TOR @ CWS Strikeouts matchups · Friday, April 3, 2026

TOR

Toronto Blue Jays

4–5

Final

CWS

Chicago White Sox

◆ Rate FieldElevation 595 ftCenter Field 400 ft☀ 53°F Partly CloudyWind 6 mph, L To R

Dylan Cease · RHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate31.5% K/BF

vs LHB25.3%

vs RHB30.9%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)23.5%

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.

Projection7.0 K

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

CWS lineup · K rate vs RHPExp PA

1Chase Meidroth (R)20.5%3.0 PA

2Munetaka Murakami (L)23.6%3.0 PA

3Miguel Vargas (R)23.6%3.0 PA

4Colson Montgomery (L)28.0%3.0 PA

5Austin Hays (R)27.3%2.9 PA

6Derek Hill (R)24.6%2.0 PA

7Tristan Peters (L)24.9%2.0 PA

8Reese McGuire (L)22.8%2.0 PA

9Luisangel Acuña (R)18.7%2.0 PA

Grant Taylor · RHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate26.0% K/BF

vs LHB25.9%

vs RHB23.5%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)15.7%

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

Workload19.5 BF

Expected batters faced19.5

From recent starts2

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

Projection4.5 K

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

TOR lineup · K rate vs RHPExp PA

1George Springer (R)25.2%3.0 PA

2Jesús Sánchez (L)20.3%2.5 PA

3Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R)16.6%2.0 PA

4Myles Straw (R)20.4%2.0 PA

5Tyler Heineman (L)21.5%2.0 PA

6Daulton Varsho (L)22.4%2.0 PA

7Davis Schneider (R)22.8%2.0 PA

8Ernie Clement (R)16.0%2.0 PA

9Andrés Giménez (L)17.8%2.0 PA