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-6 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Travis Bazzana 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 15% of the time against the kind of pitches Sean Newcomb throws, compared with 21% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sean Newcomb throws it 21% of the time, and Travis Bazzana strikes out 9% of the time against it across 100 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 60% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
683953
player name
Travis Bazzana
team
Cleveland Guardians
matchup
Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago White Sox
pitcher name
Sean Newcomb
direction
comfortable
headline
-6 pts
weighted krate
0.146
own baseline
0.205
k delta
-0.059
weighted avg
0.271
mix covered
0.603
detail
Travis Bazzana 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 15% of the time against the kind of pitches Sean Newcomb throws, compared with 21% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sean Newcomb throws it 21% of the time, and Travis Bazzana strikes out 9% of the time against it across 100 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 60% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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