White Sox vs Marlins match player stats | 2026 World Series Game 3 Wednesday, April 1st

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White Sox @ Marlins Series Game 3 2025 WorldSeries Matchup Details

Teams : Chicago White Sox at Miami Marlins
2025 WorldSeries Game 3
Date : Todays Game is on Wednesday, April 1st
Time : 01/04/26 13:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Chicago White Sox World Series Game 3 Game Today

Jakob Marsee is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in today’s game.

Jakob Marsee will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Shane Smith in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage generally boosts batter stats across the board, and Jakob Marsee will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

Grading out in the 92nd percentile, Jakob Marsee sports a .347 BABIP since the start of last season.

Chase Meidroth’s batting average talent is projected to be in the 84th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Chase Meidroth is projected to hit 1st in the lineup in today’s game.

When it comes to his batting average talent, Xavier Edwards is projected as the 20th-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Xavier Edwards has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this season (50% of the time), but he is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in today’s game.

As a switch-hitter who is best from the 0 side of the dish, Xavier Edwards will have the advantage of batting from from his strong side against Shane Smith in this game.

Home field advantage generally improves batter stats in all categories, and Xavier Edwards will hold that advantage today.

Xavier Edwards has recorded a .283 batting average since the start of last season, placing in the 90th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luisangel Acuna in the 79th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

Luisangel Acuna hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (40.9% — 100th percentile) and will have a big advantage facing MLB’s 6th-shallowest CF fences today.

Austin Hays has posted a .320 BABIP since the start of last season, ranking in the 81st percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Otto Lopez in the 97th percentile when assessing his batting average talent.

Otto Lopez is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in this matchup.

Otto Lopez will possess the home field advantage today, which should boost all of his stats.

In terms of his batting average, Otto Lopez has been unlucky since the start of last season. His .247 BA falls considerably below the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected Batting Average (xBA) at .282.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Shane Smith in the 80th percentile when it comes to his strikeout ability.

The Miami Marlins have 3 bats in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Heriberto Hernandez, Griffin Conine, Owen Caissie).

Among all starting pitchers, Shane Smith’s fastball velocity of 95 mph is in the 77th percentile since the start of last season.

Checking in at the 78th percentile, Shane Smith posted an 11.9% Swinging Strike percentage since the start of last season.

When estimating his home run talent, Colson Montgomery ranks in the 91st percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Colson Montgomery is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card in this matchup.

Colson Montgomery will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Sandy Alcantara in today’s matchup.

Since the start of last season, Colson Montgomery’s 15.2% Barrel%, a reliable standard for measuring power, places him in the 92nd percentile among his peers.

Checking in at the 22nd percentile, Sandy Alcantara has recorded a 2.1 K/BB rate since the start of last season.

Sandy Alcantara has been granted a longer leash than the average pitcher since the start of last season, recording 5.7 more adjusted pitches-per-game than the average hurler.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Agustin Ramirez in the 79th percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent.

Agustin Ramirez is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card in this game.

Home field advantage generally bolsters batter metrics across the board, and Agustin Ramirez will hold that advantage in today’s game.

In terms of his batting average, Agustin Ramirez has had bad variance on his side since the start of last season. His .230 rate falls considerably below the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected Batting Average (xBA) at .257.

Despite conventional wisdom, fastballs are typically a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Shane Smith has utilized his fastball a lot since the start of last season, though: 57.5% of the time, ranking in the 100th percentile.

Shane Smith has been one of the luckiest hurlers in the majors on balls in play since the start of last season with a .265 BABIP and should see that luck normalize going forward.

Negatives with the Miami Marlins World Series Game 3 Game Today

Hitting from the same side that Sandy Alcantara throws from, Chase Meidroth will have a disadvantage in today’s game.

Chase Meidroth has a 95th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37.2%) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the league’s 4th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Playing on the road typically lowers hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Chase Meidroth in today’s matchup.

Chase Meidroth’s 1.8% Barrel% (an advanced stat to measure power) ranks in the 3rd percentile since the start of last season.

Today, Xavier Edwards is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 9th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 38.2% rate (97th percentile).

Xavier Edwards’s 0.8% Barrel% (a reliable metric to evaluate power) is in the 1st percentile since the start of last season.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Xavier Edwards in the 1st percentile as it relates to his home run ability.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Chase Meidroth in the 3rd percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

Luisangel Acuna is projected to bat 9th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Sandy Alcantara will hold the platoon advantage over Luisangel Acuna today.

Playing on the road typically lowers batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Luisangel Acuna today.

Since the start of last season, Luisangel Acuna’s 2.1% Barrel%, an advanced metric for measuring power, places him in the 15th percentile among his peers.

Austin Hays is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in today’s game, which would be a downgrade from his 100% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this year.

Sandy Alcantara will have the handedness advantage over Austin Hays today.

Austin Hays pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (35.4% — 86th percentile) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 9th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

Austin Hays will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s matchup.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average (.233) provides evidence that Austin Hays has been lucky since the start of last season with his .263 actual batting average.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luisangel Acuna in the 5th percentile when it comes to his home run talent.

Shane Smith will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Otto Lopez today.

Otto Lopez has a 95th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37.1%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of baseball’s 4th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Otto Lopez has put up a .263 BABIP since the start of last season, checking in at the 15th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Shane Smith to have a pitch count in this matchup, projecting a maximum of 73 pitches.

Projected catcher Edgar Quero profiles as a horrible pitch framer, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

With 6 hitters who hit from the other side in the opposing team’s projected batting order, Shane Smith will have a tough challenge while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in today’s outing.

Playing on the road typically reduces pitcher metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Shane Smith in today’s game.

In his previous GS, Shane Smith wasn’t on when it came to striking batters out and only managed to tally 2 Ks.

Colson Montgomery pulls many of his flyballs (38.6% — 96th percentile) but may find it hard to clear baseball’s 4th-deepest RF fences today.

Playing on the road generally lowers batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Colson Montgomery in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Sandy Alcantara in the 85th percentile as it relates to his overall pitching talent level.

Sandy Alcantara will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to bolster all of his metrics across the board.

In his previous start, Sandy Alcantara was firing on all cylinders and gave up 0 ER.

Out of all starting pitchers, Sandy Alcantara’s fastball velocity of 96.5 mph ranks in the 95th percentile since the start of last season.

Sandy Alcantara has been unlucky since the start of last season, compiling a 5.15 ERA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 3.98 — a 1.17 discrepancy.

Batting from the same side that Shane Smith throws from, Agustin Ramirez will have a disadvantage in today’s matchup.

Agustin Ramirez has put up a .249 BABIP since the start of last season, ranking in the 4th percentile.

The 4th-worst projected lineup of the day in terms of overall hitting ability belongs to the Miami Marlins.

The 8% Barrel% of the Miami Marlins grades them out as the #23 team in the game since the start of last season by this stat.

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