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-8 pts

Christian Franklin 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 17% of the time against the kind of pitches Shane McClanahan throws, compared with 25% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Shane McClanahan throws it 38% of the time, and Christian Franklin strikes out 0% of the time against it across 14 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 57% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Saturday, August 22, 2026

Christian Franklin 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 17% of the time against the kind of pitches Shane McClanahan throws, compared with 25% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Shane McClanahan throws it 38% of the time, and Christian Franklin strikes out 0% of the time against it across 14 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 57% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
681047
player name
Christian Franklin
team
Baltimore Orioles
matchup
Tampa Bay Rays @ Baltimore Orioles
pitcher name
Shane McClanahan
direction
comfortable
headline
-8 pts
weighted krate
0.167
own baseline
0.25
k delta
-0.083
weighted avg
0.255
mix covered
0.567
detail
Christian Franklin 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 17% of the time against the kind of pitches Shane McClanahan throws, compared with 25% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Shane McClanahan throws it 38% of the time, and Christian Franklin strikes out 0% of the time against it across 14 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 57% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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