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Chicago White Sox Insights

• Chicago White Sox – 1st Five Innings (F5) Moneyline (+145)
  Noah Schultz’s 2468-rpm fastball spin rate this year ranks in the 88th percentile out of all starting pitchers.
  Explain: Spin rate is a key component to fastball success in generating strikeouts and preventing runs.
• Colson Montgomery – Over/Under Total Bases
  Colson Montgomery pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (39.9% — 97th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s 5th-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.

Tampa Bay Rays Insights

• Tampa Bay Rays – 1st Five Innings (F5) Moneyline (-190)
  Drew Rasmussen is an extreme groundball pitcher (46.9% GB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT), which should make him somewhat immune to the dangers of pitching in Tropicana Field — the #9 HR venue among all major league stadiums — today.
  Explain: This pitcher’s skill set matches up particularly well with the park he’s in today, which may lead to better-than-expected performance.
• Yandy Diaz – Over/Under Hits
  When it comes to his batting average talent, Yandy Diaz is projected as the 9th-best batter in Major League Baseball by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).
  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.