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Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals
9.5 K/9 vs 8.5 league · +1.0 · 22 games
Published Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals Home plate: Cory Blaser. 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings behind the plate this season, across 22 games. League average is 8.5. That's 1.0 more strikeouts per nine than average — the 3rd widest zone of 87 umpires with a full sample.
THE BET THIS ARGUED FOR
Matthew Liberatore Over 5.5 strikeouts
-106 at the time this was published
Chris Bassitt Over 3.5 strikeouts
-138 at the time this was published
THE NUMBERS
matchup
Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals
ump name
Cory Blaser
zone
Wide zone
direction
loose
k9
9.5
league k9
8.5
delta
1.0
games
22
rank
3
qualified
87
line
9.5 K/9 vs 8.5 league · +1.0 · 22 games
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