EDGEAI
MLBhitter vs arsenal
+10 pts
STRIKES OUT MORE
Published Sunday, September 20, 2026
Nick Loftin is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 27% of the time against the kind of pitches Lake Bachar throws, compared with 18% against everyone else — 10 points worse. The reason is the curveball: Lake Bachar throws it 19% of the time, and Nick Loftin strikes out 50% of the time against it across 22 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
Nick Loftin Over 0.5 strikeouts
THE NUMBERS
player id
679845
player name
Nick Loftin
team
Kansas City Royals
matchup
Kansas City Royals @ Pittsburgh Pirates
pitcher name
Lake Bachar
direction
vulnerable
headline
+10 pts
weighted krate
0.271
own baseline
0.175
k delta
0.096
weighted avg
0.203
mix covered
0.874
detail
Nick Loftin is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 27% of the time against the kind of pitches Lake Bachar throws, compared with 18% against everyone else — 10 points worse. The reason is the curveball: Lake Bachar throws it 19% of the time, and Nick Loftin strikes out 50% of the time against it across 22 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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