‹ Strikeouts · Wednesday, April 29, 2026
CHC @ SD Strikeouts matchups · Wednesday, April 29, 2026
CHC
Chicago Cubs
5–4
Final
SD
San Diego Padres
◆ Petco ParkElevation 23 ftCenter Field 396 ft☀ 70°F SunnyWind 13 mph, L To R
Jameson Taillon · RHP
Pitcher Strikeout Rate20.6% K/BF
vs LHB21.3%
vs RHB20.4%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)13.2%
How often he strikes out the batters he faces, by hand.
Workload23.1 BF
Expected batters faced23.1
From recent starts5
How deep he tends to go — the strikeout-count multiplier.
Projection4.7 K
Expected strikeouts — each lineup spot's strikeout probability (his rate × the hitter's rate, combined via log5) summed across his projected plate appearances.
SD lineup · K rate vs RHPExp PA
1Jackson Merrill (L)24.1%3.0 PA
2Fernando Tatis Jr. (R)23.0%3.0 PA
3Manny Machado (R)21.2%3.0 PA
4Xander Bogaerts (R)19.0%3.0 PA
5Ty France (R)15.9%3.0 PA
6Ramón Laureano (R)28.9%2.1 PA
7Jake Cronenworth (L)21.0%2.0 PA
8Freddy Fermin (R)20.8%2.0 PA
9Bryce Johnson (L)23.6%2.0 PA
Matt Waldron · RHP
Pitcher Strikeout Rate19.0% K/BF
vs LHB19.4%
vs RHB20.5%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)13.0%
How often he strikes out the batters he faces, by hand.
Workload23.1 BF
Expected batters faced23.1
From recent starts2
How deep he tends to go — the strikeout-count multiplier.
Projection4.4 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 RHPExp PA
1Nico Hoerner (R)13.5%3.0 PA
2Moisés Ballesteros (L)18.1%3.0 PA
3Alex Bregman (R)17.1%3.0 PA
4Ian Happ (L)25.1%3.0 PA
5Michael Busch (L)25.1%3.0 PA
6Michael Conforto (L)23.6%2.1 PA
7Matt Shaw (R)21.3%2.0 PA
8Pete Crow-Armstrong (L)26.0%2.0 PA
9Miguel Amaya (R)22.7%2.0 PA