EDGEAI
-15 pts
Hunter Goodman 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 Martín Pérez throws, compared with 33% against everyone else — 15 points better. The reason is the cutter: Martín Pérez throws it 22% of the time, and Hunter Goodman 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.
Published Saturday, August 29, 2026
Hunter Goodman 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 Martín Pérez throws, compared with 33% against everyone else — 15 points better. The reason is the cutter: Martín Pérez throws it 22% of the time, and Hunter Goodman 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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