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Kansas City Royals

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Chicago White Sox

Kansas City Royals Insights

• Kris Bubic – Over/Under 5.5 Strikeouts (+100/-130)
  Kris Bubic’s higher usage percentage of his fastball this year (53.9 vs. 43.9% last year) is not ideal considering they are generally much less effective than breaking or off-speed pitches.
  Explain: Fastballs are the one easiest pitches to hit and generate few strikeouts, so a pitcher who begins to use his fastball more often will likely be less effective than he used to be.
• Vinnie Pasquantino – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+145/-190)
  Vinnie Pasquantino pulls many of his flyballs (37.9% — 93rd percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league’s 9th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.
  Explain: This player’s skill set matches up particularly well with the park he’s in today, which may lead to better-than-usual performance.

Chicago White Sox Insights

• Chicago White Sox – 1st Five Innings (F5) Moneyline (+115)
  In his last GS, Anthony Kay was firing on all cylinders and gave up 2 ER.
  Explain: A pitcher who was strong in his last outing may be sharp once again in his next outing.
• Randal Grichuk – Over/Under 0.5 Hits (-190/+145)
  Randal Grichuk is projected to hit 4th in the batting order today, which would be an upgrade from his 85% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season.
  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.
• Anthony Kay – Over/Under 3.5 Strikeouts (+115/-150)
  Edgar Quero, the White Sox’s expected catcher today, grades out as a horrible pitch framer according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).
  Explain: Pitch framing is a catcher’s ability to make a ball look like a strike to the umpire, “stealing” strikes for his pitcher. This leads to more positive outcomes (like strikeouts) and fewer negative ones (like walks or earned runs).