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-9 pts

Samuel Basallo 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 17% of the time against the kind of pitches Nick Martinez throws, compared with 27% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the cutter: Nick Martinez throws it 21% of the time, and Samuel Basallo strikes out 0% of the time against it across 21 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Sunday, August 23, 2026

Samuel Basallo 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 17% of the time against the kind of pitches Nick Martinez throws, compared with 27% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the cutter: Nick Martinez throws it 21% of the time, and Samuel Basallo strikes out 0% of the time against it across 21 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
694212
player name
Samuel Basallo
team
Baltimore Orioles
matchup
Tampa Bay Rays @ Baltimore Orioles
pitcher name
Nick Martinez
direction
comfortable
headline
-9 pts
weighted krate
0.172
own baseline
0.265
k delta
-0.093
weighted avg
0.249
mix covered
0.911
detail
Samuel Basallo 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 17% of the time against the kind of pitches Nick Martinez throws, compared with 27% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the cutter: Nick Martinez throws it 21% of the time, and Samuel Basallo strikes out 0% of the time against it across 21 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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