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-11 pts

Jorge Mateo 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 17% of the time against the kind of pitches Sean Manaea throws, compared with 29% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Sean Manaea throws it 39% of the time, and Jorge Mateo strikes out 14% of the time against it across 42 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Jorge Mateo 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 17% of the time against the kind of pitches Sean Manaea throws, compared with 29% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Sean Manaea throws it 39% of the time, and Jorge Mateo strikes out 14% of the time against it across 42 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
622761
player name
Jorge Mateo
team
Tampa Bay Rays
matchup
New York Mets @ Tampa Bay Rays
pitcher name
Sean Manaea
direction
comfortable
headline
-11 pts
weighted krate
0.174
own baseline
0.287
k delta
-0.113
weighted avg
0.262
mix covered
0.897
detail
Jorge Mateo 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 17% of the time against the kind of pitches Sean Manaea throws, compared with 29% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Sean Manaea throws it 39% of the time, and Jorge Mateo strikes out 14% of the time against it across 42 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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