Seattle Mariners
Oakland Athletics
Cal Raleigh is ranked as the 4th-best home run hitter and is projected to bat 4th, benefiting from favorable conditions including weak opposing infield defense and home field advantage.
Lawrence Butler, who has hit 4th in the lineup for today's game, has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate for flyballs and faces a favorable matchup against the Seattle Mariners' weak infield defense and Bryan Woo's large platoon split.
The weather report forecasts the most favorable pitching conditions today, with Gage Jump holding a platoon advantage over Josh Naylor.
Cal Raleigh is ranked as the 4th-best home run hitter by THE BAT X projection system and is projected to bat 4th in today's game at T-Mobile Park, which has the 10th-shortest fence height in the majors.
Zack Gelof ranks in the 85th percentile for home run skill according to THE BAT X and is batting 3rd in the lineup today, compared to a 58% rate of hitting in the bottom half this season, while T-Mobile Park has the 3rd shallowest fences and the Seattle Mariners infield defense is projected as the worst among all teams today.
T-Mobile Park has the 10th-shortest average fence height in the majors and the 3rd-shallowest fences, while the Seattle Mariners have the worst projected infield defense, Jonah Heim's exit velocity on flyballs has increased from 89.3 mph to 95.3 mph in the last 14 days, and his HR-maximizing launch angle percentage improved from 16.4% to 24.1%.
Zack Gelof ranks in the 85th percentile for home run skill according to THE BAT X and is batting 3rd in the lineup today, which is an improvement from his 58% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season, while T-Mobile Park has the 10th-shortest fence height and the 3rd-shallowest fences in the majors, with the Seattle Mariners' infield defense projected as the worst among all teams today.
Julio Rodriguez is projected as the 14th-best batter by THE BAT X and will bat 3rd in the lineup, while T-Mobile Park has the 10th-shortest fence height in the majors and ranks 3rd for shallowest fences.
Lawrence Butler has achieved a batting average of .355 and a 137 wRC+ since the beginning of August, with a barrel rate of 9.2% and a hard-hit rate of 51.7%.
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