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-11 pts

Spencer Jones 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 25% of the time against the kind of pitches Tomoyuki Sugano throws, compared with 36% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Tomoyuki Sugano throws it 11% of the time, and Spencer Jones 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 62% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Spencer Jones 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 25% of the time against the kind of pitches Tomoyuki Sugano throws, compared with 36% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Tomoyuki Sugano throws it 11% of the time, and Spencer Jones 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 62% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
682987
player name
Spencer Jones
team
New York Yankees
matchup
Colorado Rockies @ New York Yankees
pitcher name
Tomoyuki Sugano
direction
comfortable
headline
-11 pts
weighted krate
0.245
own baseline
0.359
k delta
-0.114
weighted avg
0.362
mix covered
0.617
detail
Spencer Jones 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 25% of the time against the kind of pitches Tomoyuki Sugano throws, compared with 36% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Tomoyuki Sugano throws it 11% of the time, and Spencer Jones 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 62% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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