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-7 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Joey Ortiz 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 13% of the time against the kind of pitches Walker Buehler throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 7 points better. The reason is the cutter: Walker Buehler throws it 24% of the time, and Joey Ortiz strikes out 4% of the time against it across 28 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 75% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
687401
player name
Joey Ortiz
team
Milwaukee Brewers
matchup
Milwaukee Brewers @ San Diego Padres
pitcher name
Walker Buehler
direction
comfortable
headline
-7 pts
weighted krate
0.131
own baseline
0.198
k delta
-0.067
weighted avg
0.263
mix covered
0.751
detail
Joey Ortiz 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 13% of the time against the kind of pitches Walker Buehler throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 7 points better. The reason is the cutter: Walker Buehler throws it 24% of the time, and Joey Ortiz strikes out 4% of the time against it across 28 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 75% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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