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-6 pts

Tyler Tolbert 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 Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 18% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and Tyler Tolbert strikes out 4% of the time against it across 24 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Thursday, September 3, 2026

Tyler Tolbert 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 Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 18% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and Tyler Tolbert strikes out 4% of the time against it across 24 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

THE NUMBERS

player id
686475
player name
Tyler Tolbert
team
Kansas City Royals
matchup
Miami Marlins @ Kansas City Royals
pitcher name
Sandy Alcantara
direction
comfortable
headline
-6 pts
weighted krate
0.121
own baseline
0.182
k delta
-0.061
weighted avg
0.28
mix covered
0.812
detail
Tyler Tolbert 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 Sandy Alcantara throws, compared with 18% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the sinker: Sandy Alcantara throws it 27% of the time, and Tyler Tolbert strikes out 4% of the time against it across 24 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

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