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-6 pts

Derek Hill 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 27% of the time against the kind of pitches Chris Sale throws, compared with 33% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the slider: Chris Sale throws it 40% of the time, and Derek Hill strikes out 24% of the time against it across 38 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Friday, September 11, 2026

Derek Hill 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 27% of the time against the kind of pitches Chris Sale throws, compared with 33% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the slider: Chris Sale throws it 40% of the time, and Derek Hill strikes out 24% of the time against it across 38 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
656537
player name
Derek Hill
team
Philadelphia Phillies
matchup
Philadelphia Phillies @ Atlanta Braves
pitcher name
Chris Sale
direction
comfortable
headline
-6 pts
weighted krate
0.274
own baseline
0.332
k delta
-0.058
weighted avg
0.279
mix covered
0.912
detail
Derek Hill 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 27% of the time against the kind of pitches Chris Sale throws, compared with 33% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the slider: Chris Sale throws it 40% of the time, and Derek Hill strikes out 24% of the time against it across 38 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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