Pirates @ Athletics Matchup Details<\/p>\n
\nTeams : Pittsburgh Pirates at Athletics
Date : Todays Game is on Monday, June 15th
Time : 15\/06\/26 21:40:00 PM EST First Pitch\n<\/p>\n
Positives for the Pittsburgh Pirates Game Today<\/p>\n
The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Sutter Health Park as the 2nd-best venue in baseball for run-scoring.<\/p>\n
,Among all stadiums, Sutter Health Park has the 4th-lowest average fence height.<\/p>\n
,Hot weather is strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer whiffs), and the weather report forecasts the hottest temperature on the slate at 100\u00b0.<\/p>\n
,The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 15.2-mph in this match-up, the most-favorable of the day for hitters.<\/p>\n
,The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Jared Jones in the 89th percentile when assessing his strikeout ability.<\/p>\n
,Jared Jones\u2019s high usage percentage of his secondary pitches (61.1% since the start of last season) should work in his favor considering they are generally much more effective than fastballs.<\/p>\n
,The #1 venue in the majors for boosting walks, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Sutter Health Park.<\/p>\n
,Out of every team in action today, the 11th-weakest infield defense is that of the the Athletics.<\/p>\n
,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)\u2019s judgement, Jared Jones\u2019s overall pitching skill is in the 83rd percentile out of all starting pitchers in the league currently.<\/p>\n
,Placing in the 75th percentile, J.T. Ginn put up an 11.8% Swinging Strike% this year.<\/p>\n
Negatives with the Athletics Game Today<\/p>\n
Sutter Health Park has the 9th-largest outfield in the league,\u2014 generally bad for long-balls.<\/p>\n
,Jared Jones has averaged 73.2 adjusted pitches per game per started this year, ranking in the 6th percentile.<\/p>\n
,The #7 field in Major League Baseball for suppressing strikeouts, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Sutter Health Park.<\/p>\n
,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)\u2019s appraisal, J.T. Ginn\u2019s overall pitching ability ranks in the 85th percentile out of all starting pitchers in Major League Baseball currently.<\/p>\n
,The 6th-deepest left field fences among all major league parks are found in Sutter Health Park.<\/p>\n
,J.T. Ginn is an extreme groundball pitcher (49% GB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT), which should make him somewhat immune to the dangers of pitching in Sutter Health Park \u2014 the #5 HR venue among all major league parks \u2014 in today\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
,In his previous GS, J.T. Ginn was rolling and conceded 0 ER.<\/p>\n
,J.T. Ginn has relied on his sinker 16.2% less often this year (33.1%) than he did last year (49.3%).<\/p>\n
,Among all starting pitchers, J.T. Ginn\u2019s fastball spin rate of 2066 rpm grades out in the 7th percentile this year.<\/p>\n
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