EDGEAI
MLBhitter vs arsenal
-6 pts
STRIKES OUT LESS
Published Saturday, October 24, 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 Drew Rasmussen throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the cutter: Drew Rasmussen throws it 29% 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
Drew Rasmussen
direction
comfortable
headline
-6 pts
weighted krate
0.136
own baseline
0.198
k delta
-0.062
weighted avg
0.262
mix covered
0.94
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 Drew Rasmussen throws, compared with 20% against everyone else — 6 points better. The reason is the cutter: Drew Rasmussen throws it 29% 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.
This record was written when the finding was first published and has not been edited since. The numbers and the wording are what our engines produced on the day.