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MLBhitter vs arsenal

-18 pts

Griffin Conine 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 Javier Assad throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 18 points better. The reason is the sinker: Javier Assad throws it 42% of the time, and Griffin Conine strikes out 6% of the time against it across 32 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 73% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Saturday, September 5, 2026

Griffin Conine 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 Javier Assad throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 18 points better. The reason is the sinker: Javier Assad throws it 42% of the time, and Griffin Conine strikes out 6% of the time against it across 32 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 73% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
665052
player name
Griffin Conine
team
Miami Marlins
matchup
Chicago Cubs @ Miami Marlins
pitcher name
Javier Assad
direction
comfortable
headline
-18 pts
weighted krate
0.13
own baseline
0.311
k delta
-0.181
weighted avg
0.338
mix covered
0.734
detail
Griffin Conine 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 Javier Assad throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 18 points better. The reason is the sinker: Javier Assad throws it 42% of the time, and Griffin Conine strikes out 6% of the time against it across 32 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 73% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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