Twins vs Reds match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Wednesday, June 18th

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Twins vs Reds match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Wednesday, June 18th

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Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Minnesota Twins at Cincinnati Reds
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Wednesday, June 18th
18/06/25 19:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positive Match Player Stats for Twins vs Reds Series Game 2 Matchup Today

Elly De La Cruz is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in this game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Great American Ball Park as the 2nd-best park in baseball for run-scoring.

Great American Ball Park has the 6th-shallowest fences in the majors — generally good for dingers.

According to the weather report, the temperature and humidity for this game will be the 3rd-most suitable for hitting of all games today.

As a switch-hitter who is best from the 0 side of the plate, Elly De La Cruz will hold the platoon advantage while batting from from his good side against Bailey Ober today.

Extreme groundball bats like Elly De La Cruz tend to perform better against extreme flyball pitchers like Bailey Ober.

Christian Encarnacion-Strand is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this game.

Christian Encarnacion-Strand will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which ought to boost all of his stats.

Tyler Stephenson is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 56% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this year.

Tyler Stephenson has an 82nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.5%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them in the direction of baseball’s 8th-shallowest RF fences today.

Tyler Stephenson will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to boost all of his stats.

Carlos Correa is projected to bat 3rd in the batting order in this game.

Carlos Correa will hold the platoon advantage against Nick Lodolo in today’s game.

Gavin Lux is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in today’s game.

Gavin Lux will have the handedness advantage over Bailey Ober in today’s game.

Home field advantage typically boosts batter metrics in all categories, and Gavin Lux will hold that advantage today.

Hitting from the opposite that Bailey Ober throws from, Jake Fraley will have an edge today.

Jake Fraley will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should boost all of his stats.

Ty France is projected to hit 4th in the batting order today.

Hitting from the opposite that Nick Lodolo throws from, Ty France will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Harrison Bader will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Nick Lodolo today.

Byron Buxton is projected to hit 1st in the lineup today.

Batting from the opposite that Nick Lodolo throws from, Byron Buxton will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Extreme groundball bats like Byron Buxton usually hit better against extreme flyball pitchers like Nick Lodolo.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Ryan Jeffers (the Twins’s expected catcher today) is considered to be a weak pitch framer.

The #1 field in the majors for boosting home runs, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Great American Ball Park.

Great American Ball Park has the 3rd-shallowest LF dimensions among all major league stadiums.

Bailey Ober is an extreme flyball pitcher (43.2% FB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) and will be disadvantaged pitching in the #1 HR venue among all major league stadiums in this game.

Trevor Larnach is projected to bat 2nd in the batting order in today’s game.

TJ Friedl is penciled in 1st in the batting order in this game.

TJ Friedl will hold the platoon advantage against Bailey Ober today.

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

Out of all the teams today, the 5th-worst infield defense is that of the Cincinnati Reds.

Nick Lodolo’s 92.9-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a sizeable 1.2-mph drop off from last year’s 94.1-mph mark.

Will Benson is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 88% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this year.

Batting from the opposite that Bailey Ober throws from, Will Benson will have an advantage today.

Home field advantage typically improves hitter metrics across the board, and Will Benson will hold that advantage today.

Spencer Steer will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to boost all of his stats.

Matt McLain has an 86th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.1%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 8th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage generally boosts batter stats in all categories, and Matt McLain will hold that advantage today.

Jonah Bride will hold the platoon advantage over Nick Lodolo today.

Negative Match Player Stats with Twins vs Reds Series Game 2

Batting from the same side that Bailey Ober throws from, Christian Encarnacion-Strand will have a tough matchup today.

Bailey Ober will have the handedness advantage against Tyler Stephenson in today’s game.

Carlos Correa will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s game.

Jake Fraley is projected to bat 8th in the lineup in this game.

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

Harrison Bader is projected to bat 9th on the lineup card in this matchup.

Playing on the road typically diminishes batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Harrison Bader in today’s matchup.

Byron Buxton will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

Bailey Ober has utilized his slider 13.9% more often this year (25.8%) than he did last year (11.9%).

Nick Lodolo will hold the platoon advantage against Trevor Larnach in today’s matchup.

Playing on the road generally weakens batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Trevor Larnach in today’s game.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Jose Trevino (the Reds’s expected catcher today) grades out as an elite pitch framer.

Nick Lodolo is an extreme groundball pitcher (44.6% GB% according to the leading projection system, THE BAT), which should make him somewhat immune to the dangers of pitching in Great American Ball Park — the #1 HR venue in Major League Baseball — in this game.

Nick Lodolo was in good form in his last start and allowed 2 ER.

Nick Lodolo has relied on his change-up 6.4% more often this season (22.9%) than he did last season (16.5%).

Nick Lodolo has posted a 4.06 K/BB rate this year, ranking in the 83rd percentile.

Spencer Steer is penciled in 6th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Hitting from the same side that Bailey Ober throws from, Spencer Steer will have a disadvantage today.

Matt McLain has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this year (54% of the time), but he is projected to bat 9th on the lineup card today.

Batting from the same side that Bailey Ober throws from, Matt McLain encounters a tough challenge today.

Jonah Bride is projected to bat 8th on the lineup card in this game.

Playing on the road generally diminishes hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Jonah Bride in today’s game.

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