← BAL at NYY, Sep 25, 2026
3:05 PM CT · Yankee Stadium · lineup confirmed
Hitter · BAL · batting 5Christian Encarnacion-Strand
Bats rightTalent grade CPowerCold
.325wOBA vs RHP.296xwOBA vs his mix3.7expected PA
Starter · NYYBrendan Beck
Throws rightBTB Stuff 88Stable
3.0projected K19%K%1.0trips vs this hitter
Brendan Beck's pitches, by how they moveHitter's edgeEvenPitcher's edge
-20-100+10+20-20-100+10+20Arm side →← Glove side↑ Rise (in)Fastball: 43% usage, 92.8 mph, +7.8″ arm side, +17.1″ rise. Christian Encarnacion-Strand: wOBA .361 vs league .361 (about even).Fastball 43%Slider: 33% usage, 84.3 mph, -1.6″ arm side, +1.0″ rise. Christian Encarnacion-Strand: wOBA .309 vs league .308 (about even).Slider 33%

Bubble size is how often he throws it. Color is Christian Encarnacion-Strand's wOBA against pitches shaped like it, compared with league. Hover a pitch for the numbers; the table below has all of them.

MarketBTBWithout the matchupMatchup
1+ hit62.1%61.4%+0.7
2+ total bases41.1%39.8%+1.3
Home run18.0%16.1%+1.8
Matchup: points this starter, his pitch mix, the bullpen and the park add or take away, against the same hitter over the same trips facing league-average opposition. "Without the matchup" takes them back out.
What moves the number
1+ hit
Starter
+0.1
Pitch mix
+0.1
Bullpen
-0.5
Park
+1.0
2+ total bases
Starter
+0.1
Pitch mix
+0.1
Bullpen
-0.5
Park
+1.6
Home run
Starter
+0.1
Pitch mix
+0.1
Bullpen
-0.3
Park
+2.0

Points each piece adds or takes away. The pitch-mix piece is folded into the fitted model when it scores the pair, so it often reads zero.

Pitch by pitch

Christian Encarnacion-Strand against each of Brendan Beck's pitches
His pitchUsageVeloMovementHis wOBALeagueHis whiff%LeagueSampleRead
Fastball43%92.8+8″ / +17″.361.36120.5%17.5%34About league average vs these
Slider33%84.3-2″ / +1″.309.30828.2%30.9%19About league average vs these
Matched by shape: every pitch in our history that moved like each of the starter's pitches, not just ones with the same name. Movement is horizontal / induced vertical break in inches. Display only; the fitted model reads the matchup its own way.

Statcast

opens on right-handers, the hand he faces tonight

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FormCold
Contact rating82Excellent
Last 100 pitches73trending down
wOBA / xwOBA.360 / .353results in line with his contact
Last 12 games, oldest to newest
Hit8/12
2+ total bases5/12
Home run3/12

Context only. Streaks and hot or cold labels don't move a projection: in our tests recent results didn't predict the next two weeks better than the season.

Two strikes

Brendan Beck NYY · RHPwith two strikes
Brendan Beck with two strikes. Put-away: share of two-strike pitches that end the at-bat with a strikeout.
PitchOverall2 strikesWhiff%Put-awayLeague put-away
Slider33%41%22.2%16.7%21.1%
Fastball43%31%0.0%0.0%18.0%
Splitter9%17%33.3%20.0%19.0%
Sinker8%7%0.0%50.0%17.0%
Curveball6%3%–0.0%20.0%
Christian Encarnacion-Strand bats Rwith two strikes, vs this hand
Christian Encarnacion-Strand with two strikes against this hand, shrunk toward league. About league average vs his two-strike stuff
With two strikesHimLeague
K%40.5%42.4%
Whiff%21.9%22.2%
Contact%78.1%77.8%
Chase%48.0%39.9%
wOBA.243.237
Whiff vs his put-away shapes21.7%21.9%

The hitter

season-level talent read
Talent gradeCPower type
wOBA.325
K%25.5%
BB%4.7%
Whiff%15.2%
Barrel%6.9%
Hard-hit%26.7%
Avg EV89.3

Against right-handers, last 90 days

129 PA
wOBA.325
xwOBA vs this mix.296against pitches like his
RV/1000.28
Hard-hit%25.0%
K%23.5%
BB%5.4%

Talent blends this season with last season, shrunk toward league average where the sample is thin. Recent hot or cold streaks are not weighted: in our tests they didn't predict the next two weeks better than the season does.

The starter he faces
Brendan BeckRHP · NYY vs BAL
3.0projected strikeouts · likely 1 to 5 · 11.5 batters over 2.7 innings
≤3 strikeouts: 65.6%66%≤34 strikeouts: 16.5%16%45 strikeouts: 9.8%10%56 strikeouts: 4.9%5%67 strikeouts: 2.1%2%78 strikeouts: 0.7%1%89+ strikeouts: 0.4%0%9+book 2.5
Over 2.5: 57% (red bars) · under: 43%. Chance of each exact strikeout total, from the served distribution.
K%19.0%
BB%9.5%
Whiff%16.5%
Velo88.1
BTB Stuff88
Location99
PitchUsageBTB Stuff 60 · 100 · 140VeloWhiff
Fastball44%9592.713.2%
Slider33%7984.131.0%
Splitter10%9282.911.1%
Sinker7%8592.316.7%
Curveball6%7676.60.0%

Season numbers from the last 90 days of Statcast. BTB Stuff and Location read on a scale where 100 is league average. Recent starts are context; the projection doesn't weight them.

Brendan Beck NYY · RHPvsBAL lineupstrikeout rate vs his hand

5 of 9 strike out more than the average hitter tonight

Strikeout rate against right-handers over the last 90 days (season rate where the split is missing). Line: tonight's average hitter, 22.5%. Red strikes out more, blue less.

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