HOU @ COL Strikeouts matchups · Wednesday, April 8, 2026

HOU

Houston Astros

1–9

Final

COL

Colorado Rockies

◆ Coors FieldElevation 5,190 ftCenter Field 415 ft☀ 71°F Partly CloudyWind 13 mph, In From LF

Cristian Javier · RHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate15.9% K/BF

vs LHB19.5%

vs RHB16.4%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)2.8%

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

Workload22.6 BF

Expected batters faced22.6

From recent starts2

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

Projection4.3 K

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

COL lineup · K rate vs RHPExp PA

1Edouard Julien (L)26.7%3.0 PA

2Tyler Freeman (R)19.9%3.0 PA

3Mickey Moniak (L)20.6%3.0 PA

4Hunter Goodman (R)26.5%3.0 PA

5Jake McCarthy (L)19.9%2.6 PA

6Ezequiel Tovar (R)23.2%2.0 PA

7Troy Johnston (L)22.3%2.0 PA

8Brenton Doyle (R)26.2%2.0 PA

9Kyle Karros (R)27.3%2.0 PA

Michael Lorenzen · RHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate18.2% K/BF

vs LHB19.4%

vs RHB19.3%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)12.4%

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

Workload22.9 BF

Expected batters faced22.9

From recent starts2

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

Projection4.2 K

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

HOU lineup · K rate vs RHPExp PA

1Jeremy Peña (R)19.3%3.0 PA

2Yordan Alvarez (L)18.3%3.0 PA

3Jose Altuve (R)18.8%3.0 PA

4Isaac Paredes (R)22.8%3.0 PA

5Christian Walker (R)18.7%2.9 PA

6Cam Smith (R)22.6%2.0 PA

7Joey Loperfido (L)24.9%2.0 PA

8Brice Matthews (R)25.7%2.0 PA

9Christian Vázquez (R)20.7%2.0 PA