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-6 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Tuesday, September 29, 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 11% of the time against the kind of pitches Payton Tolle throws, compared with 18% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the cutter: Payton Tolle throws it 19% of the time, and Luis García Jr. strikes out 3% of the time against it across 32 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
Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees
pitcher name
Payton Tolle
direction
comfortable
headline
-6 pts
weighted krate
0.114
own baseline
0.177
k delta
-0.063
weighted avg
0.298
mix covered
0.879
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 11% of the time against the kind of pitches Payton Tolle throws, compared with 18% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the cutter: Payton Tolle throws it 19% of the time, and Luis García Jr. strikes out 3% of the time against it across 32 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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