White Sox vs Cubs match player stats | 2025 Friday, May 16th

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White Sox vs Cubs match player stats | 2025 Friday, May 16th

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Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs

Todays Game is on Friday, May 16th
16/05/25 14:20:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positive Match Player Stats for White Sox vs Cubs Matchup Today

A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and this game is predicted to have the 2nd-hottest temperature of the day at 82,°.

The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 19-mph in this match-up, the most-favorable of the day for bats.

Batting from the opposite that Shane Smith throws from, Moises Ballesteros will have the upper hand today.

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

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Moises Ballesteros in the 86th percentile when assessing his batting average skill.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Edgar Quero in the 85th percentile as it relates to his batting average skill.

Edgar Quero is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card today.

The 4th-best projected offense of all teams on the slate today in terms of overall batting skill is that of the Chicago Cubs.

When estimating his overall offensive ability, Carson Kelly ranks in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Carson Kelly is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card in this game.

Home field advantage typically boosts batter metrics across the board, and Carson Kelly will hold that advantage in today’s game.

Josh Rojas has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (57% of the time), but he is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in today’s game.

Batting from the opposite that Cade Horton throws from, Josh Rojas will have an edge in today’s game.

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

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nico Hoerner in the 96th percentile as it relates to his batting average ability.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Kyle Tucker ranks as the 10th-best batter in baseball.

Kyle Tucker is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.

Kyle Tucker will have the handedness advantage over Shane Smith in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Dansby Swanson in the 89th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive talent.

Dansby Swanson will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Robert Jr. in the 89th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

Luis Robert Jr. is penciled in 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.

When assessing his home run talent, Luis Robert Jr. ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Hitting from the opposite that Cade Horton throws from, Joshua Palacios will have an advantage today.

Extreme groundball hitters like Joshua Palacios usually hit better against extreme flyball pitchers like Cade Horton.

When it comes to his overall offensive skill, Andrew Vaughn ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Andrew Vaughn is penciled in 4th in the lineup in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Busch in the 86th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

Michael Busch is projected to hit 4th in the lineup today.

Batting from the opposite that Shane Smith throws from, Michael Busch will have an edge in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Pete Crow-Armstrong in the 83rd percentile when estimating his home run talent.

Pete Crow-Armstrong is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in today’s game, which would be an upgrade from his 89% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this year.

Hitting from the opposite that Shane Smith throws from, Pete Crow-Armstrong will have an edge in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Pete Crow-Armstrong in the 76th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Seiya Suzuki in the 96th percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

Seiya Suzuki is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.

Home field advantage typically improves batter stats in all categories, and Seiya Suzuki will hold that advantage today.

Negative Match Player Stats with White Sox vs Cubs

Moises Ballesteros is penciled in 7th in the batting order in today’s game.

As a switch-hitter who performs worse from the 0 side of the plate, Edgar Quero will be less advantaged while batting from his weak side against Cade Horton today.

Among all the teams in action today, the strongest infield defense is that of the the Chicago Cubs.

Playing on the road generally diminishes hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Edgar Quero today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Shane Smith to throw 78 pitches in this matchup (3rd-least on the slate), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

Playing on the road typically weakens pitcher stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Shane Smith today.

Shane Smith will hold the platoon advantage over Carson Kelly in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Carson Kelly in the 10th percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

As it relates to his home run skill, Josh Rojas ranks in the 22nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Playing on the road generally reduces batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Josh Rojas in today’s game.

When estimating his home run skill, Nico Hoerner ranks in the 3rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Nico Hoerner is penciled in 8th on the lineup card today.

Batting from the same side that Shane Smith throws from, Nico Hoerner encounters a tough challenge in today’s game.

Nico Hoerner has a 90th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36%) and will be challenged by the league’s 5th-deepest RF fences today.

Kyle Tucker pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (35.4% — 89th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the game’s 5th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Dansby Swanson is projected to hit 6th in the batting order in this game.

Batting from the same side that Shane Smith throws from, Dansby Swanson will have a tough matchup in today’s matchup.

Batting from the same side that Cade Horton throws from, Luis Robert Jr. will not have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Luis Robert Jr. will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.

Joshua Palacios is projected to hit 7th in the lineup in this game, which would be a downgrade from his 63% rate of hitting in the top-half of the lineup this year.

Chicago’s #1-ranked outfield defense on the slate poses a formidable challenge for Joshua Palacios, who tends to hit a lot of flyballs.

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

Cade Horton will hold the platoon advantage against Andrew Vaughn in today’s game.

Andrew Vaughn will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

Hitting from the same side that Shane Smith throws from, Seiya Suzuki faces a tough challenge today.

Lenyn Sosa is projected to bat 6th in the lineup today.

Batting from the same side that Cade Horton throws from, Lenyn Sosa has a tough challenge in today’s game.

Lenyn Sosa has a 93rd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.9%) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards baseball’s 5th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

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

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