Twins vs Athletics match player stats | 2025 Series Game 3 Wednesday, June 4th

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Twins vs Athletics match player stats | 2025 Series Game 3 Wednesday, June 4th

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Series Game 3 Matchup Details

Minnesota Twins at Athletics
Series Game 3
Todays Game is on Wednesday, June 4th
04/06/25 22:05:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positive Match Player Stats for Twins vs Athletics Series Game 3 Matchup Today

When it comes to his BABIP ability, Denzel Clarke is projected as the 11th-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

The #10 stadium in Major League Baseball for boosting home runs to right-handed batters, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Sutter Health Park.

Among all stadiums, Sutter Health Park has the 5th-lowest average fence height.

As far as temperature and humidity go, the most suitable hitting weather on the schedule is expected for this contest.

The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 12.8-mph in this contest, the 2nd-strongest of the day for hitters.

Batters such as Denzel Clarke with extreme groundball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Zebby Matthews who skew towards the flyball end of the spectrum.

The Minnesota Twins infield defense projects as the 5th-weakest among all the teams on the slate today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Zebby Matthews in the 84th percentile as it relates to his strikeout ability.

Per the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the offense with the most strikeout-prone lineup in today’s games is the Athletics with a 26.9% underlying K%.

Because groundball hitters face a disadvantage against groundball pitchers, Zebby Matthews (34.5% GB% according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) is well-situated in this game with 2 GB hitters in the opposing team’s projected batting order.

Over his previous 3 GS, Zebby Matthews has compiled a staggering 21 strikeouts.

Zebby Matthews’s fastball velocity has spiked 1.1 mph this year (96 mph) over where it was last season (94.9 mph).

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Zebby Matthews in the 85th percentile when estimating his overall pitching talent.

The Athletics have been the 6th-luckiest offense in the game this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform worse going forward,Willi Castro has been hot in recent games, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 86-mph to 94-mph in the last week’s worth of games.

In notching a .314 BABIP since the start of last season, Willi Castro is ranked in the 76th percentile.

Carlos Correa’s batting average ability is projected to be in the 92nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Carlos Correa is penciled in 4th in the lineup today.

Carlos Correa will hold the platoon advantage against Jeffrey Springs today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Carlos Correa in the 90th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive talent.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ty France in the 85th percentile when it comes to his batting average talent.

Ty France is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Ty France will hold the platoon advantage against Jeffrey Springs today.

Harrison Bader will hold the platoon advantage over Jeffrey Springs in today’s matchup.

Harrison Bader has seen a substantial increase in his exit velocity on flyballs in recent games; just compare his 95.5-mph average in the past 14 days to his seasonal EV of 92.5-mph.

Harrison Bader’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has gotten better of late, rising from 8.3% on the season to 11.8% in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

Brent Rooker projects as the 12th-best home run batter in the league, via the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Brent Rooker is projected to bat 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brent Rooker in the 97th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

Ryan Jeffers is projected to bat 1st on the lineup card in this game.

Ryan Jeffers will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Jeffrey Springs in today’s matchup.

Ryan Jeffers has made sizeable improvements with his Barrel% in recent games, upping his 8.9% seasonal rate to 23.1% in the past week.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ryan Jeffers in the 82nd percentile when it comes to his home run ability.

Luis Urias will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to improve all of his stats.

Luis Urias has shown good plate discipline this year, grading out in the 89th percentile with a 1.38 K/BB rate.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Soderstrom in the 90th percentile as it relates to his home run talent.

Tyler Soderstrom is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in this game.

Sutter Health Park grades out as the #10 field in the league for left-handed home runs, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Soderstrom in the 85th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

Tyler Soderstrom will hold the platoon advantage against Zebby Matthews today.

Royce Lewis has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (68% of the time), but he is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this game.

Royce Lewis will have the handedness advantage over Jeffrey Springs in today’s game.

Over the last 14 days, Royce Lewis’s exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 92.7-mph over the course of the season to 96.6-mph recently.

When it comes to his home run talent, Royce Lewis ranks in the 81st percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

When it comes to his home run ability, Shea Langeliers ranks in the 95th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Shea Langeliers is penciled in 4th on the lineup card in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Shea Langeliers in the 88th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive ability.

JJ Bleday is projected to hit 5th in the lineup in this matchup.

JJ Bleday will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Zebby Matthews today.

The Minnesota Twins have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so JJ Bleday has a strong chance of never losing the platoon advantage against the ‘pen all game.

As it relates to his home run ability, JJ Bleday ranks in the 79th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

When assessing his home run talent, Lawrence Butler ranks in the 86th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Lawrence Butler is projected to bat 1st on the lineup card in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Lawrence Butler in the 83rd percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

Lawrence Butler will have the handedness advantage against Zebby Matthews in today’s game.

Negative Match Player Stats with Twins vs Athletics Series Game 3

Denzel Clarke is projected to bat 9th on the lineup card today.

Denzel Clarke has been replaced by a pinch-hitter 15% of the time when starting against a right-handed starter this year.

The 6th-deepest LF fences among all parks are found in Sutter Health Park.

Batting from the same side that Zebby Matthews throws from, Denzel Clarke will be in a tough position in today’s matchup.

Denzel Clarke has struggled to lift the ball of late, posting a -3.2° launch angle over the last 14 days.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Denzel Clarke in the 20th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.

Considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Zebby Matthews is projected to throw 78 pitches in this outing by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the 4th-least of all pitchers on the slate today.

It is scheduled that we will see a Huge Hitters Umpire (Carlos Torres) calling pitches in this game.

Projected catcher Ryan Jeffers projects as a weak pitch framer, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Sutter Health Park as the 9th-best field in the league for home runs.

Willi Castro is penciled in 9th on the lineup card in this game.

As a switch-hitter who is weaker from the 0 side of the plate, Willi Castro will bat from his weak side against Jeffrey Springs today.

In today’s matchup, Willi Castro is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 33.7% rate (77th percentile).

Playing on the road generally lessens batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Willi Castro in today’s game.

Willi Castro’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off this year; his 90.6-mph EV last season has dropped off to 86.7-mph.

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

Carlos Correa’s launch angle this season (5.3°) is considerably worse than his 9° figure last year.

Ty France will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

Over the past week, Ty France’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 8.9% down to 0%.

Ty France’s exit velocity on flyballs has declined in recent games; his 91.5-mph seasonal figure has decreased to 81.9-mph over the past week.

In the past 7 days, Ty France’s 0% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 16.5%.

Harrison Bader is projected to hit 8th in the lineup today.

Harrison Bader pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (38.1% — 96th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Harrison Bader will be at a disadvantage playing away from home today.

Harrison Bader’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has dropped off from last season to this one, decreasing from 15.7% to 8.3%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Harrison Bader’s true offensive talent to be a .299, indicating that he has had positive variance on his side this year given the .046 discrepancy between that figure and his actual .345 wOBA.

Zebby Matthews will hold the platoon advantage over Brent Rooker in today’s matchup.

Brent Rooker hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (39.2% — 91st percentile) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 11th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

Typically, batters like Brent Rooker who hit a lot of flyballs tend to perform worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as Zebby Matthews.

In the past two weeks, Brent Rooker’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased from his seasonal figure of 95.4 mph to 92.1 mph.

Brent Rooker’s average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls this year (15.1°) is quite a bit worse than his 18.3° figure last year.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ryan Jeffers in the 17th percentile when it comes to his BABIP talent.

Ryan Jeffers will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

Ryan Jeffers’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has decreased from last season to this one, decreasing from 15.5% to 10.4%.

Checking in at the 25th percentile for power, Ryan Jeffers has hit 9.8 home runs per 600 plate appearances this year.

Sporting a .257 BABIP since the start of last season, Ryan Jeffers is positioned in the 11th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Urias in the 6th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability.

Luis Urias is penciled in 6th in the lineup in this matchup.

Zebby Matthews will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Luis Urias today.

Luis Urias pulls many of his flyballs (37.2% — 95th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences today.

Luis Urias has taken a step back with his Barrel% in recent games; his 5.2% seasonal rate has dropped off to 0% in the last two weeks’ worth of games.

Luis Urias’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has dropped off in recent games, decreasing from 8.6% on the season to 0% in the past week’s worth of games.

Tyler Soderstrom hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (39.1% — 89th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the game’s 11th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

Tyler Soderstrom has been cold recently, with his seasonal exit velocity of 92.3-mph dropping to 85.1-mph over the last week.

Tyler Soderstrom’s ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has decreased in recent games, going from 46.6% on the season to 11.1% over the last week.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Royce Lewis in the 17th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

Royce Lewis pulls many of his flyballs (36% — 92nd percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

Playing on the road typically lessens batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Royce Lewis today.

Royce Lewis’s ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has declined from last year to this one, falling from 42.8% to 35.6%.

Royce Lewis has notched a .228 BABIP since the start of last season, grading out in the 2nd percentile.

Zebby Matthews will have the handedness advantage against Shea Langeliers today.

In today’s game, Shea Langeliers is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 35.5% rate (90th percentile).

Shea Langeliers’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased of late; his 93.1-mph seasonal EV has fallen off to 90.4-mph in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

Shea Langeliers’s launch angle this year (10.9°) is considerably worse than his 16° figure last season.

Compared to his seasonal mark of 10.9°, Shea Langeliers has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (1.5°) in the last two weeks.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects JJ Bleday in the 4th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

JJ Bleday hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (38.4% — 76th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards baseball’s 11th-deepest CF fences today.

Typically, batters like JJ Bleday who hit a lot of flyballs are generally less successful when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as Zebby Matthews.

From last year to this one, JJ Bleday’s ability to hit the ball at a launch angle that optimizes BABIP (-4° to 26°) has decreased substantially, plummeting from 42.8% to 34.6%.

Based on Statcast metrics, JJ Bleday grades out in the 4th percentile via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average this year at .194.

With a .270 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) this year, JJ Bleday grades out in the 9th percentile for offensive ability.

JJ Bleday’s 3.9% Barrel% (an advanced standard to evaluate power) ranks in the 14th percentile this year.

This year, JJ Bleday’s flyball exit velocity (an advanced standard to assess power) ranks in the 16th percentile at 89.4 mph.

Lawrence Butler has a 91st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.4%) and will be challenged by the game’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Lawrence Butler’s exit velocity on flyballs has declined in recent games; his 93.9-mph seasonal figure has dropped to 87.1-mph in the past week’s worth of games.

Lawrence Butler’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has fallen off lately, falling from 12.4% on the season to 0% over the last 14 days.

Lawrence Butler has experienced some positive variance in regards to with his wOBA this year; his .343 figure is a fair amount higher than his .299 Expected wOBA, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

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