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-9 pts

Jonny DeLuca 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 Martín Pérez throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the sinker: Martín Pérez throws it 35% of the time, and Jonny DeLuca strikes out 9% of the time against it across 55 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Thursday, September 10, 2026

Jonny DeLuca 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 Martín Pérez throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the sinker: Martín Pérez throws it 35% of the time, and Jonny DeLuca strikes out 9% of the time against it across 55 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
676356
player name
Jonny DeLuca
team
Tampa Bay Rays
matchup
Tampa Bay Rays @ Atlanta Braves
pitcher name
Martín Pérez
direction
comfortable
headline
-9 pts
weighted krate
0.111
own baseline
0.199
k delta
-0.088
weighted avg
0.309
mix covered
0.876
detail
Jonny DeLuca 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 Martín Pérez throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the sinker: Martín Pérez throws it 35% of the time, and Jonny DeLuca strikes out 9% of the time against it across 55 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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