RHP · CIN vs CLElineup ✓big upsidebig night blocked
1:40 PM ET · Great American Ball Park · 2026-07-28calibrated
✕ this lineup rarely strikes out (19.0%) — they put the ball in play before he can rack up Ks
Big night (8+ K)
27%
borderline
Projection
6.0K
our best guess — sim average, accuracy-adjusted
Typical night
6K
the middle outcome
Good night
8K
top 25% of sims
Ceiling
9K
top 10% — the max-out
Upside room
+3.0fat
ceiling minus typical
His line
6.5
Chance to clear it
43%
how often the sim has him finish above his line — a fact, not a pick
“He strikes out a strong 30% of the hitters he faces, facing a tough lineup to strike out (19%) that keeps putting the ball in play — but this lineup rarely strikes out (19.0%) — they put the ball in play before he can rack up Ks, so the monster strikeout night is off the table; expect something near 6.0.”
K distribution
40,000 sims
all simsbest-stuff nightsshare of sims
strikeouts
Chance he clears each strikeout line
4+ Ks85%
5+ Ks68%
6+ Ks56%
7+ Ks43%
8+ Ks27%
9+ Ks17%
10+ Ks9%
11+ Ks4%
12+ Ks<1%
The nine he has to beat
confirmed lineup · vs RHP
#
Batter
K% vs hand
Whiff
Chase
Zone contact
1
Steven KwanL
9%
9%
21%
95%
2
José RamírezS
15%
17%
30%
90%
3
Chase DeLauterL
13%
16%
21%
90%
4
Travis BazzanaL
Risk assessment — how this read can go wrong
51elevated
Tonight's three scenarios
His best stuff shows up
19%→ 7 K
An ordinary night
63%→ 6 K
A rough night (early exit)
18%→ 4 K
Floor (P10)
3 K
Bust chance
12%
Swing
±2.5 K
Shape
0.8×down/up
Chance of a dud12% of simulated nights end with 3 strikeouts or fewer11/25
Early-exit chance18% of simulated nights go sideways and he's out of the game early
Tonight's form
2/9
fastball -0.9 mph slower than his season norm — injury-risk flag0/2
finishing fewer hitters off with two strikes than usual (-15.9%)0/2
fully rested (7 days)1/1
this lineup rarely chases (31% — among the most disciplined in MLB)0/2
typical manager patience1/2
How much to trust this read
80/100
433 batters faced this season — a solid track record25/25
current pitch-quality ratings (Stuff+/CSW) on file15/15
tonight's actual lineup is posted — we know the nine he'll face20/20
plenty of data on this lineup (2773 plate appearances)10/10
umpire unposted — not announced yet0/10
What went into this projection
Strikes out
30%
They strike out
19%
Walks
9%
Pitch limit
96
Pitches per strikeout
4.94
Park & weather
×1.03
Manager style
typical
On a pitch cap
no
Engine
v7.3-port-1.0
Sims
40,000
Missing inputs
umpire assignment/tendency — neutral (no free feed)
Input
Reading
Source
Fetched
His manager
How fast he pulls starters
neutral
What that means tonight
typical manager patience
Anything blocking a big night?
✕ this lineup rarely strikes out (19.0%) — they put the ball in play before he can rack up Ks
Last 5 starts
Date
K
Pitches
IP
BF
FB velo
2-strike whiff
2026-07-21
6
91
5.0
20
96.9
25%
2026-07-08
2
106
5.0
23
98.0
<1%
2026-07-02
4
89
6.0
23
97.1
15%
2026-06-27
10
93
6.0
27
97.5
47%
▸Key — what do all these terms mean?
Big night (8+ K)
The chance this pitcher strikes out 8 or more — a genuinely dominant start. This is what the board is ranked by, tilted a little by the form meter. green = strong chance tonightyellow = borderlinered = low chance
✕ next to a name
Early-hook risk: something caps his night — a pitch limit, a quick manager, or an injury-return leash — so the monster strikeout night is blocked. Tap the row for the reason.
Projection
Our single best guess for tonight's strikeouts: the average of all 40,000 simulated starts, adjusted by how accurate our numbers have actually been this season.
Ceiling (top 10%)
His 90th-percentile night: one start in ten reaches this many strikeouts or more. The max-out number.
Tonight's form (0–10)
How good his stuff looks coming into tonight, from observable signs only: last-start velocity vs his norm, recent two-strike whiffs, rest days, how often the other lineup chases, and how long his manager lets him work. 5 is neutral; 7+ is rare (a couple per night across the league) and means the sim leans toward his best-stuff version. Hover or tap the bar for the ingredients.
20%
26%
26%
84%
5
Brayan RocchioS
14%
23%
34%
86%
6
Kyle ManzardoLwhiff bat
33%
31%
31%
80%
7
Angel MartínezS
24%
20%
44%
88%
8
Patrick BaileySwhiff bat
23%
27%
33%
83%
9
Petey HalpinLwhiff bat
21%
26%
43%
82%
20/20
Night-to-night swinghis nights typically land within ±2.5 strikeouts of 67/15
Blind spots in the data1 named missing input3/20
Does history agree?the reality check barely moved this read — a good sign4/10
Hard limits tonighta hard limit rules out the monster night6/10
today's weather and ballpark are factored in5/5
a wide range of outcomes (±2.5 K) — anything can happen5/15
Arsenal matchup
1.05
best whiff pitch SL (49%/swing) vs a lineup that whiffs 21%/swing, clamped [0.96, 1.05]
workload-anchored: mean 65% / max 35% of last-5 pitch counts + 3, clamped [84, 104] · self-review trim -6
9m ago
Pitcher k pcthandedness-weighted vs lineup
29%
MLB Stats API season + vl/vr splits
9m ago
Regime chasethis lineup rarely chases (31% — among the most disciplined in MLB)
0
regime component
never
Regime leashtypical manager patience
1
regime component
never
Regime restfully rested (7 days)
1
regime component
never
Regime velocityfastball -0.9 mph slower than his season norm — injury-risk flag
0.0 mph
regime component
never
Regime whiff trendfinishing fewer hitters off with two strikes than usual (-15.9%)
0
regime component
never
Stuff plus
112.94
FanGraphs Stuff+
9m ago
Tto decayK/BF 0.312 early vs 0.198 late (BF 337/96); late bucket is survivorship-biased, hence the heavy shrink
0.07
MLB pitch-count splits (1-75 vs 76+), shrunk toward league 0.04
9m ago
Weather
82.8°F, wind 11.1 mph
Open-Meteo forecast at first pitch
9m ago
2026-06-21
7
96
5.0
21
97.1
20%
Tail
The shape of his upside. low ceiling = little room above his typical night; normal upside = typical spread; big upside = real blow-up-the-box-score potential; second gear = when his best stuff shows up, the night jumps a whole tier.
Confidence (0–100)
How much the model trusts its own read — it drops when inputs are missing, the lineup isn't posted yet, or the pitcher's sample is thin. Under ~55 means treat the read loosely.
Big night blocked
Something concrete rules out the monster night no matter how good his stuff is — a pitch limit, a manager who pulls starters early, too many walks, or a lopsided matchup. The reason is on the badge.
Chance to clear the line
Once a line is posted, we show the plain chance he finishes above it — “6.5 line · 71% chance to clear it” means 71 of 100 simulated starts had 7 or more Ks. It's a fact from the simulation, not a pick: we never tell you to bet the over or the under.You decide.
Strikeout ladder
The chance he reaches each level, level by level — 4+ Ks, 5+, 6+, all the way up. Tap it open on any pitcher to see the whole staircase.
Lineup badge
lineup ✓ = the official card is posted and the sim used the actual nine hitters. no lineup= using the team's overall strikeout profile until the card drops (usually 2–4 hours before first pitch).
Arsenal matchup
Whether his best swing-and-miss pitch attacks a lineup that already whiffs a lot. A real out-pitch versus chase-happy bats nudges the projection up; a flat arsenal against contact hitters nudges it down.
Recent form
A gentle shade on the rate when his velocity or two-strike whiffs are trending away from his season norm — so an arm whose stuff is fading projects lower before the averages catch up.
Calibrated
The probabilities are re-mapped through a backtest of thousands of past starts, so “40%” means what it actually did historically — not just what the raw sim guessed. See the Results page for the curve.
Risk index (0–100)
How the night can go wrong, scored from six named ingredients: the chance of a dud (3 K or fewer), the early-exit chance, night-to-night swing, blind spots in the data, whether history agrees with the model, and any hard limits tonight. Low / moderate / elevated / high. High big-night % with low risk is the read you want; high % with high risk is a trap.
Scenarios
The three ways tonight actually plays out — his best stuff shows up, an ordinary night, or a rough early exit — each with its probability and typical strikeout total.
Correlated
You have lines on both starters in the same game. One game script — a blowout, rain, a bullpen day — can sink both at once. Not a prohibition, just exposure you should see.
Missing inputs
Data the model wanted but couldn't get tonight (named exactly). The sim used neutral defaults for those pieces and confidence took a haircut — nothing is ever made up.