Jay Sanin on August 31, 2024
Shay Whitcomb projections, stats and prop bet odds for Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros on Aug 31, 2024
Home Runs Prop Bet Odds:
The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Minute Maid Park as the 6th-best park in baseball for righty home runs.
Among all parks, Minute Maid Park's LF fences are the shallowest.
Shay Whitcomb will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cole Ragans in today's matchup.
Shay Whitcomb will possess the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.
Shay Whitcomb has hit one of the hardest balls in baseball in the last two weeks' worth of games — 109.9-mph — which is a favorable indicator of recent form and raw power.
When assessing his overall offensive talent, Shay Whitcomb ranks in the 20th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).
Shay Whitcomb is projected to hit 7th in the batting order in this game.
Minute Maid Park has the 3rd-highest average fence height among all major league stadiums.
The Minute Maid Park roof figures to be closed today, making weather conditions in this match-up -7° colder than the average outdoor game of all games today — favorable for pitching.
Over the last two weeks, Shay Whitcomb has not been doing well in optimizing the launch angle on his hardest hit balls to generate power, managing a mere a 6° angle.
Shay Whitcomb is projected to have 0.1 Home Runs in todays game.
RBIs Prop Bet Odds:
The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Minute Maid Park as the 6th-best park in baseball for righty home runs.
Among all parks, Minute Maid Park's LF fences are the shallowest.
Shay Whitcomb will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cole Ragans in today's matchup.
Shay Whitcomb will possess the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.
Shay Whitcomb has hit one of the hardest balls in baseball in the last two weeks' worth of games — 109.9-mph — which is a favorable indicator of recent form and raw power.
When assessing his overall offensive talent, Shay Whitcomb ranks in the 20th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).
Shay Whitcomb is projected to hit 7th in the batting order in this game.
Minute Maid Park has the 3rd-highest average fence height among all major league stadiums.
The Minute Maid Park roof figures to be closed today, making weather conditions in this match-up -7° colder than the average outdoor game of all games today — favorable for pitching.
Among every team today, the 2nd-best infield defense belongs to the Kansas City Royals.
Shay Whitcomb is projected to have 0.4 RBIs in todays game.
Hits Prop Bet Odds:
Among all parks, Minute Maid Park's LF fences are the shallowest.
Shay Whitcomb will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cole Ragans in today's matchup.
Shay Whitcomb will possess the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.
Shay Whitcomb has hit one of the hardest balls in baseball in the last two weeks' worth of games — 109.9-mph — which is a favorable indicator of recent form and raw power.
Over the past 14 days, Shay Whitcomb's swing has been well optimized for base hits, notching a 57.1% of balls hit with a launch angle in the optimal range of -4° to 26°.
When assessing his overall offensive talent, Shay Whitcomb ranks in the 20th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).
Shay Whitcomb is projected to hit 7th in the batting order in this game.
Minute Maid Park profiles as the #21 venue in MLB for RHB base hits, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).
Built just 20 feet above sea level, Minute Maid Park has one of the lowest elevations in the majors, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to worse offense.
The Minute Maid Park roof figures to be closed today, making weather conditions in this match-up -7° colder than the average outdoor game of all games today — favorable for pitching.
Shay Whitcomb is projected to have 0.7 Hits in todays game.
Hits Runs and RBIs Prop Bet Odds:
The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Minute Maid Park as the 6th-best park in baseball for righty home runs.
Among all parks, Minute Maid Park's LF fences are the shallowest.
Shay Whitcomb will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cole Ragans in today's matchup.
Shay Whitcomb will possess the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.
Shay Whitcomb has hit one of the hardest balls in baseball in the last two weeks' worth of games — 109.9-mph — which is a favorable indicator of recent form and raw power.
When assessing his overall offensive talent, Shay Whitcomb ranks in the 20th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).
Shay Whitcomb is projected to hit 7th in the batting order in this game.
Minute Maid Park has the 3rd-highest average fence height among all major league stadiums.
The Minute Maid Park roof figures to be closed today, making weather conditions in this match-up -7° colder than the average outdoor game of all games today — favorable for pitching.
Among every team today, the 2nd-best infield defense belongs to the Kansas City Royals.
Shay Whitcomb is projected to have 1.4 Hits Runs and RBIs in todays game.
Total Bases Prop Bet Odds:
The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Minute Maid Park as the 6th-best park in baseball for righty home runs.
Among all parks, Minute Maid Park's LF fences are the shallowest.
Shay Whitcomb will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cole Ragans in today's matchup.
Shay Whitcomb will possess the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.
Shay Whitcomb has hit one of the hardest balls in baseball in the last two weeks' worth of games — 109.9-mph — which is a favorable indicator of recent form and raw power.
When assessing his overall offensive talent, Shay Whitcomb ranks in the 20th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).
Shay Whitcomb is projected to hit 7th in the batting order in this game.
Minute Maid Park has the 3rd-highest average fence height among all major league stadiums.
The Minute Maid Park roof figures to be closed today, making weather conditions in this match-up -7° colder than the average outdoor game of all games today — favorable for pitching.
Among every team today, the 2nd-best infield defense belongs to the Kansas City Royals.
Shay Whitcomb is projected to have 0.7 Total Bases in todays game.
