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-6 pts

Salvador Perez is a safer bet to put the ball in play tonight than he usually is, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 14% of the time against the kind of pitches Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and Salvador Perez strikes out 2% of the time against it across 60 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Thursday, September 3, 2026

Salvador Perez is a safer bet to put the ball in play tonight than he usually is, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 14% of the time against the kind of pitches Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and Salvador Perez strikes out 2% of the time against it across 60 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

THE NUMBERS

player id
521692
player name
Salvador Perez
team
Kansas City Royals
matchup
Miami Marlins @ Kansas City Royals
pitcher name
Sandy Alcantara
direction
comfortable
headline
-6 pts
weighted krate
0.135
own baseline
0.198
k delta
-0.063
weighted avg
0.262
mix covered
0.812
detail
Salvador Perez is a safer bet to put the ball in play tonight than he usually is, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 14% of the time against the kind of pitches Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and Salvador Perez strikes out 2% of the time against it across 60 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

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