled in 9th on the lineup card today.

Low temperatures are strongly correlated with less offense (and more strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the 4th-lowest temperature of the day at 51°.

Out of all the teams in action today, the 2nd-strongest infield defense is that of the the Kansas City Royals.

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

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Cole Ragans as the 8th-best pitcher in the game right now.

The 5th-weakest projected offense on the slate today in terms of overall offensive ability is that of the Cleveland Guardians.

As a result of his reverse platoon split, Cole Ragans will be at an advantage facing 6 batters in the projected batting order of the opposite hand today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Vinnie Pasquantino in the 8th percentile when it comes to his BABIP ability.

Hitting from the same side that Joey Cantillo throws from, Vinnie Pasquantino will not have the upper hand in today’s game.

Playing on the road typically reduces batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Vinnie Pasquantino in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Rhys Hoskins in the 4th percentile when it comes to his BABIP ability.

Salvador Perez’s BABIP ability is projected in the 11th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Salvador Perez will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

Angel Martinez’s BABIP talent is projected in the 17th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Starling Marte is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in today’s game.

Starling Marte will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s game.

C.J. Kayfus is projected to bat 7th in the batting order in today’s game.

Cole Ragans will hold the platoon advantage against C.J. Kayfus in today’s game.

When estimating his home run skill, Steven Kwan ranks in the 2nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Cole Ragans will hold the platoon advantage over Steven Kwan in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Juan Brito in the 18th percentile when it comes to his BABIP skill.

Juan Brito is projected to bat 6th on the lineup card in this game.

As a switch-hitter who bats worse from the 0 side of the dish, Juan Brito will be less advantaged while batting from his weak side against Cole Ragans in today’s game.

When estimating his home run skill, Brayan Rocchio ranks in the 13th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Maikel Garcia will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s matchup.

Carter Jensen has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this season (71% of the time), but he is projected to hit 9th in the batting order today.

Batting from the same side that Joey Cantillo throws from, Carter Jensen will not have the upper hand in today’s game.

Playing on the road generally diminishes hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Carter Jensen in today’s game.

As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Angel Martinez ranks in the 25th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects David Fry in the 22nd percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

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