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-11 pts

STRIKES OUT LESS

Published Sunday, September 27, 2026

Ryan Waldschmidt 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 19% of the time against the kind of pitches Randy Vásquez throws, compared with 30% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Randy Vásquez throws it 24% of the time, and Ryan Waldschmidt strikes out 8% of the time against it across 25 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 72% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
814439
player name
Ryan Waldschmidt
team
Arizona Diamondbacks
matchup
Arizona Diamondbacks @ San Diego Padres
pitcher name
Randy Vásquez
direction
comfortable
headline
-11 pts
weighted krate
0.193
own baseline
0.3
k delta
-0.107
weighted avg
0.267
mix covered
0.724
detail
Ryan Waldschmidt 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 19% of the time against the kind of pitches Randy Vásquez throws, compared with 30% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Randy Vásquez throws it 24% of the time, and Ryan Waldschmidt strikes out 8% of the time against it across 25 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 72% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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