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-8 pts

Brian Serven 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 21% of the time against the kind of pitches Kade Anderson throws, compared with 29% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the changeup: Kade Anderson throws it 22% of the time, and Brian Serven strikes out 11% of the time against it across 9 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 56% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Thursday, September 3, 2026

Brian Serven 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 21% of the time against the kind of pitches Kade Anderson throws, compared with 29% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the changeup: Kade Anderson throws it 22% of the time, and Brian Serven strikes out 11% of the time against it across 9 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 56% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
661531
player name
Brian Serven
team
Athletics
matchup
Athletics @ Seattle Mariners
pitcher name
Kade Anderson
direction
comfortable
headline
-8 pts
weighted krate
0.208
own baseline
0.286
k delta
-0.078
weighted avg
0.333
mix covered
0.556
detail
Brian Serven 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 21% of the time against the kind of pitches Kade Anderson throws, compared with 29% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the changeup: Kade Anderson throws it 22% of the time, and Brian Serven strikes out 11% of the time against it across 9 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 56% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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