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Blaze Alexander

matchup for Shelby Miller

1st out of 436 (Best 1%)

Shelby Miller

matchup for Blaze Alexander

426th out of 567 (Worst 25%)

Extreme advantage for Miller

Blaze Alexander has a 23.4% chance of reaching base vs Shelby Miller, which is 3.2% lower than Alexander's typical expectations, and 5.8% lower than batters facing Miller.

	Reach	Hit	HR	2B / 3B	1B	BB	K
Prediction	23.4%	16.3%	1.9%	4.0%	10.5%	7.1%	31.3%
Alexander	-3.2	-3.0	+0.3	0.0	-3.3	-0.3	+2.1
Miller	-5.8	-4.8	-1.8	-1.0	-2.0	-1.0	+6.6

Blaze Alexander is worse vs right-handed pitching. Shelby Miller is right handed with an over-the-top delivery. Alexander doesn't have many appearances against this particular release point.

Shelby Miller throws a 4-seam fastball 56% of the time. Blaze Alexander hasn't faced this pitch from right handers very often

Pitch Type

% of Arsenal

4-Seam (R)

56%

Slider (R)

11%

Curve (R)

10%

Splitter (R)

Cutter (R)

14% of Shelby Miller's pitches are classified as Mid Challenges, which is 3% higher than the MLB average. Blaze Alexander hasn't faced this type of pitch very often.

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Pitch Label

% vs MLB

Mid Challenge 14%

+3%

Strong Challenge 7%

+2%

Non-Competitive 14%

+1%

Edge Painter 18%

+1%

Meatball 7%

+1%

Fringe Miss 13%

+0%

Weak Challenge 6%

-2%

Chaser 4%

-2%

Likely Ball 17%

-3%

27% of Shelby Miller's pitches are classified as High Ride, which is 16% higher than the MLB average. Blaze Alexander hasn't faced this type of pitch enough to assign a grade.

Physical Trait

% vs MLB

High Ride 27%

+16%

Medium Fast Velo 28%

+13%

Medium Break 31%

+12%

Fastball (R) 64%

+10%

22.4% of Blaze Alexander's plate appearances result in a strikeout, which is 3.1% higher than the league average. Shelby Miller strikes out 16.1% of the batters he faces, which is 0.3% higher than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

19%

Strikeout +3.1% +0.3% 6%

Walk +0.3% +0.8% 55%

In Play -3.4% -1.1% 39%

On Base +3.4% -4.9% 31%

Hit +3.0% -5.7% 14%

Single +2.2% -3.1% 13%

2B / 3B +2.6% -2.8% 3%

Home Run -1.7% +0.3%

27.5% of Blaze Alexander's batted balls are classified as Standard Grounders, which is 6.9% lower than the league average. Shelby Miller induces Standard Grounders at a 34.0% rate, which is 0.4% lower than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

Squib/Bunt -0.8% -0.6% 34%

Standard Grounder -6.9% -0.4% 7%

Hard Grounder -2.6% 0.0% 14%

Low Screamer +7.6% -2.8% 9%

Rising Liner +16.2% -0.2% 4%

Maybe Homer +6.7% -1.1% 3%

Likely Homer -3.6% -0.1% 1%

No Doubter -1.2% +0.6% 20%

Routine Flyout -12.1% +3.5% 3%

Pop up -3.4% +1.2%

25.3% of Blaze Alexander's batted balls are above 100 mph when they exit the bat, which is 1.0% higher than the league average. 25.5% of batted balls allowed by Shelby Miller are hit at above 100 mph, which is 1.2% higher than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

16%

Below 75 mph +0.3% -4.8% 21%

75 to 86 mph +3.9% -1.3% 18%

87 to 93 mph -7.3% +2.4% 19%

94 to 99 mph +2.1% +2.5% 24%

Above 100 mph +1.0% +1.2%

16.5% of Blaze Alexander's batted balls exit the bat at a launch angle between 29 and 38 degrees, which is 5.0% higher than the league average. 10.1% of batted balls allowed by Shelby Miller are hit at this angle, which is 1.4% lower than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

17%