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MLBhitter vs arsenal

-11 pts

LaMonte Wade Jr. 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 13% of the time against the kind of pitches Nolan McLean throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the sinker: Nolan McLean throws it 33% of the time, and LaMonte Wade Jr. strikes out 6% 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 63% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Saturday, August 29, 2026

LaMonte Wade Jr. 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 13% of the time against the kind of pitches Nolan McLean throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the sinker: Nolan McLean throws it 33% of the time, and LaMonte Wade Jr. strikes out 6% 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 63% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
664774
player name
LaMonte Wade Jr.
team
Houston Astros
matchup
Houston Astros @ New York Mets
pitcher name
Nolan McLean
direction
comfortable
headline
-11 pts
weighted krate
0.129
own baseline
0.235
k delta
-0.106
weighted avg
0.257
mix covered
0.633
detail
LaMonte Wade Jr. 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 13% of the time against the kind of pitches Nolan McLean throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the sinker: Nolan McLean throws it 33% of the time, and LaMonte Wade Jr. strikes out 6% 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 63% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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