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-8 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Luisangel Acuña 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 11% of the time against the kind of pitches Seth Lugo throws, compared with 19% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the sinker: Seth Lugo throws it 19% of the time, and Luisangel Acuña strikes out 4% of the time against it across 48 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 67% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
682668
player name
Luisangel Acuña
team
Chicago White Sox
matchup
Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals
pitcher name
Seth Lugo
direction
comfortable
headline
-8 pts
weighted krate
0.106
own baseline
0.189
k delta
-0.083
weighted avg
0.217
mix covered
0.667
detail
Luisangel Acuña 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 11% of the time against the kind of pitches Seth Lugo throws, compared with 19% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the sinker: Seth Lugo throws it 19% of the time, and Luisangel Acuña strikes out 4% of the time against it across 48 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 67% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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