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Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres
7.5 K/9 vs 8.5 league · -1.0 · 23 games
Published Saturday, August 22, 2026
Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres Home plate: Chad Fairchild. 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings behind the plate this season, across 23 games. League average is 8.5. That's 1.0 fewer strikeouts per nine than average — the 1st tightest zone of 86 umpires with a full sample.
THE BET THIS ARGUED FOR
Casey Mize Under 4.5 strikeouts
-102 at the time this was published
Dean Kremer Under 4.5 strikeouts
-128 at the time this was published
THE NUMBERS
matchup
Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres
ump name
Chad Fairchild
zone
Tight zone
direction
tight
k9
7.5
league k9
8.5
delta
-1.0
games
23
rank
1
qualified
86
line
7.5 K/9 vs 8.5 league · -1.0 · 23 games
angle
umpire_tight
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