Where this starter's actual usage meets each hitter's
measured holes and damage, on the same map. An edge is only reported
where the pitcher genuinely goes — a hole against a pitch he does not
throw is not a matchup — and only where the rate is measurably worse than
league for a typical hitter in that same spot. Every line carries its
sample size. Batter-versus-pitcher history is shown as trivia and
is not used in any of it: the samples that actually occur are
far too small to support a conclusion, and most public matchup content is
built on them anyway.
1. Sam Antonacci
Edge: batterWhen the ball goes up-middle — and he puts 9% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.440 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.332 league average in that spot. (31 balls in play.)
No published probability for this batter tonight, so the notes above are observations, not predictions.
2. Munetaka Murakami
Edge: pitcherHe throws the four-seam off the plate on 5% of his pitches to this side. The batter swings and misses 47% of the time there, against 31% for a typical hitter — +16 points. (23 swings.)
Edge: batterWhen the ball goes middle-middle — and he puts 7% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.675 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.396 league average in that spot. (19 balls in play.)
No published probability for this batter tonight, so the notes above are observations, not predictions.
3. Miguel Vargas
Edge: pitcherHe throws the sinker middle and in on 5% of his pitches to this side. The batter swings and misses 16% of the time there, against 4% for a typical hitter — +12 points. (23 swings.)
Edge: batterWhen the ball goes middle-middle — and he puts 6% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.513 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.396 league average in that spot. (25 balls in play.)
No published probability for this batter tonight, so the notes above are observations, not predictions.
4. Colson Montgomery
Edge: pitcherHe throws the four-seam off the plate on 5% of his pitches to this side. The batter swings and misses 45% of the time there, against 31% for a typical hitter — +14 points. (62 swings.)
Edge: batterWhen the ball goes down-middle — and he puts 6% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.576 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.358 league average in that spot. (18 balls in play.)
No published probability for this batter tonight, so the notes above are observations, not predictions.
5. Andrew Benintendi
Edge: batterWhen the ball goes up-middle — and he puts 9% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.399 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.332 league average in that spot. (16 balls in play.)
No published probability for this batter tonight, so the notes above are observations, not predictions.
6. Braden Montgomery
Edge: batterWhen the ball goes middle-middle — and he puts 7% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.528 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.396 league average in that spot. (14 balls in play.)
No published probability for this batter tonight, so the notes above are observations, not predictions.
7. Tristan Peters
Edge: batterWhen the ball goes middle and away — and he puts 6% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.390 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.309 league average in that spot. (20 balls in play.)
No published probability for this batter tonight, so the notes above are observations, not predictions.
8. Chase Meidroth
Edge: batterWhen the ball goes middle and in — and he puts 7% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.432 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.334 league average in that spot. (19 balls in play.)
No published probability for this batter tonight, so the notes above are observations, not predictions.
9. Drew Romo
Edge: pitcherHe throws the four-seam off the plate on 5% of his pitches to this side. The batter swings and misses 34% of the time there, against 31% for a typical hitter — +3 points. (21 swings.)
No published probability for this batter tonight, so the notes above are observations, not predictions.