Replay2026-10-06

The projection as it was published, not as we would write it today.

Every number below was frozen before the first pitch and has not been touched since. Nothing is recomputed with today’s model, so a night that went badly still reads badly. Pick any night and check us.

10-262 10-242 10-232 10-191 10-182 10-171 10-153 10-142 10-132 10-124 10-112 10-102 10-082 10-077 10-064 10-053 10-044 10-038 10-012 09-308 09-297 09-2725 09-2623 09-2532

Starts this night

Hit the projection

4 of 4

Starts that met or beat our projection on this slate.

Inside the range

75%

How many landed inside their 80% range. One night is a small sample.

4 of 4

Pitcher	Projected	80% range	Actual	Miss	Big night
Chris SaleA strong 29% of the hitters he sees end up walking back to the dugout, facing a pesky lineup that puts everything in play (19% strikeout rate), but we plan on about 79 pitches from him, so his night ends early.	5	3–9	7	-2.0	19% → no
Dustin MayHe pitches to contact, striking out only 22% of the hitters he sees, facing a lineup that rarely strikes out (21%) and keeps putting the ball in play, but we plan on about 55 pitches from him, so his night ends early.	3	1–5	3	0.0	1% → no
Nick PivettaHe strikes out 24% of hitters, right around the league norm, facing a lineup that strikes out about as often as anyone (22%), but we plan on about 58 pitches from him, so his night ends early.	4	2–6	4	0.0	1% → no
Yoshinobu YamamotoHe collects strikeouts at a league-average clip (25%), facing a lineup that rarely strikes out (22%) and keeps putting the ball in play, but we plan on about 75 pitches from him, so his night ends early.	5	2–8	10	-5.0	10% → yes

Miss is projected minus actual: positive means we projected more strikeouts than he threw. An actual shown in red landed outside its 80% range. Openers and short assignments are voided and never counted.