CWS @ SF






White Sox @ Giants Matchup Details
Date : Todays Game is on Friday, May 22nd
Time : 22/05/26 22:15:00 PM EST First Pitch
Positives for the Chicago White Sox Game Today
Oracle Park has the 2nd-shallowest RF fences in MLB.
,The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.9-mph in this game, the best of the day for hitters.
,Hitting from the opposite that Davis Martin throws from, Drew Gilbert will have an advantage in today’s matchup.
,Home field advantage generally improves hitter metrics in all categories, and Drew Gilbert will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Daniel Susac in the 85th percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.
,Home field advantage typically bolsters hitter stats in all categories, and Daniel Susac will hold that advantage today.
,In the past week, Daniel Susac has been performing exceptionally well at the plate with a wOBA of .417.
,Trevor McDonald has averaged 19.2 outs per GS since the start of last season, ranking in the 100th percentile.
,The Chicago White Sox projected lineup projects as the 4th-weakest of all teams today in terms of overall offensive ability.
,It may be smart to expect weaker performance for the Chicago White Sox offense going forward, given that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes they are the 3rd-luckiest offense in the majors this year.
,Oracle Park ranks as the #30 park in the game for walks, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).
,Will Brennan has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (80% of the time), but he is projected to hit 1st in the batting order in this matchup.
,Oracle Park grades out as the #8 stadium in baseball for lefty batting average, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).
,Hitting from the opposite that Davis Martin throws from, Will Brennan will have an advantage in today’s matchup.
,Considering Trevor McDonald’s large platoon split, Tristan Peters will have a huge advantage batting from the opposite side of the plate in today’s game.
,Tristan Peters pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (37.6% — 93rd percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the game’s 2nd-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.
,Considering Trevor McDonald’s large platoon split, Jarred Kelenic will have a tremendous advantage batting from the opposite side of the dish in today’s matchup.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Matt Chapman in the 86th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability.
,Matt Chapman will possess the home field advantage today, which ought to bolster all of his stats.
,When it comes to his overall offensive skill, Munetaka Murakami ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).
,Munetaka Murakami is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup in today’s game.
,Given Trevor McDonald’s large platoon split, Munetaka Murakami will have a big advantage hitting from the opposite side of the dish in this game.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Colson Montgomery in the 96th percentile when assessing his home run ability.
,Colson Montgomery is projected to bat 4th in the lineup in today’s game.
,Colson Montgomery will have the handedness advantage against Trevor McDonald in today’s matchup… and the cherry on top, McDonald has a large platoon split.
,Colson Montgomery pulls many of his flyballs (40.1% — 97th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 2nd-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.
,Tristan Peters has been hot lately, cracking 2 homers in the last week’s worth of games.
,Andrew Benintendi is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.
,Given Trevor McDonald’s large platoon split, Andrew Benintendi will have a gigantic advantage batting from the opposite side of the dish in today’s game.
,Andrew Benintendi pulls a lot of his flyballs (36.9% — 90th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB’s 2nd-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.
,When it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34° (the launch angle range that tends to optimize home runs), Andrew Benintendi and his 20.2% rank in the 97th percentile since the start of last season.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Chase Meidroth in the 78th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.
,Chase Meidroth is projected to hit 5th in the lineup today.
,Oracle Park projects as the #8 field in Major League Baseball for right-handed batting average, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).
,Chase Meidroth has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (38.5%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 2nd-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willy Adames in the 90th percentile as it relates to his home run skill.
,Willy Adames is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in this game.
,Willy Adames will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should boost all of his stats.
,Willy Adames’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased from last year to this one, rising from 41.7% to 48.1%.
,Luis Arraez is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup today.
,Hitting from the opposite that Davis Martin throws from, Luis Arraez will have the upper hand in today’s game.
,Home field advantage typically bolsters hitter stats across the board, and Luis Arraez will hold that advantage in today’s game.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Samuel Antonacci in the 95th percentile when estimating his batting average talent.
,Samuel Antonacci is projected to hit 1st on the lineup card in this matchup.
,Samuel Antonacci will have the handedness advantage against Trevor McDonald today… and even more favorably, McDonald has a large platoon split.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Rafael Devers in the 95th percentile when estimating his home run skill.
,Rafael Devers is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in today’s game.
,Rafael Devers will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Davis Martin in today’s game.
,Over the last 7 days, Samuel Antonacci has been performing exceptionally well at the plate with a wOBA of .352.
,As a switch-hitter who is best from the 0 side of the plate, Drew Romo will have the advantage of batting from from his good side against a pitcher with a large platoon split (Trevor McDonald) today.
,Drew Romo pulls many of his flyballs (37.2% — 91st percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 2nd-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.
,When assessing his home run talent, Casey Schmitt ranks in the 79th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).
,Casey Schmitt is penciled in 3rd in the batting order today.
,Casey Schmitt will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which should improve all of his stats.
,Casey Schmitt has made significant gains with his Barrel%, improving his 9.1% rate last season to 14.3% this season.
,When estimating his overall offensive talent, Willy Adames ranks in the 80th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).
,Chase Meidroth’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has gotten better from last year to this one, going from 9.9% to 13.9%.
,Chase Meidroth has posted a .310 BABIP since the start of last season, placing in the 75th percentile.
,When estimating his overall offensive skill, Rafael Devers ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).
,The Chicago White Sox have 3 batters in their projected lineup today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Colson Montgomery, Jarred Kelenic, Munetaka Murakami).
,Because groundball pitchers have a big advantage over groundball hitters, Trevor McDonald and his 51.5% underlying GB% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) finds himself in a good position in this game squaring off against 3 opposing GB hitters.
,Trevor McDonald will possess the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should bolster all of his metrics across the board.
,When estimating his home run skill, Bryce Eldridge ranks in the 88th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).
,Batting from the opposite that Davis Martin throws from, Bryce Eldridge will have an advantage today.
,Bryce Eldridge will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which should bolster all of his stats.
,Hitting 2 HRs in the last week, Willy Adames has been on fire in recent games.
,Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics across the board, and Will Brennan will hold that advantage today.
,Tallying 93.6 adjusted pitches per outing this year on average, Davis Martin places in the 81st percentile.
,The San Francisco Giants have 3 batters in their projected offense today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (via the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Bryce Eldridge, Willy Adames, Daniel Susac).
,Ranking in the 83rd percentile, Davis Martin posted a 12.5% Swinging Strike rate this year.
,Andrew Benintendi’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved from last season to this one, going from 37.5% to 45.8%.
,Munetaka Murakami projects as the 3rd-best home run batter in the league, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X).
,Munetaka Murakami pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (34.2% — 78th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB’s 2nd-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.
,Bryce Eldridge’s BABIP skill is projected in the 85th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Arraez as the 4th-best batter in MLB when it comes to his batting average skill.
,The San Francisco Giants projected lineup projects as the 5th-worst of all teams on the slate today in terms of overall offensive ability.
Negatives with the San Francisco Giants Game Today
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Drew Gilbert in the 6th percentile as it relates to his BABIP skill.
,Drew Gilbert is penciled in 9th in the batting order today.
,Oracle Park profiles as the #23 field in baseball for run-scoring, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).
,Oracle Park has the tallest fence height (on average) in the league.
,The weather forecast expects temperatures in this matchup to drop to the 2nd-lowest level of all games on the slate at 58°, which is highly linked to an decrease in offense (and an increase in strikeouts).
,Daniel Susac is projected to bat 8th on the lineup card today.
,Built just 8 feet above sea level, Oracle Park has one of the lowest elevations in Major League Baseball, which often leads to worse offense.
,Because of his large platoon split, Trevor McDonald will be in a tough position facing 7 bats in the projected offense of opposing handedness in this game.
,Considering the 2.2 disparity between Trevor McDonald’s 2.12 ERA and his 4.32 estimated true talent ERA (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the luckiest pitchers in MLB since the start of last season and ought to perform worse in future games.
,Chicago White Sox batters as a group place 2nd- in the league for power this year when judging by their 93.7-mph exit velocity on flyballs.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Will Brennan in the 22nd percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill.
,Out of all the teams playing today, the 4th-best infield defense is that of the Chicago White Sox.
,Will Brennan and his -1.3° launch angle on his hardest-hit balls rank in 3rd percentile, among the lowest in baseball since the start of last season.
,Tristan Peters is projected to hit 7th in the lineup today.
,Tristan Peters will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jarred Kelenic in the 17th percentile when estimating his batting average ability.
,Jarred Kelenic is projected to bat 6th in the batting order today.
,Matt Chapman has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this year (77% of the time), but he is projected to hit 6th on the lineup card in this matchup.
,Playing on the road typically weakens hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Munetaka Murakami today.
,Munetaka Murakami grades out in the 7th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between -4° and 26°, the launch angle range that tends to result the most in base hits (35% rate this year).
,Playing on the road typically diminishes batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Colson Montgomery in today’s game.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tristan Peters in the 21st percentile when it comes to his home run ability.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Oracle Park as the 2nd-worst park in Major League Baseball for left-handed home runs.
,Andrew Benintendi will be at a disadvantage playing away from home today.
,Trevor McDonald will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Chase Meidroth in today’s matchup… and it’s an even bigger mismatch considering McDonald’s large platoon split.
,Extreme flyball bats like Chase Meidroth are generally less successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Trevor McDonald.
,Playing on the road typically weakens hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Chase Meidroth today.
,Davis Martin will hold the platoon advantage over Willy Adames in today’s game.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Arraez in the 0th percentile as it relates to his home run talent.
,Luis Arraez’s 0% Barrel% (an advanced standard to evaluate power) is in the 0th percentile this year.
,Extreme flyball bats like Samuel Antonacci tend to perform worse against extreme flyball pitchers like Trevor McDonald.
,Samuel Antonacci will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s game.
,This year, Rafael Devers’s Barrel% has decreased significantly, dropping from 15.8% last year to just 7.9% this year.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Samuel Antonacci in the 8th percentile when assessing his home run skill.
,When assessing his overall offensive skill, Drew Romo ranks in the 13th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).
,Drew Romo is projected to hit 8th in the batting order today.
,Andrew Benintendi’s BABIP ability is projected in the 25th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).
,When it comes to plate discipline, Andrew Benintendi’s skill is quite poor, sporting a 4.22 K/BB rate this year while checking in at in the 16th percentile.
,Playing on the road generally diminishes batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Jarred Kelenic in today’s game.
,Davis Martin will have the handedness advantage against Casey Schmitt in today’s matchup.
,Sporting a 6.03 K/BB rate this year, Willy Adames has demonstrated weak plate discipline, placing in the 4th percentile.
,Playing on the road generally lowers batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Drew Romo today.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Chase Meidroth in the 4th percentile when estimating his home run skill.
,There has been a decrease in Rafael Devers’s average exit velocity this season, from 93.4 mph last year to 90.4 mph now,Trevor McDonald has had positive variance on his side thus far when it comes to his strikeouts since the start of last season, notching an 8.20 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 7.29 — a 0.91 K/9 difference.
,Bryce Eldridge is projected to hit 7th on the lineup card today.
,The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Oracle Park as the 2nd-worst venue in the majors for righty home runs.
,When assessing his home run talent, Will Brennan ranks in the 5th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).
,Hitting from the same side that Davis Martin throws from, Matt Chapman meets a tough challenge today.
,Davis Martin will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s game.
,Davis Martin has utilized his cutter 9.4% less often this season (13.5%) than he did last year (22.9%).
,Davis Martin has had positive variance on his side thus far when it comes to his strikeouts this year, notching a 9.48 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 8.72 — a 0.76 K/9 deviation.
,As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Drew Gilbert ranks in the 22nd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).
,Davis Martin will hold the platoon advantage over Daniel Susac in today’s game.
,With a .215 wOBA in the last two weeks, Bryce Eldridge has been struggling at the plate.
,Ranked in the 21st percentile, Luis Arraez’s average exit velocity of 87.1 mph ranks among the lowest in the league this year.
,Colson Montgomery’s batting average talent is projected to be in the 21st percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).
,In notching a .264 BABIP since the start of last season, Colson Montgomery is positioned in the 15th percentile.
,In terms of plate discipline, Casey Schmitt’s skill is quite weak, sporting a 5.2 K/BB rate this year while grading out in in the 9th percentile.
,The San Francisco Giants have been the 5th-unluckiest offense in the league this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform better in the future
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