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-8 pts

Christian Moore 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 23% of the time against the kind of pitches Andrew Alvarez throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the slider: Andrew Alvarez throws it 22% of the time, and Christian Moore strikes out 13% of the time against it across 8 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 64% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Saturday, September 12, 2026

Christian Moore 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 23% of the time against the kind of pitches Andrew Alvarez throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the slider: Andrew Alvarez throws it 22% of the time, and Christian Moore strikes out 13% of the time against it across 8 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 64% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
695681
player name
Christian Moore
team
Los Angeles Angels
matchup
Los Angeles Angels @ Washington Nationals
pitcher name
Andrew Alvarez
direction
comfortable
headline
-8 pts
weighted krate
0.226
own baseline
0.305
k delta
-0.079
weighted avg
0.193
mix covered
0.642
detail
Christian Moore 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 23% of the time against the kind of pitches Andrew Alvarez throws, compared with 31% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the slider: Andrew Alvarez throws it 22% of the time, and Christian Moore strikes out 13% of the time against it across 8 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 64% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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