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Ben Rice

matchup for Jack Flaherty

256th out of 436 (Worst 42%)

Jack Flaherty

matchup for Ben Rice

96th out of 567 (Best 18%)

Strong advantage for Rice

Ben Rice has a 33.6% chance of reaching base vs Jack Flaherty, which is 3.5% higher than Rice's typical expectations, and 0.6% lower than batters facing Flaherty.

	Reach	Hit	HR	2B / 3B	1B	BB	K
Prediction	33.6%	20.4%	4.9%	4.8%	10.8%	13.1%	27.7%
Rice	+3.5	+1.3	+1.1	+0.3	-0.2	+2.2	-2.1
Flaherty	-0.6	-2.8	+1.3	-0.3	-3.7	+2.2	+4.9

Ben Rice hasn't faced much right-handed pitching. Jack Flaherty is right handed with a horizontal release toward the third base side. Rice doesn't have many appearances against this particular release point.

Jack Flaherty throws a 4-seam fastball 44% of the time. Ben Rice hasn't faced this pitch from right handers very often

Pitch Type

% of Arsenal

4-Seam (R)

44%

Slider (R)

27%

Kn-Curve (R)

18%

21% of Jack Flaherty's pitches are classified as Likely Balls, which is 2% higher than the MLB average. Ben Rice hasn't faced this type of pitch very often.

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Pitch Label

% vs MLB

Likely Ball 21%

+2%

Fringe Miss 13%

+1%

Edge Painter 17%

Mid Challenge 11%

Chaser 6%

Weak Challenge 8%

Meatball 6%

Non-Competitive 12%

-1%

Strong Challenge 4%

-1%

45% of Jack Flaherty's pitches are classified as Breaking Pitches, which is 14% higher than the MLB average. Ben Rice hasn't faced this type of pitch enough to assign a grade.

Physical Trait

% vs MLB

Breaking (R) 45%

+14%

Medium Break 20%

+11%

22.2% of Ben Rice's plate appearances result in a strikeout, which is 3.0% higher than the league average. Jack Flaherty strikes out 20.5% of the batters he faces, which is 5.8% higher than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

19%

Strikeout +3.0% +5.8% 5%

Walk +3.4% -1.5% 55%

In Play -6.5% -4.3% 39%

On Base -5.2% -2.0% 31%

Hit -8.6% -0.5% 14%

Single -6.2% +0.0% 13%

2B / 3B -5.8% -0.3% 3%

Home Run +3.4% -0.2%

31.5% of Ben Rice's batted balls are classified as Standard Grounders, which is 3.0% lower than the league average. Jack Flaherty induces Standard Grounders at a 36.3% rate, which is 1.9% higher than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

Squib/Bunt +0.6% -0.2% 34%

Standard Grounder -3.0% +1.9% 7%

Hard Grounder -4.9% -1.5% 14%

Low Screamer +5.0% +1.6% 9%

Rising Liner -6.8% +0.7% 4%

Maybe Homer -1.5% -0.3% 3%

Likely Homer +8.4% +0.1% 1%

No Doubter +4.6% -0.3% 20%

Routine Flyout -0.5% -1.3% 3%

Pop up -1.7% -0.8%

27.7% of Ben Rice's batted balls are above 100 mph when they exit the bat, which is 3.4% higher than the league average. 21.5% of batted balls allowed by Jack Flaherty are hit at above 100 mph, which is 2.8% lower than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

16%

Below 75 mph -0.3% +1.6% 21%

75 to 86 mph -0.9% +2.0% 18%

87 to 93 mph +8.8% +0.5% 19%

94 to 99 mph -11.0% -1.3% 24%

Above 100 mph +3.4% -2.8%

13.0% of Ben Rice's batted balls exit the bat at a launch angle between 29 and 38 degrees, which is 1.6% higher than the league average. 12.2% of batted balls allowed by Jack Flaherty are hit at this angle, which is 0.7% higher than the typical MLB rate.

MLB Typical BP Label

17%