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-9 pts

TJ Friedl 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 14% of the time against the kind of pitches Randy Vásquez throws, compared with 23% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the sinker: Randy Vásquez throws it 16% of the time, and TJ Friedl strikes out 5% of the time against it across 39 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 71% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Tuesday, September 1, 2026

TJ Friedl 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 14% of the time against the kind of pitches Randy Vásquez throws, compared with 23% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the sinker: Randy Vásquez throws it 16% of the time, and TJ Friedl strikes out 5% of the time against it across 39 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 71% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
670770
player name
TJ Friedl
team
Cincinnati Reds
matchup
San Diego Padres @ Cincinnati Reds
pitcher name
Randy Vásquez
direction
comfortable
headline
-9 pts
weighted krate
0.141
own baseline
0.233
k delta
-0.092
weighted avg
0.211
mix covered
0.707
detail
TJ Friedl 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 14% of the time against the kind of pitches Randy Vásquez throws, compared with 23% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the sinker: Randy Vásquez throws it 16% of the time, and TJ Friedl strikes out 5% of the time against it across 39 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 71% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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