LAA @ CHC Strikeouts matchups · Wednesday, April 1, 2026

LAA

Los Angeles Angels

2–6

Final

CHC

Chicago Cubs

◆ Wrigley FieldElevation 595 ftCenter Field 400 ft☀ 39°F CloudyWind 21 mph, In From LF

Yusei Kikuchi · LHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate20.6% K/BF

vs LHB21.9%

vs RHB21.1%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)13.2%

How often he strikes out the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload22.9 BF

Expected batters faced22.9

From recent starts1

How deep he tends to go — the strikeout-count multiplier.

Projection4.9 K

Expected strikeouts — each lineup spot's strikeout probability (his rate × the hitter's rate, combined via log5) summed across his projected plate appearances.

CHC lineup · K rate vs LHPExp PA

1Nico Hoerner (R)20.1%3.0 PA

2Alex Bregman (R)21.6%3.0 PA

3Ian Happ (R)23.4%3.0 PA

4Carson Kelly (R)20.1%3.0 PA

5Michael Busch (L)21.2%2.9 PA

6Dansby Swanson (R)21.8%2.0 PA

7Matt Shaw (R)20.6%2.0 PA

8Pete Crow-Armstrong (L)25.1%2.0 PA

9Moisés Ballesteros (L)23.9%2.0 PA

Matthew Boyd · LHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate26.1% K/BF

vs LHB24.9%

vs RHB24.1%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)15.5%

How often he strikes out the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload22.3 BF

Expected batters faced22.3

From recent starts1

How deep he tends to go — the strikeout-count multiplier.

Projection5.8 K

Expected strikeouts — each lineup spot's strikeout probability (his rate × the hitter's rate, combined via log5) summed across his projected plate appearances.

LAA lineup · K rate vs LHPExp PA

1Zach Neto (R)21.8%3.0 PA

2Mike Trout (R)23.3%3.0 PA

3Jo Adell (R)22.5%3.0 PA

4Jorge Soler (R)23.3%3.0 PA

5Yoán Moncada (R)24.3%2.3 PA

6Oswald Peraza (R)24.5%2.0 PA

7Jeimer Candelario (R)21.5%2.0 PA

8Travis d'Arnaud (R)26.4%2.0 PA

9Bryce Teodosio (R)26.3%2.0 PA