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This metric is a strong indicator of this kind of power.<\/em><\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 3rem 0 0 0;\">Pittsburgh Pirates Insights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.75rem 0;\"><strong>Paul Skenes &#8211; Over\/Under 6.5 Strikeouts (-110\/-120)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0;\">Paul Skenes&#8217;s fastball velocity has fallen 1 mph this season (96.5 mph) below where it was last season (97.5 mph).<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0 1.5rem;\"><small><em><strong>Explain:<\/strong> Velocity is a key component to fastball success in generating strikeouts and preventing runs, so a pitcher whose velocity decreases will likely see worse results.<\/em><\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.75rem 0;\"><strong>Marcell Ozuna &#8211; Over\/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+180\/-235)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0;\">Marcell Ozuna has been hot in recent games, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 89.5-mph to 97.8-mph over the past 7 days.<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0 1.5rem;\"><small><em><strong>Explain:<\/strong> Hitting the ball hard increases the chances of either a home run or the ball landing in fair territory for a hit before a fielder can get to it.<\/em><\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.75rem 0;\"><strong>Henry Davis &#8211; Over\/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+205\/-275)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0;\">Henry Davis pulls many of his flyballs (38.1% \u2014 94th percentile) but may find it hard to clear baseball&#8217;s 10th-deepest LF fences today.<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: 0.25rem 0 1.5rem;\"><small><em><strong>Explain:<\/strong> This player&#8217;s skill set does not match up particularly well with the park he&#8217;s in today, which may lead to worse-than-usual performance.<\/em><\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<form><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ga-page-group\" name=\"ga-page-group\" value=\"GAME PREVIEW\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ga-sport\" name=\"ga-sport\" \"value=\"mlb\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ga-title-id\" name=\"ga-title-id\"value=\"1.4.1\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ga-title-group\" name=\"ga-title-group\" value=\"PREVIEW\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ga-title-cta\" name=\"ga-title-cta\" value=\"0\"><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates +145O\/U: 7.5(-110\/-110)-170 Chicago Cubs Insights Colin Rea &#8211; Over\/Under 4.5 Strikeouts (+110\/-140) Colin Rea&#8217;s change-up utilization has spiked by 6.3% from last year to this&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[247,14,184,250,248,251,878,241,292,242,249,243,73,130,9,246,239,240,253,389,245,252,244],"class_list":["post-384861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-game-previews","tag-analysis","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-colin-rea","tag-game-breakdown","tag-game-forecast","tag-head-to-head","tag-henry-davis","tag-insights","tag-marcell-ozuna","tag-match","tag-match-preview","tag-matchup","tag-mlb","tag-paul-skenes","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-prediction","tag-preview","tag-rankings","tag-score-prediction","tag-seiya-suzuki","tag-simulation","tag-team-stats","tag-winning-probability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Head-to-Head Preview: Cubs vs Pirates Matchup 5\/28\/26 - WriteNow\u2122 by EV Analytics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get an in-depth game preview and prediction for Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates on May 28, 2026. 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