New York Yankees
Strikeouts Prop Odds:
Strikeouts 4.5 over: -125
Strikeouts 4.5 under: -105
Trends Favoring The Over Strikeouts Prop
As it relates to his strikeout ability, the leading projection system (THE BAT) puts Clarke Schmidt in the 79th percentile among all starters in Major League Baseball.
The Kansas City Royals have 3 hitters in their projected lineup today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Tyler Tolbert, MJ Melendez, Drew Waters).
It is expected that we will see a Pitchers Umpire (Cory Blaser) calling pitches in this game.
According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Austin Wells (the Yankees's expected catcher in today's game) profiles as an elite pitch framer.
Yankee Stadium's elevation is near sea-level, one of the lowest among all stadiums, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to lower offensive output.
Trends Favoring The Under Strikeouts Shots Prop
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Clarke Schmidt to have a pitch count in today's game, projecting a maximum of 76 pitches.
The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 17.3-mph in this contest, the most-favorable of the day for batters.
Clarke Schmidt has been lucky in regards to his strikeouts since the start of last season, putting up a 9.81 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 9.03 — a 0.78 K/9 difference.
Clarke Schmidt is projected to have 4.6 Strikeouts in today's game.