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-8 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Jake Cronenworth 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 15% of the time against the kind of pitches Kevin Gausman throws, compared with 23% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Kevin Gausman throws it 51% of the time, and Jake Cronenworth strikes out 12% of the time against it across 141 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
630105
player name
Jake Cronenworth
team
San Diego Padres
matchup
Chicago Cubs @ San Diego Padres
pitcher name
Kevin Gausman
direction
comfortable
headline
-8 pts
weighted krate
0.15
own baseline
0.226
k delta
-0.076
weighted avg
0.327
mix covered
0.898
detail
Jake Cronenworth 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 15% of the time against the kind of pitches Kevin Gausman throws, compared with 23% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Kevin Gausman throws it 51% of the time, and Jake Cronenworth strikes out 12% of the time against it across 141 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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