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Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox

2026-09-06, 6:20 PM ET, Rate Field. Bryan Hudson (L) against Bailey Ober (R). Every number derives from the public Statcast store and the engine's published boards. Charts are code-drawn. Probabilities, not picks. Statcast through 2026-09-05.

What decides tonight

Every number below is a probability this engine published before first pitch and grades that night, or a plain count. No scouting verdicts are ranked here — those live in the panels and carry their own sample sizes.

Bailey Ober (RHP)

1797 pitches, K% 13% vs LHB (271 BF) / 22% vs RHB (207 BF)

21 apps · median 23 BF · reaches the order 3.0× (max 4) · exits at 87 pitches (IQR 80–94, 21 starts) · fastball -0.7 mph late (9 deep starts). Fade is measured inside each start on nights that reached 85 pitches, so it is not flattered by the short outings.

League percentiles, starter pool

K%1217%
BB%796%
CSW%1725%
Whiff%1619%
Chase%3429%
xwOBA vs32.331
Hard-hit%6636%
GB%1335%
1st-pitch strike%4661%
published K forecast: E[K] 3.9
recent starts, K (n=5) last start 08/29, 8 days ago
008/06
KC
408/11
BAL
408/17
ATL
308/23
SD
508/29
CWS

Arsenal, shape and results

Pitch # vL%vR% MPHIVBHB RPMWhiffCSW Chase 2K use 2K zone xwOBA RV/100
changeup61240%25%82.7+6-18206222%22%28%39%32%.356+1.0
4-seam58235%29%88.0+16-7225313%25%28%27%46%.350+0.1
slider31316%19%82.3+7+4208412%27%30%15%49%.289-0.9
sweeper2176%20%76.0+2+12221736%29%34%18%28%.168-3.2

RV/100 is run value per 100 pitches from the pitcher's side, so negative is good (a curveball at −1.3 costs the pitcher runs even if it misses bats — a real tension worth reading, not a contradiction). Whiff, chase and xwOBA are computed on this pitcher's own pitches this season; low-usage pitches carry small samples.

Locations, catcher view

changeup
4-seam
slider

Movement

changeup: +6 IVB, -18 HB4-seam: +16 IVB, -7 HBslider: +7 IVB, +4 HBsweeper: +2 IVB, +12 HBhorizontal break (in), catcher viewinduced vertical break (in)

How to attack

  • Hunt the 4-seam early: 35% of his first pitches, only 13% whiffs, 56% in-zone on 0-0.
  • Lay off the sweeper below the zone: 36% whiffs, only 39% of them are strikes.
  • K rate splits 13% vs LHB / 22% vs RHB: the left-handed side of the platoon wears him better.

Bryan Hudson (LHP)

943 pitches, K% 22% overall (249 BF; split withheld, short side only 100 BF)

Opener usage: in a typical outing he does not get through the order once (61 appearances, median 4 batters). Prep the second and third look against the bullpen, not this arsenal — see Bullpens.

61 apps · median 4 BF · reaches the order 1.0× (max 1) · exits at 16 pitches (IQR 8–17, 7 starts). Fade is measured inside each start on nights that reached 85 pitches, so it is not flattered by the short outings.

League percentiles, starter pool

K%4822%
BB%846%
CSW%8630%
Whiff%3822%
Chase%425%
xwOBA vs87.278
Hard-hit%6037%
GB%7246%
1st-pitch strike%6863%
recent starts, K (n=5) last start 08/18, 19 days ago
105/23
SF
006/14
LAD
206/18
NYY
007/11
ATH
108/18
CHC

Arsenal, shape and results

Pitch # vL%vR% MPHIVBHB RPMWhiffCSW Chase 2K use 2K zone xwOBA RV/100
4-seam63265%70%92.0+12+10220121%33%23%70%67%.272-0.9
sweeper25028%26%80.2-5-15208724%23%29%27%20%.271+1.2
sinker427%3%89.9+5+17218827%33%9%3%···

RV/100 is run value per 100 pitches from the pitcher's side, so negative is good (a curveball at −1.3 costs the pitcher runs even if it misses bats — a real tension worth reading, not a contradiction). Whiff, chase and xwOBA are computed on this pitcher's own pitches this season; low-usage pitches carry small samples.

Locations and movement (4 charts)
4-seam
sweeper
sinker

Movement

4-seam: +12 IVB, +10 HBsweeper: -5 IVB, -15 HBsinker: +5 IVB, +17 HBhorizontal break (in), catcher viewinduced vertical break (in)

Attack plan vs Minnesota Twins

  • Sweeper: top breaking whiffs are Larnach (50%), Lewis (40%).
  • Careful with Jeffers: 89% contact, 14% K rate vs LHP; pitch to contact at the edges.

White Sox bats vs Bailey Ober

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. 30d contact is the last-30-day contact rate minus the season rate; an arrow is drawn only when the move clears two standard errors of its own noise, and n is the recent swing count.

#BatterPAxwOBAK%Chase%Contact%HH%P(1+ hit)P(1+ HR)30d contact
1Sam Antonacci (L)392.35714%21%87%35%65%5%≈ n190
2Miguel Vargas (R)436.36918%21%82%41%66%14%≈ n211
3Munetaka Murakami (L)326.36433%23%60%56%59%16%≈ n233
4Andrew Benintendi (L)379.31922%32%75%46%60%10%≈ n153
5Colson Montgomery (L)395.30037%33%65%45%60%15%≈ n241
6Braden Montgomery (S)219.35117%26%75%41%61%10%≈ n227
7Tristan Peters (L)376.32618%32%79%36%61%11%≈ n150
8Chase Meidroth (R)412.28423%28%82%33%63%8%≈ n191
9Kyle Teel (L)57.31139%31%68%50%58%9%·

Minnesota Twins 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. 30d contact is the last-30-day contact rate minus the season rate; an arrow is drawn only when the move clears two standard errors of its own noise, and n is the recent swing count.

#BatterPAFB whiffBRK whiffOFF whiffxwOBAChase%Contact%1st-pitch swingP(1+ hit)P(1+ HR)30d contact
1Luke Keaschall (R)17210%25%26%.32322%83%24% n17263%9%≈ n184
2Brooks Lee (S)17610%29%22%.24837%81%31% n17663%10%≈ n232
3Ryan Jeffers (R)1168%16%13%.37520%89%13% n11562%13%≈ n163
4Josh Bell (S)17614%22%24%.30529%82%33% n17761%10%▲ +6% n208
5Kody Clemens (L)13220%23%·.33029%79%33% n13262%13%≈ n186
6Royce Lewis (R)11916%40%33%.35336%75%39% n11959%9%≈ n249
7Trevor Larnach (L)548%50%·.27936%73%·54%9%≈ n122
8Kaelen Culpepper (R)3818%38%40%.29148%70%·61%8%·
9Walker Jenkins (L)6··········

Minnesota Twins hitters, one card each

One card per hitter: the published probabilities this engine grades tonight, his whiff shape by pitch group, and his season against this starter's hand with the sample stated. Times-through-order and leverage splits are deliberately absent — at a median 45 plate appearances the third-time-through number carries a standard error roughly three times the effect it would be claiming.

1

Luke Keaschall (R)

P(1+ hit) 63% · P(1+ HR) 9%

FB10%
BRK25%
OFF26%

vs LHP 0.323 xwOBA, K 17% (172 PA)

2

Brooks Lee (S)

P(1+ hit) 63% · P(1+ HR) 10%

FB10%
BRK29%
OFF22%

vs LHP 0.248 xwOBA, K 23% (176 PA)

3

Ryan Jeffers (R)

P(1+ hit) 62% · P(1+ HR) 13%

FB8%
BRK16%
OFF13%

vs LHP 0.375 xwOBA, K 14% (116 PA)

4

Josh Bell (S)

P(1+ hit) 61% · P(1+ HR) 10%

FB14%
BRK22%
OFF24%

vs LHP 0.305 xwOBA, K 18% (176 PA)

5

Kody Clemens (L)

P(1+ hit) 62% · P(1+ HR) 13%

FB20%
BRK23%
OFF·

vs LHP 0.330 xwOBA, K 22% (132 PA)

6

Royce Lewis (R)

P(1+ hit) 59% · P(1+ HR) 9%

FB16%
BRK40%
OFF33%

vs LHP 0.353 xwOBA, K 20% (119 PA)

7

Trevor Larnach (L)

P(1+ hit) 54% · P(1+ HR) 9%

FB8%
BRK50%
OFF·

vs LHP 0.279 xwOBA, K 26% (54 PA)

8

Kaelen Culpepper (R)

P(1+ hit) 61% · P(1+ HR) 8%

FB18%
BRK38%
OFF40%

only 38 PA vs LHP — too few to split

9

Walker Jenkins (L)

FB·
BRK·
OFF·

only 6 PA vs LHP — too few to split

Matchups: CWS hitters vs Bailey Ober

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 and away — and he puts 7% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.416 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.274 league average in that spot. (20 balls in play.)

Tonight's published, gradeable numbers for this batter: 65% to get a hit and 5% to homer. Those are what the record grades — the notes above only explain why.

0 for 3 lifetime. At 3 plate appearances this is trivia, not evidence — it is shown because people ask for it, and it is not used anywhere in the analysis above.

2. Miguel Vargas

Edge: batterWhen the ball goes middle-middle — and he puts 9% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.469 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.393 league average in that spot. (35 balls in play.)

Tonight's published, gradeable numbers for this batter: 66% to get a hit and 14% to homer. Those are what the record grades — the notes above only explain why.

0 for 2 lifetime. At 2 plate appearances this is trivia, not evidence — it is shown because people ask for it, and it is not used anywhere in the analysis above.

3. Munetaka Murakami

Edge: pitcherHe throws the four-seam off the plate on 15% of his pitches to this side. The batter swings and misses 47% of the time there, against 31% for a typical hitter — +17 points. (34 swings.)

Edge: batterWhen the ball goes middle-middle — and he puts 8% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.544 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.393 league average in that spot. (32 balls in play.)

Tonight's published, gradeable numbers for this batter: 59% to get a hit and 16% to homer. Those are what the record grades — the notes above only explain why.

0 for 3 lifetime. At 3 plate appearances this is trivia, not evidence — it is shown because people ask for it, and it is not used anywhere in the analysis above.

4. Andrew Benintendi

Edge: pitcherHe throws the four-seam middle-middle on 4% of his pitches to this side. The batter swings and misses 24% of the time there, against 11% for a typical hitter — +13 points. (17 swings.)

Edge: batterWhen the ball goes middle-middle — and he puts 8% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.443 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.393 league average in that spot. (31 balls in play.)

Tonight's published, gradeable numbers for this batter: 60% to get a hit and 10% to homer. Those are what the record grades — the notes above only explain why.

2 for 2 lifetime. At 2 plate appearances this is trivia, not evidence — it is shown because people ask for it, and it is not used anywhere in the analysis above.

5. Colson Montgomery

Edge: pitcherHe throws the four-seam off the plate on 15% of his pitches to this side. The batter swings and misses 47% of the time there, against 31% for a typical hitter — +16 points. (88 swings.)

Edge: batterWhen the ball goes up and away — and he puts 7% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.438 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.274 league average in that spot. (11 balls in play.)

Tonight's published, gradeable numbers for this batter: 60% to get a hit and 15% to homer. Those are what the record grades — the notes above only explain why.

0 for 2 lifetime. At 2 plate appearances this is trivia, not evidence — it is shown because people ask for it, and it is not used anywhere in the analysis above.

6. Braden Montgomery

Edge: pitcherHe throws the four-seam middle-middle on 4% of his pitches to this side. The batter swings and misses 21% of the time there, against 11% for a typical hitter — +10 points. (17 swings.)

Edge: batterWhen the ball goes middle-middle — and he puts 8% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.465 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.393 league average in that spot. (26 balls in play.)

Tonight's published, gradeable numbers for this batter: 61% to get a hit and 10% to homer. Those are what the record grades — the notes above only explain why.

0 for 2 lifetime. At 2 plate appearances this is trivia, not evidence — it is shown because people ask for it, and it is not used anywhere in the analysis above.

7. Tristan Peters

Edge: pitcherHe throws the four-seam middle-middle on 4% of his pitches to this side. The batter swings and misses 21% of the time there, against 11% for a typical hitter — +10 points. (32 swings.)

Edge: batterWhen the ball goes middle and away — and he puts 8% of his pitches there — the batter does real damage: 0.410 expected value per ball in play, against a 0.309 league average in that spot. (30 balls in play.)

Tonight's published, gradeable numbers for this batter: 61% to get a hit and 11% to homer. Those are what the record grades — the notes above only explain why.

0 for 2 lifetime. At 2 plate appearances this is trivia, not evidence — it is shown because people ask for it, and it is not used anywhere in the analysis above.

8. Chase Meidroth

Not enough of a track record in the spots this pitcher uses to say anything useful. No verdict rather than a guess.

Tonight's published, gradeable numbers for this batter: 63% to get a hit and 8% to homer. Those are what the record grades — the notes above only explain why.

0 for 2 lifetime. At 2 plate appearances this is trivia, not evidence — it is shown because people ask for it, and it is not used anywhere in the analysis above.

9. Kyle Teel

Not enough of a track record in the spots this pitcher uses to say anything useful. No verdict rather than a guess.

Tonight's published, gradeable numbers for this batter: 58% to get a hit and 9% to homer. Those are what the record grades — the notes above only explain why.

Minnesota Twins: the running game and the defense

Sprint speed says who can run; attempt rate says who will. Rate is steals of second per time on first, shrunk toward the league’s 5.3% at 22 opportunities, with the raw count beside it. Verdict needs 15+ times on first. Sprint speed and Outs Above Average are Baseball Savant leaderboard metrics — measured from tracking data we do not have and did not compute.

Behind the plate: Kyle Teel — runners went 43-for-53 against him (19% caught). That is mostly the pitcher: measured split-half reliability for a catcher’s own caught-stealing rate is +0.59, and the spread between catchers is smaller than the sampling noise. Read it as what happened, not as a rating.

#Batter Sprint Steal rate Threat OAA
1Luke Keaschall (R)28.7 ft/s9.0% (30/324)occasional-7 2B
2Brooks Lee (S)26.4 ft/s3.7% (12/335)holds-8 SS
3Ryan Jeffers (R)26.5 ft/s1.4% (3/272)holds·
4Josh Bell (S)26.1 ft/s1.6% (5/357)holds·
5Kody Clemens (L)27.7 ft/s4.7% (12/257)holds+2 1B
6Royce Lewis (R)27.8 ft/s9.9% (25/243)occasional-5 3B
7Trevor Larnach (L)26.8 ft/s2.4% (7/313)holds-4 LF
8Kaelen Culpepper (R)·3.4% (1/42)holds·
9Walker Jenkins (L)··no read·

Chicago White Sox: the running game and the defense

Sprint speed says who can run; attempt rate says who will. Rate is steals of second per time on first, shrunk toward the league’s 5.3% at 22 opportunities, with the raw count beside it. Verdict needs 15+ times on first. Sprint speed and Outs Above Average are Baseball Savant leaderboard metrics — measured from tracking data we do not have and did not compute.

Behind the plate: Ryan Jeffers — runners went 86-for-95 against him (9% caught). That is mostly the pitcher: measured split-half reliability for a catcher’s own caught-stealing rate is +0.59, and the spread between catchers is smaller than the sampling noise. Read it as what happened, not as a rating.

#Batter Sprint Steal rate Threat OAA
1Sam Antonacci (L)28.2 ft/s8.1% (17/203)occasional-5 LF
2Miguel Vargas (R)28.3 ft/s4.1% (16/393)holds-2 3B
3Munetaka Murakami (L)27.1 ft/s2.0% (3/182)holds+0 1B
4Andrew Benintendi (L)26.6 ft/s0.7% (1/272)holds·
5Colson Montgomery (L)26.6 ft/s0.9% (1/228)holds+6 SS
6Braden Montgomery (S)28.5 ft/s1.7% (1/105)holds·
7Tristan Peters (L)28.7 ft/s4.2% (6/149)holds+9 CF
8Chase Meidroth (R)27.2 ft/s3.3% (14/433)holds+4 2B
9Kyle Teel (L)27.0 ft/s1.8% (2/152)holds·

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
Reliever09/0309/0409/05 games since 30-day K%Whiff%xwOBA Top pitches
Trevor Richards (R)8·18today331p/12g22%21%.3054-seam 91 (65%) · changeup 80 (22%)
Grant Taylor (R)·18·1256p/13g32%26%.2604-seam 98 (40%) · curveball 84 (25%)
Hagen Smith (L)·26·1235p/9g36%36%.2784-seam 94 (50%) · slider 83 (31%)
Sean Newcomb (L)··24today224p/8g22%21%.3084-seam 95 (38%) · slurve 83 (30%)
Erick Fedde (R)···12 heavy209p/5g16%18%.333sweeper 82 (38%) · sinker 94 (34%)
Jordan Hicks (R)···4175p/9g27%25%.282sinker 100 (39%) · 4-seam 99 (29%)
Huascar Brazobán (R)···11147p/9g21%24%.295sinker 96 (54%) · changeup 91 (35%)
Tyler Schweitzer (L)22·10today147p/5g12%19%.368slider 88 (45%) · 4-seam 93 (31%)
Minnesota Twins bullpen 8 arms
Reliever09/0209/0409/05 games since 30-day K%Whiff%xwOBA Top pitches
Kody Funderburk (L)29·11today217p/13g20%22%.310cutter 93 (38%) · sinker 94 (31%)
Andrew Morris (R)···6189p/11g21%19%.2824-seam 98 (53%) · cutter 93 (26%)
Tommy Nance (R)34··2188p/9g25%24%.320slider 90 (56%) · sinker 94 (22%)
Jeff Hoffman (R)12·17today186p/11g34%34%.300slider 86 (49%) · 4-seam 96 (38%)
Travis Adams (R)3··2185p/9g26%25%.318slider 88 (30%) · 4-seam 94 (23%)
Taylor Rogers (L)1119·1179p/10g19%17%.329sweeper 77 (50%) · sinker 92 (30%)
Yoendrys Gómez (R)15·7today169p/11g21%23%.3494-seam 97 (56%) · sweeper 86 (19%)
A.J. Minter (L)17·18today164p/12g22%21%.288cutter 89 (61%) · 4-seam 94 (21%)