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MLBhitter vs arsenal

-10 pts

Elly De La Cruz 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 Randy Vásquez throws, compared with 27% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the cutter: Randy Vásquez throws it 24% of the time, and Elly De La Cruz strikes out 7% of the time against it across 27 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 71% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Elly De La Cruz 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 Randy Vásquez throws, compared with 27% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the cutter: Randy Vásquez throws it 24% of the time, and Elly De La Cruz strikes out 7% of the time against it across 27 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 71% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
682829
player name
Elly De La Cruz
team
Cincinnati Reds
matchup
San Diego Padres @ Cincinnati Reds
pitcher name
Randy Vásquez
direction
comfortable
headline
-10 pts
weighted krate
0.173
own baseline
0.272
k delta
-0.099
weighted avg
0.313
mix covered
0.707
detail
Elly De La Cruz 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 Randy Vásquez throws, compared with 27% against everyone else — 10 points better. The reason is the cutter: Randy Vásquez throws it 24% of the time, and Elly De La Cruz strikes out 7% of the time against it across 27 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 71% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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