EDGEAI
-9 pts
Ezequiel Tovar 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 16% of the time against the kind of pitches Martín Pérez throws, compared with 25% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the sinker: Martín Pérez throws it 35% of the time, and Ezequiel Tovar strikes out 7% of the time against it across 60 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
Ezequiel Tovar 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 16% of the time against the kind of pitches Martín Pérez throws, compared with 25% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the sinker: Martín Pérez throws it 35% of the time, and Ezequiel Tovar strikes out 7% of the time against it across 60 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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