Wednesday Night MLB Intel

Rutschman's last 10 games tell a modest story: 10-for-38, a .263 average, one homer and three RBI. That's a competent stretch, not an explosive one, and it's exactly the kind of profile that makes going under a combined hits/runs/RBI number in Yankee Stadium make sense. The projection sits at 1.2 against a 1.5 line, and nothing in his recent output suggests he's about to spike into extra production against this Yankees pitching staff tonight.

Alvarez is doing exactly what you want a middle-of-the-order bat to do right now: 15-for-38 over his last 10 games, a .395 average, three homers and eight RBI. That kind of swing right now makes a single hit feel like the floor, not the ceiling. The White Sox come into Daikin Park facing a hitter who's barreling everything, and the projection of 1.0 hits against a 0.5 line reflects just how locked in he's been.

Cronenworth has been the Padres' quiet engine lately, hitting .314 over his last 10 games (11-for-35) with two homers and 11 RBI in that stretch. Eleven RBI over 10 games is real production, and it points to a guy who's finding himself in RBI situations and cashing them consistently. Facing the Cubs at Petco Park, the projection of 0.8 against a 0.5 line lines up with a hitter who's been driving in runs at a steady clip all through this recent run.