Detroit Tigers vs Tampa Bay Rays Matchup Preview - March 30th, 2023

Detroit Tigers Insights

• The Sharp Model X projects Eduardo Rodriguez to throw 85 pitches in this matchup (5th-least of all pitchers today), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

• Zach McKinstry has struggled with his Barrel%; his 8.2% rate last year has dropped to 1.6% this season.

• Miguel Cabrera has a 99th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (41.6%) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the game's 5th-shallowest RF fences today.

Tampa Bay Rays Insights

• Despite conventional wisdom, fastballs are generally a pitcher's least effective pitch. Shane McClanahan has used his off-speed and breaking balls 5.2% more often this year (64.3%) than he did last year (59.1%).

• Taylor Walls's average exit velocity has declined this season; his 88.5-mph average last season has dropped off to 86-mph.

• The Tampa Bay Rays (18.9 K%, according to The Sharp Model X) project to have the 2nd-least strikeout-heavy lineup today.