Royals @ White Sox Series Game 3 Matchup Details

Positives for the Kansas City Royals Series Game 3 Game Today

Nick Loftin has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (78% of the time), but he is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in today’s game.

,Humid weather has a small but significant connection with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather report predicts the most humid conditions on the slate today at 79%.

,Batting from the opposite that Anthony Kay throws from, Nick Loftin will have an edge in today’s game.

,Nick Loftin pulls many of his flyballs (35.1% — 83rd percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 5th-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

,Nick Loftin’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 15.9% to 21.6%.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Colson Montgomery as baseball’s 14th-best home run batter.

,Colson Montgomery is penciled in 4th on the lineup card in today’s game.

,Guaranteed Rate Field projects as the #7 park in the game for overall lefty offense, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Colson Montgomery will hold the platoon advantage against Luinder Avila in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Kyle Teel in the 96th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability.

,Long-balls are generally more common at parks with shallow fences, and Guaranteed Rate Field has the shallowest in the majors.

,Kyle Teel will have the handedness advantage against Luinder Avila in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Samuel Antonacci in the 97th percentile as it relates to his batting average talent.

,Samuel Antonacci is projected to hit 1st in the lineup today.

,Samuel Antonacci will hold the platoon advantage against Luinder Avila in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Starling Marte in the 90th percentile as it relates to his BABIP skill.

,The #7 venue in the league for boosting offensive stats to RHB, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Guaranteed Rate Field.

,Batting from the opposite that Anthony Kay throws from, Starling Marte will have an edge today.

,Starling Marte has an 89th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.2%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 9th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

,The Kansas City Royals have been the 9th-unluckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to hit better the rest of the season,The 5th-shallowest left field fences in the league are found in Guaranteed Rate Field.

,The Kansas City Royals have 6 batters in the projected offense that will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Anthony Kay today.

,With a 0.91 discrepancy between Anthony Kay’s 4.24 ERA and his 5.15 FIP, it’s safe to say he’s been one of the most fortunate pitchers in the majors this year and figures to negatively regress the rest of the season.

,When estimating his home run skill, Jac Caglianone ranks in the 90th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Jac Caglianone is projected to bat 3rd in the batting order today, which would be an upgrade from his 61% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season.

,Chase Meidroth is projected to hit 5th in the batting order today.

,Chase Meidroth has a 98th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (38.8%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the game’s 9th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,The Kansas City Royals outfield defense projects as the weakest among every team on the slate today.

,Batting from the opposite that Luinder Avila throws from, Tristan Peters will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

,Tristan Peters pulls many of his flyballs (38.6% — 95th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the game’s 9th-shallowest RF fences today.

,Home field advantage generally bolsters batter metrics across the board, and Tristan Peters will hold that advantage today.

,Tristan Peters has been hot of late, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 86.2-mph to 91.2-mph in the last week.

,Lane Thomas is penciled in 4th on the lineup card in this game.

,The #9 park in Major League Baseball for boosting batting average to righties, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Guaranteed Rate Field.

,Hitting from the opposite that Anthony Kay throws from, Lane Thomas will have an advantage today.

,Lane Thomas pulls many of his flyballs (35.2% — 83rd percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 5th-shallowest LF fences today.

,Andrew Benintendi is penciled in 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.

,Andrew Benintendi will hold the platoon advantage against Luinder Avila today.

,Andrew Benintendi pulls many of his flyballs (37.6% — 93rd percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 9th-shallowest RF fences today.

,Jacob Gonzalez will hold the platoon advantage against Luinder Avila today.

,The switch-hitting Isaac Collins will have the advantage of batting from from his better side (0) today against Anthony Kay.

,Isaac Collins pulls many of his flyballs (33.8% — 75th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 5th-shallowest LF fences today.

,Tyler Tolbert will hold the platoon advantage against Anthony Kay today.

,Tyler Tolbert has an 81st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.8%) and will have a big advantage hitting them out towards MLB’s 9th-shallowest RF fences today.

,Posting a .286 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season , Tyler Tolbert is positioned in the 93rd percentile.

,When it comes to his home run skill, Salvador Perez ranks in the 88th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Salvador Perez will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Anthony Kay today.

,Salvador Perez pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.5% — 89th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards MLB’s 5th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

,Salvador Perez has made significant gains with his Barrel% of late, improving his 9.5% seasonal rate to 15.4% in the last two weeks.

,When assessing his overall offensive ability, Miguel Vargas ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Miguel Vargas is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in today’s game.

,Miguel Vargas pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (34.6% — 80th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 5th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

,Braden Montgomery’s BABIP skill is projected in the 94th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,The switch-hitting Braden Montgomery will have the advantage of batting from from his strong side (0) today against Luinder Avila.

,Over the last 7 days, Jac Caglianone’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 16.7% up to 41.7%.

,Colson Montgomery pulls many of his flyballs (40.9% — 98th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s 9th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,When it comes to his home run skill, Carter Jensen ranks in the 76th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Carter Jensen is projected to hit 1st in the lineup in this matchup.

,Andrew Benintendi will possess the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should bolster all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jac Caglianone in the 78th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Guaranteed Rate Field as the 9th-best park in MLB for lefty batting average.

,Carter Jensen has been hot of late, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 90.7-mph to 93.6-mph over the past 14 days.

,The Chicago White Sox have 7 bats in the projected offense that will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Luinder Avila in today’s game.

,Luinder Avila will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.

,When it comes to his overall offensive skill, Kyle Teel ranks in the 79th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Kyle Teel will benefit from the home field advantage today, which figures to boost all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Colson Montgomery in the 80th percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

,Jacob Gonzalez will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to boost all of his stats.

,Looking at the top 5% of Starling Marte’s batted balls by exit velocity, their 86 mph average places him among the league’s elite, ranking in the 82nd percentile since the start of last season.

,Miguel Vargas will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to improve all of his stats.

,The Kansas City Royals have 3 bats in their projected offense today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Carter Jensen, Jac Caglianone, Tyler Tolbert).

,Out of all starting pitchers, Anthony Kay’s fastball velocity of 95.2 mph is in the 78th percentile this year.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Chase Meidroth in the 86th percentile when it comes to his BABIP talent.

,Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter stats in all categories, and Chase Meidroth will hold that advantage today.

,Chase Meidroth’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 9.9% to 14.5%.

,Home field advantage typically bolsters batter metrics across the board, and Braden Montgomery will hold that advantage today.

,Over the last 7 days, Braden Montgomery has averaged an impressive 99.7-mph exit velocity on his flyballs, an advanced measure of home run potential.

,Isaac Collins’s launch angle this year (17.8°) is considerably higher than his 12.6° angle last year.

,Lane Thomas has seen a significant gain in his exit velocity on flyballs in recent games; just compare his 96.7-mph average over the last 7 days to his seasonal EV of 90.9-mph.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Samuel Antonacci in the 89th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability.

,Samuel Antonacci has a 79th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.6%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards the game’s 5th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Negatives with the Chicago White Sox Series Game 3 Game Today

When it comes to his home run ability, Nick Loftin ranks in the 23rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,24% of the time that Nick Loftin has started against a lefty hurler this year, he has been replaced by a pinch-hitter.

,The wind projects to be blowing in from LF at 8.5-mph in this game, the 4th-most-favorable of the day for hurlers.

,Playing on the road typically weakens batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Nick Loftin today.

,Nick Loftin’s exit velocity on flyballs has dropped off this year; his 91.6-mph EV last year has dropped to 88.6-mph.

,When it comes to plate discipline, Colson Montgomery’s skill is quite bad, putting up a 3.3 K/BB rate this year while placing in in the 23rd percentile.

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

,Kyle Teel has been cold recently, compiling a 0% Barrel% (a reliable metric to assess power) in the past 7 days.

,Notching a -13° launch angle over the past week suggests that Kyle Teel has been finding it challenging to lift the ball of late, which is a key component of hitting for power.

,In terms of his batting average, Kyle Teel has been very fortunate since the start of last season. His .272 figure has been inflated compared to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected Batting Average (xBA) at .254.

,This year, Samuel Antonacci has been replaced by a pinch-hitter in 12% of his appearances when starting against northpaw.

,In the last two weeks’ worth of games, Samuel Antonacci’s 46.7% rate of hitting balls at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 52.9%.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Samuel Antonacci’s true offensive skill to be a .334, providing some evidence that he has been lucky this year given the .027 disparity between that mark and his actual .361 wOBA.

,Starling Marte is projected to bat 8th on the lineup card today.

,When starting against a southpaw this year, Starling Marte has been pinch hit for 19% of the time.

,Out of all the teams in action today, the 3rd-best infield defense belongs to the Chicago White Sox.

,Playing on the road generally diminishes batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Starling Marte in today’s matchup.

,The Kansas City Royals projected offense projects as the 3rd-weakest on the slate today in terms of overall batting skill.

,The #10 stadium in the majors for suppressing walks, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Guaranteed Rate Field.

,Anthony Kay will hold the home field advantage today, which should improve all of his stats in all categories.

,Batting from the same side that Anthony Kay throws from, Jac Caglianone encounters a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

,Jac Caglianone will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s game.

,Jac Caglianone has been lucky this year, compiling a .358 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .321 — a .037 gap.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Chase Meidroth in the 5th percentile when it comes to his home run ability.

,Batting from the same side that Luinder Avila throws from, Chase Meidroth will have a disadvantage in today’s game.

,In the past week’s worth of games, Chase Meidroth’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased from his seasonal average of 90.7 mph to 85.4 mph.

,Chase Meidroth has been lucky this year, compiling a .320 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .296 — a .024 gap.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tristan Peters in the 21st percentile when estimating his home run talent.

,Tristan Peters is projected to bat 7th in the lineup in this game.

,26% of the time that Tristan Peters has started against a right-handed starter this year, he has been replaced by a pinch-hitter.

,In the last week, Tristan Peters has failed to produce much power, posting a mere a 0% Barrel% (a reliable stat to evaluate power).

,When starting against a southpaw this year, Lane Thomas has been pinch hit for 15% of the time.

,Lane Thomas will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

,Lane Thomas has been cold lately, posting a 0% Barrel% (a reliable stat to assess power) over the last 7 days.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andrew Benintendi in the 23rd percentile when it comes to his BABIP talent.

,Andrew Benintendi has been pulled from the game early 28% of the time when starting against a northpaw this year.

,Over the past week, Andrew Benintendi’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 10.8% down to 0%.

,Andrew Benintendi’s launch angle this year (17.5°) is a considerable dropoff from his 20.6° angle last season.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nick Loftin in the 19th percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

,Jacob Gonzalez’s BABIP skill is projected in the 7th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Jacob Gonzalez is projected to bat 8th on the lineup card today.

,28% of the time that Jacob Gonzalez has started against a righty on the mound this year, he has been pulled from the game early.

,Over the last two weeks, Jacob Gonzalez’s 29.4% rate of hitting balls at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 35.1%.

,Isaac Collins is projected to bat 7th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Isaac Collins will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s matchup.

,In the last 14 days, Isaac Collins’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 6.1% down to 0%.

,As it relates to his overall offensive ability, Tyler Tolbert ranks in the 4th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Tyler Tolbert is projected to bat 9th in the batting order in this matchup.

,Since the start of last season, Tyler Tolbert has been pinch hit for in 52% of his appearances when starting against left-handed starter.

,Salvador Perez is penciled in 6th on the lineup card in this game, which would be a downgrade from his 90% rate of hitting in the top-half of the lineup this year.

,Playing on the road generally diminishes batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Salvador Perez in today’s matchup.

,Salvador Perez has struggled with his Barrel%; his 14.6% rate last season has decreased to 9.5% this year.

,Salvador Perez’s exit velocity on flyballs has declined in recent games; his 93-mph seasonal average has lowered to 88.5-mph in the last week.

,Hitting from the same side that Luinder Avila throws from, Miguel Vargas will have a tough challenge today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Salvador Perez in the 7th percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

,Braden Montgomery is projected to hit 6th in the lineup today.

,When it comes to plate discipline, Jac Caglianone’s ability is quite weak, sporting a 3.6 K/BB rate this year while checking in at in the 17th percentile.

,Anthony Kay will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Carter Jensen today.

,Carter Jensen will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.

,Carter Jensen’s launch angle of late (7.2° in the last week) is significantly worse than his 19.5° seasonal mark.

,Andrew Benintendi’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has declined lately, decreasing from 20.1% on the season to 9.1% over the last 14 days.

,It may be smart to expect weaker performance for the Chicago White Sox offense in the future, considering that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) sees them as the 4th-luckiest offense in the game this year.

,Luinder Avila’s 95.4-mph fastball velocity this year ranks in the 83rd percentile out of all SPs.

,Among all SPs, Luinder Avila’s fastball spin rate of 2492 rpm ranks in the 92nd percentile this year.

,Despite posting a .349 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Tristan Peters has experienced some positive variance given the .056 gap between that figure and his estimated true talent wOBA of .293.

,Utilizing Statcast metrics, Colson Montgomery ranks in the 25th percentile via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .233.

,Grading out in the 23rd percentile, Colson Montgomery has notched a .223 batting average this year.

,When estimating his overall offensive talent, Jacob Gonzalez ranks in the 23rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Compared to his seasonal angle of 17.5°, Jacob Gonzalez has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (2.3°) in the past 14 days.

,Anthony Kay has tallied 14.3 outs per start this year, grading out in the 20th percentile.

,From last season to this one, Starling Marte’s ability to hit the ball at a launch angle that optimizes home runs (23° to 34°) has decreased substantially, plummeting from 14.1% to 9.7%.

,Guaranteed Rate Field ranks as the #27 ballpark in the game for strikeouts, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Taking into account both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Luinder Avila is projected to throw 75 pitches in today’s outing by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the 3rd-least on the slate.

,Chase Meidroth has posted a .284 Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season, ranking in the 13th percentile for offensive skills according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Playing on the road typically reduces hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Tyler Tolbert in today’s matchup.

,Over the last 14 days, Isaac Collins’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased from his seasonal figure of 87.5 mph to 84.2 mph.

,Lane Thomas has compiled a .224 Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season, grading out in the 10th percentile for offensive skills according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Samuel Antonacci’s 89.9-mph exit velocity on flyballs (an advanced metric to evaluate power) is in the 20th percentile this year.

,When it comes to power, Samuel Antonacci is ranked in the 16th percentile, having hit 8.4 HRs per 600 plate appearances this year.

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