Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays

2026-07-17, 7:15 PM ET, Rogers Centre. Anthony Kay (L) against Spencer Miles (R). Every number derives from the public Statcast store and the engine's published boards. Charts are code-drawn. Probabilities, not picks.

Spencer Miles (RHP)

958 pitches, K% 22% vs LHB / 25% vs RHB

League percentiles, starter pool

K%5523%
BB%598%
CSW%5227%
Whiff%1018%
Chase%3228%
xwOBA vs82.284
Hard-hit%7435%
GB%9254%
published K forecast: E[K] 3.8
recent starts, K (n=3)
205/10
LAA
205/31
BAL
107/07
SF

Arsenal, shape and results

PitchvL%vR% MPHIVBHB RPMWhiffCSW ChasexwOBARV/100
sinker34%46%96.1+7-16225415%30%22%.317-2.9
curveball35%18%80.7-11+13286121%29%33%.289-0.6
slider10%24%87.3-1+4251422%25%30%.231+0.0
4-seam20%12%96.1+15-8223817%20%30%.233-1.2

Locations, catcher view

sinker
curveball
slider

Movement

sinker: +7 IVB, -16 HBcurveball: -11 IVB, +13 HBslider: -1 IVB, +4 HB4-seam: +15 IVB, -8 HBhorizontal break (in), catcher viewinduced vertical break (in)

How to attack

  • Hunt the sinker early: 40% usage, only 15% whiffs, 61% in-zone.
  • Vs lefties he leans curveball (35% of pitches to that side).

Anthony Kay (LHP)

1635 pitches, K% 26% vs LHB / 14% vs RHB

League percentiles, starter pool

K%1818%
BB%429%
CSW%2626%
Whiff%3621%
Chase%6732%
xwOBA vs16.351
Hard-hit%4839%
GB%5644%
published K forecast: E[K] 4.0
recent starts, K (n=5)
206/17
NYY
806/22
CLE
206/28
KC
207/03
CLE
407/09
BOS

Arsenal, shape and results

PitchvL%vR% MPHIVBHB RPMWhiffCSW ChasexwOBARV/100
4-seam15%26%95.8+15+7234515%24%33%.382+0.5
sweeper33%19%82.6-0-13243436%34%23%.312+0.7
sinker32%13%95.1+5+16224815%27%38%.383-0.1
cutter14%18%91.2+6-2238418%24%28%.453+0.5
changeup0%19%86.0+0+14169823%16%36%.261-0.1
slider6%5%86.0-4-4253934%25%44%.240+1.1

Locations, catcher view

4-seam
sweeper
sinker

Movement

4-seam: +15 IVB, +7 HBsweeper: -0 IVB, -13 HBsinker: +5 IVB, +16 HBcutter: +6 IVB, -2 HBchangeup: +0 IVB, +14 HBslider: -4 IVB, -4 HBhorizontal break (in), catcher viewinduced vertical break (in)

Attack plan vs Toronto Blue Jays

  • Sweeper/slider: top breaking whiffs are Okamoto (30%), Valenzuela (26%).
  • Changeup: top offspeed whiffs are Guerrero Jr. (42%), Okamoto (39%).
  • Careful with Urías: 88% contact, 8% K rate vs LHP; pitch to contact at the edges.

White Sox bats vs Spencer Miles

Season quality vs tonight's starter hand, percentile-colored vs league: red elite, paper average, blue poor. P columns are the engine's published board numbers for this game. Batting order as posted.

#BatterxwOBAK%Chase%Contact%HH%P(1+ hit)P(1+ HR)14-day
1Sam Antonacci (L).39314%22%86%40%67%13%▼ -3%
2Munetaka Murakami (L).40331%22%60%60%··▼ -32%
3Miguel Vargas (R).38218%21%82%42%65%18%▲ +2%
4Colson Montgomery (L).32532%32%66%47%61%16%▲ +5%
5Andrew Benintendi (L).33922%30%76%51%63%13%▲ +11%
6Kyle Teel (L).33939%27%67%57%60%16%▲ +8%
7Braden Montgomery (S).33017%27%81%42%61%8%▲ +2%
8Tristan Peters (L).32318%34%82%34%61%11%▲ +2%
9Chase Meidroth (R).29125%26%81%32%64%8%▲ +4%

Toronto Blue Jays bats, where our staff attacks

Whiff by pitch group vs our starter's hand. Blue cells are the attack zones. P columns are the published board numbers. Batting order as posted.

#BatterFB whiffBRK whiffOFF whiffxwOBAP(1+ hit)P(1+ HR)14-day
1Ernie Clement (R)6%13%25%.28667%7%▲ +1%
2Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R)12%10%42%.40469%15%▼ -10%
3Kazuma Okamoto (R)18%30%39%.35765%18%▲ +4%
4George Springer (R)17%23%30%.31765%16%▲ +10%
5Alejandro Kirk (R)32%··.19859%12%▲ +10%
6Daulton Varsho (L)10%24%·.29160%11%▲ +6%
7Brandon Valenzuela (S)16%26%37%.321··▲ +5%
8Luis Urías (R)11%······
9Myles Straw (R)8%24%·.290··▲ +5%

Bullpens

Sorted by 30-day workload. Day cells show pitches on the three most recent league game dates; dark means heavy recent use. Season rates percentile-colored vs all pitchers with 150+ pitches.

White Sox bullpen 8 arms
Reliever07/1107/1207/1630-day K%Whiff%xwOBA Top pitches
Trevor Richards (R)···227p/9g25%19%.2974-seam 93 (62%) · changeup 80 (29%)
Grant Taylor (R)22··193p/9g34%27%.2484-seam 98 (42%) · curveball 84 (33%)
Sean Newcomb (L)25··172p/7g24%22%.3034-seam 95 (51%) · slurve 83 (33%)
Brandon Eisert (L)···166p/9g26%29%.303slider 84 (40%) · 4-seam 90 (39%)
Chris Murphy (L)21··153p/10g21%27%.3044-seam 97 (36%) · curveball 78 (30%)
Seranthony Domínguez (R)·14·147p/8g28%28%.3474-seam 97 (43%) · sweeper 86 (32%)
Jordan Hicks (R)·15·119p/8g26%23%.290sweeper 87 (38%) · sinker 100 (36%)
Bryan Hudson (L)···98p/6g22%21%.3054-seam 92 (59%) · sweeper 80 (40%)
Toronto Blue Jays bullpen 7 arms
Reliever07/1107/1207/1630-day K%Whiff%xwOBA Top pitches
Jeff Hoffman (R)·25·200p/11g35%33%.288slider 86 (45%) · 4-seam 96 (29%)
Louis Varland (R)···186p/10g35%25%.2254-seam 99 (37%) · knuckle-curve 88 (34%)
Mason Fluharty (L)28··169p/12g27%25%.277cutter 91 (43%) · sweeper 82 (43%)
Tyler Rogers (R)·12·158p/11g12%12%.271sinker 84 (72%) · slider 74 (25%)
Tommy Nance (R)···156p/9g25%23%.321slider 88 (44%) · curveball 84 (29%)
Adam Macko (L)38··142p/6g23%28%.3394-seam 94 (46%) · slider 85 (38%)
Braydon Fisher (R)27··112p/6g25%25%.310slider 88 (55%) · curveball 82 (29%)