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-9 pts

Joe Mack 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 16% of the time against the kind of pitches Payton Tolle throws, compared with 25% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Payton Tolle throws it 46% of the time, and Joe Mack strikes out 16% of the time against it across 68 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Joe Mack 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 16% of the time against the kind of pitches Payton Tolle throws, compared with 25% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Payton Tolle throws it 46% of the time, and Joe Mack strikes out 16% of the time against it across 68 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
691788
player name
Joe Mack
team
Miami Marlins
matchup
Boston Red Sox @ Miami Marlins
pitcher name
Payton Tolle
direction
comfortable
headline
-9 pts
weighted krate
0.158
own baseline
0.251
k delta
-0.093
weighted avg
0.292
mix covered
0.876
detail
Joe Mack 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 16% of the time against the kind of pitches Payton Tolle throws, compared with 25% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the four-seam fb: Payton Tolle throws it 46% of the time, and Joe Mack strikes out 16% of the time against it across 68 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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