Royals vs Orioles match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, May 3rd

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Royals vs Orioles match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, May 3rd

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Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Saturday, May 3rd
03/05/25 19:15:00 PM EST First Pitch

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

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Oriole Park at Camden Yards as the 3rd-worst ballpark in Major League Baseball for walks.

Tomoyuki Sugano is an extreme groundball pitcher (43.2% GB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT), which should make him somewhat immune to the dangers of pitching in Oriole Park at Camden Yards — the #7 HR venue among all major league parks — in this matchup.

Among all the teams playing today, the 2nd-strongest infield defense is that of the the Baltimore Orioles.

Tomoyuki Sugano will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to bolster all of his stats across the board.

Tomoyuki Sugano performed well in his previous game started and allowed 2 ER.

Tomoyuki Sugano’s high utilization rate of his secondary pitches (70.8% this year) should work in his favor considering they are generally much more effective than fastballs.

Given the 1.53 gap between Tomoyuki Sugano’s 4.64 K/9 and his 6.17 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the least fortunate pitchers in the league this year as it relates to strikeouts and figures to see positive regression the rest of the season.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Oriole Park at Camden Yards as the 5th-best stadium in Major League Baseball for right-handed batting average.

Hitting from the opposite that Kris Bubic throws from, Ramon Urias will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Ramon Urias hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.6% — 81st percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting towards baseball’s 4th-shallowest CF fences in today’s game.

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

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Oriole Park at Camden Yards as the 10th-best venue in MLB for right-handed home runs.

Cedric Mullins is projected to bat 1st in the lineup in this game.

The #5 venue in the game for boosting batting average to left-handed hitters, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Cedric Mullins pulls a lot of his flyballs (36.1% — 92nd percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Cedric Mullins will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should improve all of his stats.

When estimating his home run ability, Cedric Mullins ranks in the 77th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Oriole Park at Camden Yards profiles as the #10 ballpark in Major League Baseball for LHB home runs, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ryan Mountcastle in the 91st percentile when it comes to his batting average ability.

Ryan Mountcastle is projected to bat 4th in the batting order today.

Hitting from the opposite that Kris Bubic throws from, Ryan Mountcastle will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ryan Mountcastle in the 84th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ramon Laureano in the 83rd percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

Ramon Laureano is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card today.

Ramon Laureano will have the handedness advantage against Kris Bubic today.

Ramon Laureano will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

Jorge Mateo will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Kris Bubic in today’s game.

Jorge Mateo hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.7% — 84th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting towards baseball’s 4th-shallowest CF fences today.

Home field advantage typically improves hitter stats in all categories, and Jorge Mateo will hold that advantage in today’s game.

The switch-hitting Dylan Carlson will have the advantage of batting from from his strong side (0) today against Kris Bubic.

Dylan Carlson will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should improve all of his stats.

Emmanuel Rivera will have the handedness advantage against Kris Bubic in today’s game.

Emmanuel Rivera has an 83rd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.6%) and will have a big advantage hitting them in the direction of MLB’s shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

Home field advantage typically improves batter stats across the board, and Emmanuel Rivera will hold that advantage today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Adley Rutschman in the 89th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

Adley Rutschman is projected to bat 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.

The switch-hitting Adley Rutschman will hold the platoon advantage while batting from from his better side (0) today against Kris Bubic.

Gunnar Henderson projects as the 16th-best batter in the majors, via the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Gunnar Henderson is penciled in 3rd in the batting order in this game.

Gunnar Henderson will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which should boost all of his stats.

Negative Match Player Stats with Royals vs Orioles Series Game 2

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s estimation, Tomoyuki Sugano’s overall pitching ability ranks in the 6th percentile among all starters in the game right now.

Stu Scheurwater grades out as a Hitters Umpire and is anticipated to be calling pitches in today’s game.

In MLB, Oriole Park at Camden Yards’s right field dimensions are the shallowest.

According to the weather report, the temperature and humidity for this matchup will be the 3rd-best for hitting on the slate.

Considering that groundball hitters hold a notable advantage over flyball pitchers, Tomoyuki Sugano and his 43.2% underlying GB% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be in a difficult spot in today’s game facing 1 opposing GB hitters.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Tomoyuki Sugano in the 4th percentile when assessing his strikeout ability.

The Kansas City Royals (20.5 K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) are forecasted to have the 5th-least strikeout-heavy group of batters on the slate today.

Ramon Urias is projected to bat 6th in the batting order in this matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cedric Mullins in the 8th percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

Batting from the same side that Kris Bubic throws from, Cedric Mullins faces a tough challenge in today’s game.

Among all parks, Oriole Park at Camden Yards’s LF fences are the 3rd-deepest.

When estimating his overall offensive skill, Jorge Mateo ranks in the 19th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Jorge Mateo is projected to hit 8th on the lineup card in this matchup.

Dylan Carlson is projected to bat 9th in the lineup today.

Emmanuel Rivera is projected to hit 7th in the batting order in today’s game.

Kris Bubic will have the handedness advantage over Gunnar Henderson today.

Gunnar Henderson has an 80th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.1%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the league’s 3rd-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

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