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-10 pts

Austin Hays 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 18% of the time against the kind of pitches Braxton Ashcraft throws, compared with 28% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Braxton Ashcraft throws it 32% of the time, and Austin Hays strikes out 18% of the time against it across 11 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 69% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Monday, August 24, 2026

Austin Hays 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 18% of the time against the kind of pitches Braxton Ashcraft throws, compared with 28% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Braxton Ashcraft throws it 32% of the time, and Austin Hays strikes out 18% of the time against it across 11 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 69% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
669720
player name
Austin Hays
team
San Diego Padres
matchup
Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Diego Padres
pitcher name
Braxton Ashcraft
direction
comfortable
headline
-10 pts
weighted krate
0.179
own baseline
0.277
k delta
-0.098
weighted avg
0.332
mix covered
0.692
detail
Austin Hays 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 18% of the time against the kind of pitches Braxton Ashcraft throws, compared with 28% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Braxton Ashcraft throws it 32% of the time, and Austin Hays strikes out 18% of the time against it across 11 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 69% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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