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-12 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Saturday, September 19, 2026

Sean Murphy 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 20% of the time against the kind of pitches Hayden Wesneski throws, compared with 32% against everyone else — 12 points better. The reason is the cutter: Hayden Wesneski throws it 16% of the time, and Sean Murphy strikes out 11% of the time against it across 9 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 58% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
669221
player name
Sean Murphy
team
Atlanta Braves
matchup
Atlanta Braves @ Houston Astros
pitcher name
Hayden Wesneski
direction
comfortable
headline
-12 pts
weighted krate
0.198
own baseline
0.32
k delta
-0.122
weighted avg
0.22
mix covered
0.583
detail
Sean Murphy 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 20% of the time against the kind of pitches Hayden Wesneski throws, compared with 32% against everyone else — 12 points better. The reason is the cutter: Hayden Wesneski throws it 16% of the time, and Sean Murphy strikes out 11% of the time against it across 9 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 58% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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