Yankees vs Cubs match player stats | 2026 Friday, July 31st

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Yankees @ Cubs Matchup Details

Teams : New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs

Date : Todays Game is on Friday, July 31st
Time : 31/07/26 14:20:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the New York Yankees Game Today

When it comes to his overall offensive ability, Michael Busch ranks in the 92nd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Michael Busch is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in this game.

,Given Will Warren’s large platoon split, Michael Busch will have an enormous advantage hitting from the opposite side of the dish in this game.

,Among every team today, the 2nd-weakest outfield defense is that of the New York Yankees.

,Michael Busch will possess the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the 91st percentile when assessing his home run skill.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ben Rice in the 97th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill.

,Ben Rice is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in this matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Seiya Suzuki in the 96th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive talent.

,Seiya Suzuki is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Seiya Suzuki will possess the home field advantage today, which ought to improve all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Amed Rosario in the 94th percentile when assessing his batting average skill.

,Amed Rosario is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order in this game.

,Amed Rosario will hold the platoon advantage over Shota Imanaga today.

,Extreme flyball hitters like Amed Rosario generally hit better against extreme groundball pitchers like Shota Imanaga.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ian Happ in the 90th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.

,Ian Happ is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in this game.

,As a switch-hitter who performs better from the 0 side of the dish, Ian Happ will get to bat from his good side against a pitcher with a large platoon split (Will Warren) today.

,Ian Happ will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should boost all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Pete Crow-Armstrong in the 93rd percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

,Pete Crow-Armstrong is projected to hit 1st in the batting order in this game.

,Pete Crow-Armstrong will hold the platoon advantage over Will Warren in today’s game… and even more favorably, Warren has a large platoon split.

,Pete Crow-Armstrong is an extreme flyball hitter and faces the weak outfield defense of New York (#2-worst of the day).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Conforto in the 82nd percentile when estimating his home run ability.

,Considering Will Warren’s large platoon split, Michael Conforto will have a massive advantage batting from the opposite side of the plate in today’s game.

,Michael Conforto will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

,Max Schuemann will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Shota Imanaga today.

,As it relates to his overall offensive ability, Jazz Chisholm Jr. ranks in the 79th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,When assessing his home run ability, Pete Crow-Armstrong ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

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

,Alex Bregman is penciled in 4th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Alex Bregman pulls many of his flyballs (36.5% — 89th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s 7th-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

,Home field advantage typically boosts batter stats across the board, and Alex Bregman will hold that advantage today.

,Home field advantage generally improves hitter metrics in all categories, and Pete Crow-Armstrong will hold that advantage today.

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

,When estimating his overall offensive ability, Trent Grisham ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Trent Grisham is projected to hit 5th in the batting order in this game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alex Bregman in the 84th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

Negatives with the Chicago Cubs Game Today

Jazz Chisholm Jr. is projected to hit 7th on the lineup card in this game.

,Hitting from the same side that Shota Imanaga throws from, Jazz Chisholm Jr. will not have the upper hand today.

,Today, Jazz Chisholm Jr. is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 5th-deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 38.7% rate (95th percentile).

,The Chicago Cubs infield defense grades out as the strongest among all the teams playing today.

,Jazz Chisholm Jr. will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

,Shota Imanaga will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Ben Rice today.

,Ben Rice pulls a lot of his flyballs (35.8% — 86th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards baseball’s 5th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,Ben Rice will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

,Because of Will Warren’s large platoon split, Seiya Suzuki will be at a huge disadvantage hitting from the same side of the dish in today’s game.

,Playing on the road typically diminishes hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Amed Rosario in today’s game.

,Ian Happ pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (35.1% — 82nd percentile) and will have to hit them out towards baseball’s 5th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,Pete Crow-Armstrong pulls many of his flyballs (41.2% — 99th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards MLB’s 5th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,Michael Conforto is penciled in 7th in the lineup in this matchup.

,Max Schuemann is penciled in 8th on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Max Schuemann has a 76th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.3%) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 5th-deepest RF fences today.

,Max Schuemann will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

,As it relates to 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 6th in the lineup in today’s game.

,Given Will Warren’s large platoon split, Nico Hoerner will be at a big disadvantage hitting from the same side of the plate in this game.

,Nico Hoerner has an 86th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.8%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the game’s 5th-deepest RF fences in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alex Bregman in the 11th percentile when it comes to his BABIP skill.

,Will Warren will have the handedness advantage over Alex Bregman in today’s matchup… and it’s an over-sized mismatch considering Warren’s large platoon split.

,Taking into account both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Will Warren is projected to throw 85 pitches in this outing by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the 4th-least of all pitchers on the slate today.

,The 2nd-best projected batting order on the slate in terms of overall batting skill belongs to the Chicago Cubs.

,Will Warren will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

,Shota Imanaga will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Trent Grisham in today’s game.

,Trent Grisham pulls a lot of his flyballs (35.5% — 84th percentile) but may find it hard to clear MLB’s 5th-deepest RF fences in today’s game.

,Playing on the road generally weakens hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Trent Grisham in today’s game.

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