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+17 pts

Taylor Walls is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 41% of the time against the kind of pitches AJ Smith-Shawver throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 17 points worse. The reason is the splitter: AJ Smith-Shawver throws it 37% of the time, and Taylor Walls strikes out 62% of the time against it across 13 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 78% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Taylor Walls is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 41% of the time against the kind of pitches AJ Smith-Shawver throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 17 points worse. The reason is the splitter: AJ Smith-Shawver throws it 37% of the time, and Taylor Walls strikes out 62% of the time against it across 13 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 78% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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 @ Atlanta Braves
pitcher name
AJ Smith-Shawver
direction
vulnerable
headline
+17 pts
weighted krate
0.406
own baseline
0.239
k delta
0.167
weighted avg
0.242
mix covered
0.775
detail
Taylor Walls is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 41% of the time against the kind of pitches AJ Smith-Shawver throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 17 points worse. The reason is the splitter: AJ Smith-Shawver throws it 37% of the time, and Taylor Walls strikes out 62% of the time against it across 13 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 78% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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