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Athletics Insights

• Joshua Kuroda-Grauer – Over/Under Hits
  The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Joshua Kuroda-Grauer in the 92nd percentile when estimating his batting average talent.
  Explain: THE BAT X is a highly sophisticated projection system that accounts for a multitude of factors and regularly tests among the most accurate systems available. Batting average is the most common measure of a player’s ability to generate hits.

Detroit Tigers Insights

• Detroit Tigers – 1st Five Innings (F5) Moneyline (-155)
  The leading projection system (THE BAT X) forecasts that Troy Melton will average a total of 2.89 earned runs today.
  Explain: THE BAT X is a highly sophisticated projection system that accounts for a multitude of factors like ballpark, weather, umpire, defense, and more.
• Jahmai Jones – Over/Under 0.5 Hits (-115/-115)
  Jahmai Jones has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this season (93% of the time), but he is projected to hit 6th in the batting order today.
  Explain: The lower in the order a player bats, the fewer plate appearances he will get and the fewer opportunities he will get to hit the Over for every market. A player who hits lower in the order than he normally does may provide extra value opportunity since the market may be based on him hitting higher.
• Spencer Torkelson – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+130/-170)
  Spencer Torkelson pulls many of his flyballs (40.2% — 97th percentile) and will be challenged by baseball’s 5th-deepest LF fences today.
  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.