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Dairon Blanco

matchup for Tanner Houck

123rd out of 436 (Best 29%)

Tanner Houck

matchup for Dairon Blanco

290th out of 567 (Worst 49%)

Leans in favor of Houck

Dairon Blanco has a 30.5% chance of reaching base vs Tanner Houck, which is 1.5% higher than Blanco's typical expectations, and 1.3% lower than batters facing Houck.

	Reach	Hit	HR	2B / 3B	1B	BB	K
Prediction	30.5%	21.3%	2.1%	4.0%	15.2%	9.2%	24.5%
Blanco	+1.5	-0.4	-0.8	-0.5	+0.9	+1.8	-2.9
Houck	-1.3	-0.8	0.0	-0.4	-0.4	-0.5	+4.9

Dairon Blanco is much worse vs right-handed pitching. Tanner Houck is right handed with a horizontal release toward the third base side. Blanco doesn't have many appearances against this particular release point.

Tanner Houck throws a Slider 40% of the time. Dairon Blanco hasn't faced this pitch from right handers very often

Pitch Type

% of Arsenal

Slider (R)

40%

Sinker (R)

28%

Splitter (R)

15%

4-Seam (R)

14%

10% of Tanner Houck's pitches are classified as Weak Challenges, which is 2% higher than the MLB average. Dairon Blanco hasn't faced this type of pitch very often.

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Pitch Label

% vs MLB

Weak Challenge 10%

+2%

Chaser 7%

+1%

Edge Painter 18%

+1%

Likely Ball 20%

+1%

Fringe Miss 13%

+1%

Strong Challenge 5%

Mid Challenge 10%

-1%

Non-Competitive 11%

-2%

Meatball 4%

-2%

53% of Tanner Houck's pitches are classified as Medium Drop, which is 41% higher than the MLB average. Dairon Blanco hasn't faced this type of pitch enough to assign a grade.

Physical Trait

% vs MLB

Medium Drop 53%

+41%

Large Break 17%

+12%

Breaking (R) 40%

+9%

Very Slow Velo 22%

+9%

19.0% of Dairon Blanco's plate appearances result in a strikeout, which is 1.2% higher than the league average. Tanner Houck strikes out 14.2% of the batters he faces, which is 1.6% lower than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

17%

Strikeout +1.2% -1.6% 6%

Walk -1.1% +0.2% 49%

In Play -0.1% +1.4% 39%

On Base -6.6% +0.4% 31%

Hit -5.5% +0.3% 14%

Single -3.1% +0.4% 13%

2B / 3B -2.6% +0.7% 3%

Home Run +0.2% -0.9%

53.5% of Dairon Blanco's batted balls are classified as Standard Grounders, which is 19.1% higher than the league average. Tanner Houck induces Standard Grounders at a 41.9% rate, which is 7.5% higher than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

Squib/Bunt +8.9% -0.7% 34%

Standard Grounder +19.1% +7.5% 7%

Hard Grounder -6.7% +2.4% 14%

Low Screamer -14.0% -5.6% 9%

Rising Liner -1.5% +2.9% 4%

Maybe Homer -4.3% -1.1% 3%

Likely Homer +2.3% -1.1% 1%

No Doubter +2.0% -0.6% 20%

Routine Flyout -8.1% -2.8% 3%

Pop up +2.2% -0.9%

24.2% of Dairon Blanco's batted balls are above 100 mph when they exit the bat, which is 0.1% lower than the league average. 30.6% of batted balls allowed by Tanner Houck are hit at above 100 mph, which is 6.3% higher than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

16%

Below 75 mph +16.9% -0.8% 21%

75 to 86 mph -7.9% -0.5% 18%

87 to 93 mph +1.5% -4.3% 19%

94 to 99 mph -10.5% -0.6% 24%

Above 100 mph -0.1% +6.3%

6.2% of Dairon Blanco's batted balls exit the bat at a launch angle between 29 and 38 degrees, which is 5.3% lower than the league average. 10.1% of batted balls allowed by Tanner Houck are hit at this angle, which is 1.3% lower than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

17%