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-14 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Sunday, September 27, 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 12% of the time against the kind of pitches Elmer Rodríguez throws, compared with 25% against everyone else — 14 points better. The reason is the sinker: Elmer Rodríguez throws it 46% of the time, and Christian Franklin strikes out 10% 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. Based on 65% 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
Baltimore Orioles @ New York Yankees
pitcher name
Elmer Rodríguez
direction
comfortable
headline
-14 pts
weighted krate
0.117
own baseline
0.254
k delta
-0.137
weighted avg
0.303
mix covered
0.65
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 12% of the time against the kind of pitches Elmer Rodríguez throws, compared with 25% against everyone else — 14 points better. The reason is the sinker: Elmer Rodríguez throws it 46% of the time, and Christian Franklin strikes out 10% 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. Based on 65% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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