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-8 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Brenton Doyle 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 26% of the time against the kind of pitches Seth Lugo throws, compared with 34% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the sinker: Seth Lugo throws it 19% of the time, and Brenton Doyle strikes out 13% 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. Based on 63% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
686668
player name
Brenton Doyle
team
Chicago White Sox
matchup
Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals
pitcher name
Seth Lugo
direction
comfortable
headline
-8 pts
weighted krate
0.255
own baseline
0.337
k delta
-0.082
weighted avg
0.237
mix covered
0.631
detail
Brenton Doyle 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 26% of the time against the kind of pitches Seth Lugo throws, compared with 34% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the sinker: Seth Lugo throws it 19% of the time, and Brenton Doyle strikes out 13% 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. Based on 63% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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