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-10 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Sunday, September 20, 2026

Christian Vázquez 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 9% of the time against the kind of pitches Martín Pérez throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the sinker: Martín Pérez throws it 35% of the time, and Christian Vázquez strikes out 9% of the time against it across 54 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
543877
player name
Christian Vázquez
team
Houston Astros
matchup
Atlanta Braves @ Houston Astros
pitcher name
Martín Pérez
direction
comfortable
headline
-10 pts
weighted krate
0.094
own baseline
0.197
k delta
-0.103
weighted avg
0.205
mix covered
0.879
detail
Christian Vázquez 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 9% of the time against the kind of pitches Martín Pérez throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the sinker: Martín Pérez throws it 35% of the time, and Christian Vázquez strikes out 9% of the time against it across 54 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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