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+12 pts

Ezequiel Duran is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 36% of the time against the kind of pitches Yusei Kikuchi throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 12 points worse. The reason is the splitter: Yusei Kikuchi throws it 22% of the time, and Ezequiel Duran strikes out 60% of the time against it across 10 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Sunday, August 23, 2026

Ezequiel Duran is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 36% of the time against the kind of pitches Yusei Kikuchi throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 12 points worse. The reason is the splitter: Yusei Kikuchi throws it 22% of the time, and Ezequiel Duran strikes out 60% of the time against it across 10 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

THE BET THIS ARGUED FOR

Ezequiel Duran Over 0.5 strikeouts

THE NUMBERS

player id
677649
player name
Ezequiel Duran
team
Texas Rangers
matchup
Los Angeles Angels @ Texas Rangers
pitcher name
Yusei Kikuchi
direction
vulnerable
headline
+12 pts
weighted krate
0.357
own baseline
0.237
k delta
0.12
weighted avg
0.205
mix covered
0.912
detail
Ezequiel Duran is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 36% of the time against the kind of pitches Yusei Kikuchi throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 12 points worse. The reason is the splitter: Yusei Kikuchi throws it 22% of the time, and Ezequiel Duran strikes out 60% of the time against it across 10 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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