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San Francisco Giants at Boston Red Sox
7.6 K/9 vs 8.5 league · -0.9 · 21 games
Published Sunday, August 23, 2026
San Francisco Giants at Boston Red Sox Home plate: James Jean. 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings behind the plate this season, across 21 games. League average is 8.5. That's 0.9 fewer strikeouts per nine than average — the 2nd tightest zone of 87 umpires with a full sample.
THE BET THIS ARGUED FOR
Jake Bennett Under 4.5 strikeouts
-106 at the time this was published
Matt Wilkinson Under 2.5 strikeouts
-112 at the time this was published
THE NUMBERS
matchup
San Francisco Giants at Boston Red Sox
ump name
James Jean
zone
Tight zone
direction
tight
k9
7.6
league k9
8.5
delta
-0.9
games
21
rank
2
qualified
87
line
7.6 K/9 vs 8.5 league · -0.9 · 21 games
angle
umpire_tight
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