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-8 pts

Ben Malgeri 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 Logan Allen throws, compared with 26% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the cutter: Logan Allen throws it 27% of the time, and Ben Malgeri strikes out 10% 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.

Published Friday, September 4, 2026

Ben Malgeri 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 Logan Allen throws, compared with 26% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the cutter: Logan Allen throws it 27% of the time, and Ben Malgeri strikes out 10% 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.

THE NUMBERS

player id
701162
player name
Ben Malgeri
team
Detroit Tigers
matchup
Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians
pitcher name
Logan Allen
direction
comfortable
headline
-8 pts
weighted krate
0.176
own baseline
0.261
k delta
-0.085
weighted avg
0.245
mix covered
0.81
detail
Ben Malgeri 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 Logan Allen throws, compared with 26% against everyone else — 8 points better. The reason is the cutter: Logan Allen throws it 27% of the time, and Ben Malgeri strikes out 10% 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.

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