White Sox vs Braves match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Tuesday, August 19th

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White Sox vs Braves match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Tuesday, August 19th

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White Sox @ Braves Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Teams : Chicago White Sox at Atlanta Braves
Series : Series Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Tuesday, August 19th
Time : 19/08/25 19:15:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Chicago White Sox Game Today

As it relates to his strikeout skill, the leading projection system (THE BAT) puts Shane Smith in the 79th percentile among all SPs in baseball.

Truist Park projects as the #8 field in the majors for strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Shane Smith’s 94.8-mph fastball velocity this year is in the 76th percentile out of all starting pitchers.

Shane Smith has recorded an 11.8% Swinging Strike rate this year, placing in the 78th percentile.

Grading out in the 75th percentile, Shane Smith has recorded a 24.2% K% this year.

Truist Park projects as the #8 venue in the majors for BABIP, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The Chicago White Sox outfield defense grades out as the 3rd-worst among all the teams on the slate today.

Tallying 91.7 adjusted pitches per GS this year on average, Bryce Elder places in the 78th percentile.

Bryce Elder’s slider percentage has spiked by 5.5% from last year to this one (31.5% to 37%) .

Bryce Elder has been unlucky this year, notching a 5.89 ERA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 4.77 — a 1.12 discrepancy.

Bryce Elder has been one of the unluckiest pitchers in Major League Baseball on balls in play this year with a .311 BABIP and should see that luck normalize going forward.

Negatives with the Atlanta Braves Game Today

Built 981 feet above sea level, Truist Park has the 3rd-highest altitude among all stadiums, which often leads to better offense.

Hot weather is strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather report projects the 5th-hottest temperature of all games today at 83°.

In Major League Baseball, Truist Park’s left field dimensions are the 2nd-deepest.

Shane Smith performed well in his previous outing and allowed 2 ER.

When assessing his strikeout ability, the leading projection system (THE BAT) puts Bryce Elder in the 25th percentile among all starting pitchers in the game.

Out of all starters, Bryce Elder’s fastball velocity of 90.7 mph is in the 12th percentile this year.

With a 0.11 difference between Bryce Elder’s 7.32 K/9 and his 7.21 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the most fortunate pitchers in the league this year when it comes to strikeouts and should negatively regress in future games.

Bryce Elder has posted a 5.17 FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching, an estimator of ERA that focuses on the things most within a pitcher’s control) this year, grading out in the 11th percentile.

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