TEX @ COL Strikeouts matchups · Monday, May 18, 2026

TEX

Texas Rangers

6–7

Final

COL

Colorado Rockies

◆ Coors FieldElevation 5,190 ftCenter Field 415 ft☀ 44°F OvercastWind 7 mph, In From LF

MacKenzie Gore · LHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate22.9% K/BF

vs LHB21.4%

vs RHB24.0%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)15.8%

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

Workload22.9 BF

Expected batters faced22.9

From recent starts8

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.

COL lineup · K rate vs LHPExp PA

1Willi Castro (R)24.0%3.0 PA

2Brenton Doyle (R)23.9%3.0 PA

3TJ Rumfield (L)19.0%3.0 PA

4Hunter Goodman (R)29.2%3.0 PA

5Ezequiel Tovar (R)27.4%2.9 PA

6Jake McCarthy (L)21.6%2.0 PA

7Edouard Julien (L)26.4%2.0 PA

8Sterlin Thompson (L)22.0%2.0 PA

9Mickey Moniak (L)29.1%2.0 PA

Jose Quintana · LHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate15.4% K/BF

vs LHB20.3%

vs RHB15.2%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)5.8%

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

Workload22.0 BF

Expected batters faced22.0

From recent starts7

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

Projection3.8 K

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

TEX lineup · K rate vs LHPExp PA

1Kyle Higashioka (R)22.6%3.0 PA

2Brandon Nimmo (L)22.1%3.0 PA

3Josh Jung (R)18.8%3.0 PA

4Jake Burger (R)23.2%3.0 PA

5Danny Jansen (R)23.9%2.0 PA

6Ezequiel Duran (R)23.0%2.0 PA

7Justin Foscue (R)23.8%2.0 PA

8Alejandro Osuna (L)24.2%2.0 PA

9Evan Carter (L)24.5%2.0 PA