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-11 pts

Tommy White 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 6% of the time against the kind of pitches Chris Bassitt throws, compared with 16% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Chris Bassitt throws it 21% of the time, and Tommy White strikes out 0% of the time against it across 10 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 58% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Sunday, August 30, 2026

Tommy White 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 6% of the time against the kind of pitches Chris Bassitt throws, compared with 16% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Chris Bassitt throws it 21% of the time, and Tommy White strikes out 0% of the time against it across 10 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 58% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
695720
player name
Tommy White
team
Athletics
matchup
Baltimore Orioles @ Athletics
pitcher name
Chris Bassitt
direction
comfortable
headline
-11 pts
weighted krate
0.055
own baseline
0.163
k delta
-0.108
weighted avg
0.292
mix covered
0.578
detail
Tommy White 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 6% of the time against the kind of pitches Chris Bassitt throws, compared with 16% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Chris Bassitt throws it 21% of the time, and Tommy White strikes out 0% of the time against it across 10 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 58% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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