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-10 pts

José Tena 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 21% of the time against the kind of pitches Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and José Tena strikes out 13% of the time against it across 38 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Saturday, August 29, 2026

José Tena 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 21% of the time against the kind of pitches Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and José Tena strikes out 13% of the time against it across 38 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
677588
player name
José Tena
team
Washington Nationals
matchup
Miami Marlins @ Washington Nationals
pitcher name
Sandy Alcantara
direction
comfortable
headline
-10 pts
weighted krate
0.209
own baseline
0.313
k delta
-0.104
weighted avg
0.277
mix covered
0.812
detail
José Tena 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 21% of the time against the kind of pitches Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and José Tena strikes out 13% of the time against it across 38 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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