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+12 pts

Eduardo Valencia is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 42% of the time against the kind of pitches Blake Snell throws, compared with 29% against everyone else — 12 points worse. The reason is the four-seam fb: Blake Snell throws it 49% of the time, and Eduardo Valencia strikes out 46% 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. Based on 79% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Saturday, August 29, 2026

Eduardo Valencia is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 42% of the time against the kind of pitches Blake Snell throws, compared with 29% against everyone else — 12 points worse. The reason is the four-seam fb: Blake Snell throws it 49% of the time, and Eduardo Valencia strikes out 46% 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. Based on 79% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE BET THIS ARGUED FOR

Eduardo Valencia Over 0.5 strikeouts

THE NUMBERS

player id
680664
player name
Eduardo Valencia
team
Detroit Tigers
matchup
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Detroit Tigers
pitcher name
Blake Snell
direction
vulnerable
headline
+12 pts
weighted krate
0.415
own baseline
0.292
k delta
0.123
weighted avg
0.303
mix covered
0.791
detail
Eduardo Valencia is a worse strikeout risk than usual tonight, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 42% of the time against the kind of pitches Blake Snell throws, compared with 29% against everyone else — 12 points worse. The reason is the four-seam fb: Blake Snell throws it 49% of the time, and Eduardo Valencia strikes out 46% 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. Based on 79% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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