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MLBhitter vs arsenal
-5 pts
STRIKES OUT LESS
Published Friday, October 23, 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 14% of the time against the kind of pitches Nick Martinez throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 5 points better. The reason is the cutter: Nick Martinez throws it 22% 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.
THE NUMBERS
player id
687401
player name
Joey Ortiz
team
Milwaukee Brewers
matchup
Tampa Bay Rays @ Milwaukee Brewers
pitcher name
Nick Martinez
direction
comfortable
headline
-5 pts
weighted krate
0.144
own baseline
0.198
k delta
-0.054
weighted avg
0.263
mix covered
0.921
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 14% of the time against the kind of pitches Nick Martinez throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 5 points better. The reason is the cutter: Nick Martinez throws it 22% 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.
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