White Sox vs Yankees match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Wednesday, September 24th

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White Sox @ Yankees Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Teams : Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees
Series : Series Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Wednesday, September 24th
Time : 24/09/25 19:05:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Chicago White Sox Game Today

Curtis Mead has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (56% of the time), but he is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.

In MLB, Yankee Stadium has the 7th-lowest average fence height.

Curtis Mead will have the handedness advantage over Max Fried today.

Curtis Mead has a 90th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.3%) and has the good fortune of hitting them out towards the league’s 7th-shallowest RF fences today.

Out of every team today, the worst outfield defense is that of the the New York Yankees.

Chase Meidroth is penciled in 1st in the lineup in this game.

Chase Meidroth will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Max Fried in today’s matchup.

Chase Meidroth has a 95th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37.8%) and will have a big advantage hitting them in the direction of the game’s 7th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

Batting from the opposite that Max Fried throws from, Michael A. Taylor will have an edge today.

Last year, Michael A. Taylor had an average launch angle of 12.9° on his highest exit velocity balls, while this season it has significantly increased to 18.5°.

Michael A. Taylor has been unlucky in regards to his home runs this year; his 15.3 HR per 600 plate appearances rate is a good deal lower than his 18.7 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Chicago’s 15.8° launch angle (an advanced stat to study the ability to lift the ball for power) is among the steepest in the majors this year: #2 overall.

Lenyn Sosa is projected to hit 4th in the batting order in today’s game, which would be an upgrade from his 54% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this year.

Lenyn Sosa will have the handedness advantage against Max Fried today.

Lenyn Sosa has a 77th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 7th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

Negatives with the New York Yankees Game Today

The #3 venue in the majors for suppressing base hits to right-handed hitters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Yankee Stadium.

Yankee Stadium’s elevation is near sea-level, one of the lowest in MLB, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to lower offensive output.

Curtis Mead will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s game.

Curtis Mead has had some very good luck with his batting average this year; his .242 BA is inflated compared to his .226 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

With a 8.300 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) this year , Curtis Mead is ranked in the 20th percentile for power.

When it comes to his home run talent, Chase Meidroth ranks in the 3rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Extreme groundball hitters like Chase Meidroth tend to be less successful against extreme groundball pitchers like Max Fried.

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

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael A. Taylor in the 12th percentile when assessing his batting average skill.

Michael A. Taylor is projected to hit 8th in the batting order in this matchup.

Michael A. Taylor hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (40.1% — 97th percentile) and will be challenged by baseball’s 6th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

Max Fried projects as the 7th-best starting pitcher in baseball currently, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The worst projected lineup on the slate today in terms of overall offensive skill belongs to the Chicago White Sox.

Austin Wells, the Yankees’s expected catcher in today’s game, projects as a good pitch framer according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Yankee Stadium as the worst ballpark in MLB for base hits.

Yankee Stadium has the 6th-deepest CF dimensions among all major league stadiums.

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

In the last 7 days, Lenyn Sosa’s 0% rate of hitting balls at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 17.4%.

When it comes to plate discipline, Lenyn Sosa’s skill is quite weak, sporting a 6.84 K/BB rate this year while ranking in in the 1st percentile.

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