Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays

2026-07-18, 3:07 PM ET, Rogers Centre. Davis Martin (R) against Shane Bieber (R). Every number derives from the public Statcast store and the engine's published boards. Charts are code-drawn. Probabilities, not picks.

Shane Bieber (RHP) limited 2026 sample

353 pitches, K% 15% vs LHB / 15% vs RHB

League percentiles, starter pool

K%815%
BB%1612%
CSW%3026%
Whiff%4022%
Chase%5030%
xwOBA vs0.477
Hard-hit%056%
GB%2237%
recent starts, K (n=4)
206/23
HOU
406/28
TEX
307/04
SEA
407/10
SD

Arsenal, shape and results

PitchvL%vR% MPHIVBHB RPMWhiffCSW ChasexwOBARV/100
4-seam37%35%92.2+17-1023859%28%20%.455+1.7
changeup29%11%88.2+2-15180522%20%27%.376-0.4
knuckle-curve22%15%82.9-11+6253238%35%46%.491+1.2
cutter10%20%87.4+8+0258219%19%35%.441+2.3
slider2%16%84.7-2+0258226%25%41%··

Locations, catcher view

4-seam
changeup
knuckle-curve

Movement

4-seam: +17 IVB, -10 HBchangeup: +2 IVB, -15 HBknuckle-curve: -11 IVB, +6 HBcutter: +8 IVB, +0 HBslider: -2 IVB, +0 HBhorizontal break (in), catcher viewinduced vertical break (in)

How to attack

  • Hunt the 4-seam early: 36% usage, only 9% whiffs, 48% in-zone.
  • Lay off the knuckle-curve below the zone: 38% whiffs, only 30% of them are strikes.
  • Vs lefties he leans changeup (29% of pitches to that side).

Davis Martin (RHP)

1607 pitches, K% 21% vs LHB / 24% vs RHB

League percentiles, starter pool

K%4722%
BB%647%
CSW%4527%
Whiff%5423%
Chase%7533%
xwOBA vs42.323
Hard-hit%1544%
GB%5343%
recent starts, K (n=5)
406/16
NYY
406/21
DET
306/27
KC
007/02
CLE
207/08
BOS

Arsenal, shape and results

PitchvL%vR% MPHIVBHB RPMWhiffCSW ChasexwOBARV/100
4-seam28%23%94.1+14-6241122%25%28%.328+0.8
sinker15%23%92.9+8-1423958%23%26%.348-2.0
changeup18%9%90.3+1-14212413%20%38%.322-2.5
slider6%29%87.2+1+5259939%31%48%.233-0.6
curveball17%8%81.9-7+14288438%30%27%.263+0.2
cutter16%9%89.6+7+2257428%33%28%.426+0.4

Locations, catcher view

4-seam
sinker
changeup

Movement

4-seam: +14 IVB, -6 HBsinker: +8 IVB, -14 HBchangeup: +1 IVB, -14 HBslider: +1 IVB, +5 HBcurveball: -7 IVB, +14 HBcutter: +7 IVB, +2 HBhorizontal break (in), catcher viewinduced vertical break (in)

Attack plan vs Toronto Blue Jays

  • Slider/curveball: top breaking whiffs are Okamoto (41%), Springer (31%).
  • Changeup: top offspeed whiffs are Okamoto (32%), Giménez (29%).
  • Careful with Kirk: 88% contact, 9% K rate vs RHP; pitch to contact at the edges.

White Sox bats vs Shane Bieber

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%··▼ -3%
2Munetaka Murakami (L).40331%22%60%60%··▼ -32%
3Miguel Vargas (R).38218%21%82%42%··▲ +2%
4Colson Montgomery (L).32532%32%66%47%··▲ +5%
5Andrew Benintendi (L).33922%30%76%51%··▲ +11%
6Kyle Teel (L).33939%27%67%57%··▲ +8%
7Braden Montgomery (S).33017%27%81%42%··▲ +2%
8Tristan Peters (L).32318%34%82%34%··▲ +2%
9Chase Meidroth (R).29125%26%81%32%··▲ +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)10%25%13%.269··▲ +1%
2Nathan Lukes (L)15%16%13%.318··▲ +5%
3Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R)13%28%17%.332··▼ -10%
4George Springer (R)14%31%27%.306··▲ +10%
5Kazuma Okamoto (R)29%41%32%.322··▲ +4%
6Daulton Varsho (L)18%18%23%.299··▲ +6%
7Alejandro Kirk (R)5%27%·.289··▲ +10%
8Andrés Giménez (L)18%31%29%.262··▼ -1%
9Jonatan Clase (S)·······

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 8 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%)
Spencer Miles (R)39··191p/6g23%18%.284sinker 96 (51%) · curveball 81 (26%)
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%)