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-14 pts

Jimmy Crooks 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 Jesús Luzardo throws, compared with 32% against everyone else — 14 points better. The reason is the sweeper: Jesús Luzardo throws it 38% of the time, and Jimmy Crooks strikes out 0% of the time against it across 9 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it.

Published Friday, August 21, 2026

Jimmy Crooks 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 Jesús Luzardo throws, compared with 32% against everyone else — 14 points better. The reason is the sweeper: Jesús Luzardo throws it 38% of the time, and Jimmy Crooks strikes out 0% of the time against it across 9 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
699625
player name
Jimmy Crooks
team
St. Louis Cardinals
matchup
St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies
pitcher name
Jesús Luzardo
direction
comfortable
headline
-14 pts
weighted krate
0.181
own baseline
0.319
k delta
-0.138
weighted avg
0.143
mix covered
1
detail
Jimmy Crooks 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 Jesús Luzardo throws, compared with 32% against everyone else — 14 points better. The reason is the sweeper: Jesús Luzardo throws it 38% of the time, and Jimmy Crooks strikes out 0% of the time against it across 9 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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