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-12 pts

Nelson Velázquez 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 19% of the time against the kind of pitches Nolan McLean throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 12 points better. The reason is the sinker: Nolan McLean throws it 33% of the time, and Nelson Velázquez strikes out 8% 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 Saturday, August 29, 2026

Nelson Velázquez 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 19% of the time against the kind of pitches Nolan McLean throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 12 points better. The reason is the sinker: Nolan McLean throws it 33% of the time, and Nelson Velázquez strikes out 8% 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 NUMBERS

player id
676369
player name
Nelson Velázquez
team
Houston Astros
matchup
Houston Astros @ New York Mets
pitcher name
Nolan McLean
direction
comfortable
headline
-12 pts
weighted krate
0.188
own baseline
0.308
k delta
-0.12
weighted avg
0.292
mix covered
0.779
detail
Nelson Velázquez 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 19% of the time against the kind of pitches Nolan McLean throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 12 points better. The reason is the sinker: Nolan McLean throws it 33% of the time, and Nelson Velázquez strikes out 8% 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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