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-9 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Wednesday, September 16, 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 18% of the time against the kind of pitches Robert Stock throws, compared with 27% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the cutter: Robert Stock throws it 31% of the time, and Samuel Basallo 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
694212
player name
Samuel Basallo
team
Baltimore Orioles
matchup
Baltimore Orioles @ New York Mets
pitcher name
Robert Stock
direction
comfortable
headline
-9 pts
weighted krate
0.181
own baseline
0.267
k delta
-0.086
weighted avg
0.24
mix covered
0.898
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 18% of the time against the kind of pitches Robert Stock throws, compared with 27% against everyone else — 9 points better. The reason is the cutter: Robert Stock throws it 31% of the time, and Samuel Basallo 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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