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.
Starts this night
2
Hit the projection
1 of 2
Starts that met or beat our projection on this slate.
Inside the range
100%
How many landed inside their 80% range. One night is a small sample.
| Pitcher | Projected | 80% range | Actual | Miss | Big night |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew RasmussenHe collects strikeouts at a league-average clip (22%), facing a lineup that rarely strikes out (18%) and keeps putting the ball in play, but playoff starters go shorter, so we plan on about 77 pitches and his night ends early. | 5 | 2–7 | 6 | -1.0 | 5% → no |
| Parker MessickHe collects strikeouts at a league-average clip (25%), facing a lineup that rarely strikes out (18%) and keeps putting the ball in play, but playoff starters go shorter, so we plan on about 72 pitches and his night ends early. | 4 | 2–7 | 3 | +1.0 | 6% → no |
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.