EDGEAI
-11 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 21% of the time against the kind of pitches Javier Assad throws, compared with 32% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the sinker: Javier Assad throws it 42% of the time, and Kyle Stowers strikes out 19% of the time against it across 54 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
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 21% of the time against the kind of pitches Javier Assad throws, compared with 32% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the sinker: Javier Assad throws it 42% of the time, and Kyle Stowers strikes out 19% of the time against it across 54 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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