Royals vs Yankees match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Tuesday, April 15th

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Royals vs Yankees match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Tuesday, April 15th

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World Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Tuesday, April 15th
15/04/25 19:05:00 PM EST First Pitch

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

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Yankee Stadium as the 3rd-best venue in the game for home runs.

Yankee Stadium has the 8th-lowest fence height (on average) in Major League Baseball.

The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 17.5-mph in this match-up, the best of the day for bats.

Michael Wacha is an extreme flyball pitcher (38.5% FB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) and will be disadvantaged pitching in the #4 HR venue in the majors in this game.

Michael Wacha has gone to his four-seam fastball 20.3% more often this season (44%) than he did last year (23.7%).

Yankee Stadium’s altitude is near sea-level, one of the lowest among all parks, which tends to lead to worse offense.

Considering the 0.42 deviation between Michael Wacha’s 7.73 K/9 and his 8.15 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 majors since the start of last season when it comes to strikeouts and ought to see positive regression in future games.

Tallying 17 outs per GS since the start of last season on average, Michael Wacha checks in at the 77th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Max Fried in the 80th percentile as it relates to his strikeout ability.

Compared to the average starting pitcher, Max Fried has been granted a longer leash than the average pitcher since the start of last season, recording an additional 6.9 adjusted pitches each outing.

Negative Match Player Stats with Royals vs Yankees Series Game 2

The 6th-deepest CF dimensions among all stadiums are found in Yankee Stadium.

The weather forecast projects temperatures in this matchup to drop to the 5th-lowest level on the slate today at 57°, which is highly linked to an decrease in offense (and an increase in strikeouts).

In his previous outing, Michael Wacha was on point and allowed 1 ER.

Michael Wacha struggled when it came to striking hitters out in his previous outing and notched 2 Ks.

Among all SPs, Michael Wacha’s fastball spin rate of 2175 rpm grades out in the 10th percentile this year.

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