Washington Nationals
Strikeouts Prop Odds:
Strikeouts 3.5 over: 112
Strikeouts 3.5 under: -142
Trends Favoring The Over Strikeouts Prop
The Cleveland Guardians have 4 bats in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Bo Naylor, Gabriel Arias, Nolan Jones, Daniel Schneemann).
Nationals Park's elevation is near sea-level, one of the lowest among all major league parks, which often leads to worse offense.
Bradley Lord will benefit from the home field advantage today, which ought to improve all of his metrics in all categories.
Trends Favoring The Under Strikeouts Shots Prop
The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Bradley Lord in the 23rd percentile as it relates to his strikeout talent.
Taking into account both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Bradley Lord is projected to throw 77 pitches in today's matchup by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the least of all pitchers today.
The Cleveland Guardians have 8 bats in the projected offense that will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Bradley Lord in this game.
Because groundball hitters hold a notable advantage over flyball pitchers, Bradley Lord and his 45.5% underlying GB% (via the leading projection system, THE BAT) finds himself in a hard position in this game going up against 3 opposing GB batters.
Brad Lord is projected to have 3.4 Strikeouts in today's game.