Yankees vs Rays match player stats | 2025 Tuesday, August 19th

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Yankees vs Rays match player stats | 2025 Tuesday, August 19th

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Yankees @ Rays Matchup Details

Teams : New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays
Series :
Date : Todays Game is on Tuesday, August 19th
Time : 19/08/25 19:35:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the New York Yankees Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Carlos Rodon in the 80th percentile as it relates to his overall pitching talent.

Throwing 96.6 adjusted pitches per game per started this year on average, Carlos Rodon falls in the 97th percentile.

In the league, George M. Steinbrenner Field’s CF fences are the 5th-deepest.

Carlos Rodon turned in a great performance in his last start and gave up 1 ER.

Carlos Rodon’s four-seamer usage has fallen by 8% from last year to this one (49.4% to 41.4%) .

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Carlos Rodon in the 93rd percentile when estimating his strikeout skill.

In his last start, Carlos Rodon performed well and notched 7 strikeouts.

Placing in the 86th percentile, Carlos Rodon compiled a 12.6% Swinging Strike percentage this year.

When estimating his strikeout talent, the leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Shane Baz in the 83rd percentile among all starters in Major League Baseball.

Shane Baz has averaged 92.2 adjusted pitches per start this year, ranking in the 81st percentile.

Shane Baz was in good form in his previous start and accumulated 10 strikeouts.

Shane Baz’s curveball utilization has jumped by 6.9% from last season to this one (20.5% to 27.4%) .

Among all starters, Shane Baz’s fastball velocity of 96.2 mph is in the 90th percentile this year.

Negatives with the Tampa Bay Rays Game Today

George M. Steinbrenner Field profiles as the #8 park in baseball for home runs, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

George M. Steinbrenner Field has the lowest fence height (on average) in the league.

In terms of temperature and humidity, the weather forecast calls for for the 2nd-best hitting conditions on the slate today.

Carlos Rodon’s 93.6-mph velocity on his fastball this year is a sizeable 2-mph drop off from last year’s 95.6-mph figure.

Considering the 0.93 deviation between Carlos Rodon’s 3.25 ERA and his 4.18 estimated true talent ERA (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the most fortunate pitchers in MLB this year and ought to negatively regress the rest of the season.

Shane Baz has had some very good luck with his strikeouts this year, posting a 9.33 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 9.26 — a 0.07 K/9 difference.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s estimation, Shane Baz’s overall pitching ability is in the 85th percentile among all starting pitchers in the league currently.

In his last GS, Shane Baz was on point and conceded 0 ER.

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