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MLBhitter vs arsenal

-9 pts

Luis García Jr. 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 8% of the time against the kind of pitches Mason Fluharty throws, compared with 16% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the cutter: Mason Fluharty throws it 49% of the time, and Luis García Jr. strikes out 4% of the time against it across 26 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Friday, August 21, 2026

Luis García Jr. 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 8% of the time against the kind of pitches Mason Fluharty throws, compared with 16% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the cutter: Mason Fluharty throws it 49% of the time, and Luis García Jr. strikes out 4% of the time against it across 26 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

THE NUMBERS

player id
671277
player name
Luis García Jr.
team
New York Yankees
matchup
Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees
pitcher name
Mason Fluharty
direction
comfortable
headline
-9 pts
weighted krate
0.078
own baseline
0.164
k delta
-0.086
weighted avg
0.462
mix covered
0.904
detail
Luis García Jr. 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 8% of the time against the kind of pitches Mason Fluharty throws, compared with 16% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the cutter: Mason Fluharty throws it 49% of the time, and Luis García Jr. strikes out 4% of the time against it across 26 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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