EDGEAI
MLBhitter vs arsenal
-7 pts
STRIKES OUT LESS
Published Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Ben Rice 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 Nick Martinez throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 7 points better. The reason is the cutter: Nick Martinez throws it 22% of the time, and Ben Rice strikes out 10% of the time against it across 68 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
700250
player name
Ben Rice
team
New York Yankees
matchup
Tampa Bay Rays @ New York Yankees
pitcher name
Nick Martinez
direction
comfortable
headline
-7 pts
weighted krate
0.178
own baseline
0.244
k delta
-0.066
weighted avg
0.284
mix covered
0.921
detail
Ben Rice 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 Nick Martinez throws, compared with 24% against everyone else — 7 points better. The reason is the cutter: Nick Martinez throws it 22% of the time, and Ben Rice strikes out 10% of the time against it across 68 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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