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-13 pts

Alex Jackson 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 20% of the time against the kind of pitches Jordan Hicks throws, compared with 33% against everyone else — 13 points better. The reason is the sinker: Jordan Hicks throws it 49% of the time, and Alex Jackson strikes out 12% of the time against it across 17 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 65% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Sunday, August 30, 2026

Alex Jackson 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 20% of the time against the kind of pitches Jordan Hicks throws, compared with 33% against everyone else — 13 points better. The reason is the sinker: Jordan Hicks throws it 49% of the time, and Alex Jackson strikes out 12% of the time against it across 17 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 65% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
656577
player name
Alex Jackson
team
Minnesota Twins
matchup
Chicago White Sox @ Minnesota Twins
pitcher name
Jordan Hicks
direction
comfortable
headline
-13 pts
weighted krate
0.198
own baseline
0.333
k delta
-0.135
weighted avg
0.232
mix covered
0.651
detail
Alex Jackson 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 20% of the time against the kind of pitches Jordan Hicks throws, compared with 33% against everyone else — 13 points better. The reason is the sinker: Jordan Hicks throws it 49% of the time, and Alex Jackson strikes out 12% of the time against it across 17 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 65% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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