EDGEAI

MLBhitter vs arsenal

-10 pts

Jahmai Jones 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 Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and Jahmai Jones strikes out 14% of the time against it across 22 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 67% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Monday, August 24, 2026

Jahmai Jones 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 Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and Jahmai Jones strikes out 14% of the time against it across 22 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 67% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
663330
player name
Jahmai Jones
team
Boston Red Sox
matchup
Boston Red Sox @ Miami Marlins
pitcher name
Sandy Alcantara
direction
comfortable
headline
-10 pts
weighted krate
0.21
own baseline
0.313
k delta
-0.103
weighted avg
0.222
mix covered
0.666
detail
Jahmai Jones 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 Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and Jahmai Jones strikes out 14% of the time against it across 22 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 67% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

This record was written when the finding was first published and has not been edited since. The numbers and the wording are what our engines produced on the day.