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+9 pts

Taylor Walls is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 33% of the time against the kind of pitches Brandon Young throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 9 points worse. The reason is the splitter: Brandon Young throws it 19% of the time, and Taylor Walls strikes out 64% 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.

Published Saturday, August 22, 2026

Taylor Walls is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 33% of the time against the kind of pitches Brandon Young throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 9 points worse. The reason is the splitter: Brandon Young throws it 19% of the time, and Taylor Walls strikes out 64% 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.

THE BET THIS ARGUED FOR

Taylor Walls Over 0.5 strikeouts

THE NUMBERS

player id
670764
player name
Taylor Walls
team
Tampa Bay Rays
matchup
Tampa Bay Rays @ Baltimore Orioles
pitcher name
Brandon Young
direction
vulnerable
headline
+9 pts
weighted krate
0.327
own baseline
0.242
k delta
0.085
weighted avg
0.195
mix covered
1
detail
Taylor Walls is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 33% of the time against the kind of pitches Brandon Young throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 9 points worse. The reason is the splitter: Brandon Young throws it 19% of the time, and Taylor Walls strikes out 64% 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.

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