DET @ MIN Strikeouts matchups · Thursday, April 9, 2026

DET

Detroit Tigers

1–3

Final

MIN

Minnesota Twins

◆ Target FieldElevation 828 ftCenter Field 404 ft☀ 45°F Partly CloudyWind 6 mph, Out To RF

Jack Flaherty · RHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate22.0% K/BF

vs LHB21.3%

vs RHB23.5%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)12.8%

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

Workload22.8 BF

Expected batters faced22.8

From recent starts1

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

Projection5.1 K

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

MIN lineup · K rate vs RHPExp PA

1Byron Buxton (R)22.1%3.0 PA

2Trevor Larnach (L)17.9%3.0 PA

3Josh Bell (L)21.2%3.0 PA

4Matt Wallner (L)35.0%3.0 PA

5Victor Caratini (L)16.8%2.8 PA

6Kody Clemens (L)26.9%2.0 PA

7Royce Lewis (R)23.3%2.0 PA

8Brooks Lee (L)20.7%2.0 PA

9Luke Keaschall (R)15.4%2.0 PA

Mick Abel · RHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate19.9% K/BF

vs LHB21.7%

vs RHB19.6%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)9.2%

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.

Projection5.0 K

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

DET lineup · K rate vs RHPExp PA

1Colt Keith (L)23.2%3.0 PA

2Gleyber Torres (R)18.8%3.0 PA

3Riley Greene (L)22.6%3.0 PA

4Kerry Carpenter (L)29.2%3.0 PA

5Spencer Torkelson (R)27.4%2.6 PA

6Zach McKinstry (L)23.5%2.0 PA

7Javier Báez (R)23.1%2.0 PA

8Kevin McGonigle (L)17.7%2.0 PA

9Dillon Dingler (R)23.3%2.0 PA