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Blaze Alexander

matchup for S. Woods Rich.

7th out of 436 (Best 2%)

Simeon Woods Rich.

matchup for Blaze Alexander

139th out of 567 (Best 25%)

Moderate advantage for Woods Rich.

Blaze Alexander has a 29.6% chance of reaching base vs Simeon Woods Rich., which is 2.9% higher than Alexander's typical expectations, and 4.4% lower than batters facing Woods Rich..

	Reach	Hit	HR	2B / 3B	1B	BB	K
Prediction	29.6%	22.2%	1.7%	3.9%	16.5%	7.4%	27.6%
Alexander	+2.9	+2.9	+0.1	-0.1	+2.8	+0.1	-1.7
Woods Rich.	-4.4	-2.3	-1.6	-1.1	+0.5	-2.1	+5.8

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

Simeon Woods Rich. throws a 4-seam fastball 40% of the time. Blaze Alexander hasn't faced this pitch from right handers very often

Pitch Type

% of Arsenal

4-Seam (R)

40%

Slider (R)

30%

Changeup (R)

20%

Curve (R)

8% of Simeon Woods Rich.'s pitches are classified as Meatballs, which is 2% higher than the MLB average. Blaze Alexander hasn't faced this type of pitch very often.

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Pitch Label

% vs MLB

Meatball 8%

+2%

Mid Challenge 12%

+1%

Likely Ball 20%

+1%

Fringe Miss 13%

+1%

Chaser 6%

Edge Painter 17%

-1%

Strong Challenge 4%

-1%

Weak Challenge 8%

-1%

Non-Competitive 10%

-3%

21% of Simeon Woods Rich.'s pitches are classified as Medium Break Toward Third Base, which is 11% higher than the MLB average. Blaze Alexander hasn't faced this type of pitch enough to assign a grade.

Physical Trait

% vs MLB

Medium Break 21%

+11%

High Ride 20%

+10%

Offspeed (R) 20%

+8%

Breaking (R) 39%

+8%

22.4% of Blaze Alexander's plate appearances result in a strikeout, which is 3.1% higher than the league average. Simeon Woods Rich. strikes out 13.3% of the batters he faces, which is 3.3% lower than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

19%

Strikeout +3.1% -3.3% 6%

Walk +0.3% +1.1% 55%

In Play -3.4% +2.2% 39%

On Base +3.4% +4.2% 31%

Hit +3.0% +3.1% 14%

Single +2.2% +0.8% 13%

2B / 3B +2.6% +1.3% 3%

Home Run -1.7% +1.0%

27.5% of Blaze Alexander's batted balls are classified as Standard Grounders, which is 6.9% lower than the league average. Simeon Woods Rich. induces Standard Grounders at a 33.3% rate, which is 1.1% lower than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

Squib/Bunt -0.8% -0.6% 34%

Standard Grounder -6.9% -1.1% 7%

Hard Grounder -2.6% -2.9% 14%

Low Screamer +7.6% +0.3% 9%

Rising Liner +16.2% -2.4% 4%

Maybe Homer +6.7% +1.7% 3%

Likely Homer -3.6% +0.0% 1%

No Doubter -1.2% +0.4% 20%

Routine Flyout -12.1% +2.1% 3%

Pop up -3.4% +2.4%

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. 17.3% of batted balls allowed by Simeon Woods Rich. are hit at above 100 mph, which is 7.0% lower than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

16%

Below 75 mph +0.3% -1.3% 21%

75 to 86 mph +3.9% -1.5% 18%

87 to 93 mph -7.3% +3.5% 19%

94 to 99 mph +2.1% +6.4% 24%

Above 100 mph +1.0% -7.0%

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. 12.3% of batted balls allowed by Simeon Woods Rich. are hit at this angle, which is 0.9% higher than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

17%