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-8 pts

Kyle Stowers 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 23% of the time against the kind of pitches Payton Tolle throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the sinker: Payton Tolle throws it 22% of the time, and Kyle Stowers strikes out 18% of the time against it across 51 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Kyle Stowers 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 23% of the time against the kind of pitches Payton Tolle throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the sinker: Payton Tolle throws it 22% of the time, and Kyle Stowers strikes out 18% of the time against it across 51 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

THE NUMBERS

player id
669065
player name
Kyle Stowers
team
Miami Marlins
matchup
Boston Red Sox @ Miami Marlins
pitcher name
Payton Tolle
direction
comfortable
headline
-8 pts
weighted krate
0.23
own baseline
0.312
k delta
-0.082
weighted avg
0.241
mix covered
0.876
detail
Kyle Stowers 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 23% of the time against the kind of pitches Payton Tolle throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the sinker: Payton Tolle throws it 22% of the time, and Kyle Stowers strikes out 18% of the time against it across 51 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

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