
Houston Astros
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Texas Rangers
+130O/U: 7.5
(-105/-115)-150
(-105/-115)-150
Houston Astros Insights
- Spencer Arrighetti – Over/Under 5.5 Strikeouts (+125/-160)It may come as a surprise, but fastballs are typically a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Spencer Arrighetti must realize this, because he has gone to his secondary pitches a lot this year: 60% of the time, grading out in the 79th percentile.Explain: A pitcher who limits has fastball usage will instead heavily use change-ups, curveballs, sliders, etc. These are far more effective pitches at preventing runs and generating strikeouts.
- Yordan Alvarez – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+105/-135)Yordan Alvarez is an extreme flyball batter and squares off against the strong outfield defense of Texas (#3-best of all teams on the slate today).Explain: This player’s skill set matches up poorly with the opposing team’s defensive strength, which may lead to worse-than-usual performance.
- Brice Matthews – Over/Under Total BasesToday, Brice Matthews is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 6th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 38.7% rate (90th percentile).Explain: This player’s skill set does not match up particularly well with the park he’s in today, which may lead to worse-than-usual performance.
Texas Rangers Insights
- Texas Rangers – Moneyline (-150)The Texas Rangers outfield defense profiles as the 3rd-strongest out of all the teams today.Explain: Defense is an integral part of preventing hits and runs.
- Alejandro Osuna – Over/Under 0.5 Hits (-155/+120)Alejandro Osuna has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (87% of the time), but he is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card in this game.Explain: The higher in the order a player bats, the more plate appearances he will get and the more opportunities he will get to hit the Over for every market. A player who hits higher in the order than he normally does may provide extra value opportunity since the market may be based on him hitting lower.
- Per the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the team with the 4th-least strikeout-heavy lineup on the slate today is the Texas Rangers with a 21.8% underlying K%.Explain: THE BAT X analyzes each player in today’s specific lineup to figure out which teams have the least inherent strikeout potential for the opposing pitcher.
