Arizona Diamondbacks vs Houston Astros Matchup Preview - September 27th, 2022

Christian Walker and the D-Backs go head-to-head against Jose Altuve and the Astros today. Over the last 7 days, Christian Walker has provided the bulk of the offense for D-Backs. He's batted .222 with 4 runs, 5 RBIs, and 2 home runs. Meanwhile, it's been Jose Altuve who has been hot for the Astros. Over the last week, he's batting .375 with 7 runs, 2 RBIs, and 1 home runs.

Arizona Diamondbacks Insights

• The Sharp Model X projects Zach Davies to throw 80 pitches today (4th-least on the slate today), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

• Cooper Hummel has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this year (59% of the time), but he is projected to bat 8th in the batting order today.

• Daulton Varsho has a high pull rate on his flyballs (38.8% — 98th percentile) and will be challenged by MLB's 10th-deepest RF fences today.

Houston Astros Insights

• Luis Garcia has gone to his cutter 7.4% more often this season (29.7%) than he did last season (22.3%).

• Yordan Alvarez has seen a notable gain in his exit velocity this season; just compare his 93.1-mph average to last year's 95.2-mph average.

• The Houston Astros projected lineup projects as the 3rd-best of all teams on the slate.

Betting Trends

• The Houston Astros have hit the 1st Five Innings (F5) Run Line in 86 of their last 134 games (+26.60 Units / 15% ROI)

• The Arizona Diamondbacks have hit the 1st Five Innings (F5) Run Line in 59 of their last 87 games (+34.00 Units / 35% ROI)

• Merrill Kelly has hit the Strikeouts Over in 16 of his last 22 games (+10.60 Units / 41% ROI)