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Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox
9.6 K/9 vs 8.5 league · +1.1 · 24 games
Published Thursday, September 10, 2026
Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox Home plate: Alex MacKay. 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings behind the plate this season, across 24 games. League average is 8.5. That's 1.1 more strikeouts per nine than average — the 2nd widest zone of 88 umpires with a full sample.
THE BET THIS ARGUED FOR
Hagen Smith Over 2.5 strikeouts
-125 at the time this was published
Jared Jones Over 5.5 strikeouts
-154 at the time this was published
THE NUMBERS
matchup
Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox
ump name
Alex MacKay
zone
Wide zone
direction
loose
k9
9.6
league k9
8.5
delta
1.1
games
24
rank
2
qualified
88
line
9.6 K/9 vs 8.5 league · +1.1 · 24 games
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