MLBengine v14
← CLE at KC, Sep 25, 2026
6:40 PM CT · Kauffman Stadium · lineup confirmed
Hitter · CLE · batting 7Travis Bazzana
Bats leftTalent grade DBalancedNormal
.283wOBA vs LHP.271xwOBA vs his mix3.5expected PA
Starter · KCNoah Cameron
Throws leftBTB Stuff 97Trending Down
4.4projected K22%K%2.3trips vs this hitter
Noah Cameron's pitches, by how they moveHitter's edgeEvenPitcher's edge
-20-100+10+20-20-100+10+20Arm side →← Glove side↑ Rise (in)Cutter: 23% usage, 90.0 mph, -2.5″ arm side, +8.9″ rise. Travis Bazzana: wOBA .330 vs league .336 (about even).Cutter 23%Fastball: 20% usage, 92.7 mph, +5.6″ arm side, +16.7″ rise. Travis Bazzana: wOBA .341 vs league .347 (about even).Fastball 20%Changeup: 19% usage, 81.2 mph, +11.9″ arm side, +9.8″ rise. Travis Bazzana: wOBA .291 vs league .297 (about even).Changeup 19%Slider: 16% usage, 85.4 mph, -3.7″ arm side, +2.6″ rise. Travis Bazzana: wOBA .298 vs league .304 (about even).Slider 16%Curveball: 16% usage, 81.7 mph, -3.4″ arm side, -9.2″ rise. Travis Bazzana: wOBA .268 vs league .274 (about even).Curveball 16%Sinker: 6% usage, 91.5 mph, +12.6″ arm side, +10.4″ rise. Travis Bazzana: wOBA .338 vs league .344 (about even).Sinker 6%

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

Travis Bazzana's last 40 balls in playHit (12)Out (28)Barrel zone
sweet spot 8–32°-40°-20°0°20°40°60°80°6070809010011012095 mph hard hitExit velocity (mph)Double: 94.3 mph at 50°Out: 80.6 mph at 29°Out: 96.9 mph at -11°Out: 82.3 mph at 60°Out: 91.0 mph at -19°Out: 78.9 mph at 41°Single: 67.6 mph at 31°Out: 88.8 mph at -15°Out: 86.8 mph at 24°Out: 96.9 mph at 28°Out: 31.2 mph at -49°Out: 97.5 mph at -6°Out: 90.1 mph at 33°Out: 104.2 mph at -4°Home run: 100.4 mph at 26°Out: 89.3 mph at -7°Out: 90.4 mph at 21°Out: 75.4 mph at -16°Out: 91.1 mph at 64°Out: 54.5 mph at 53°Home run: 98.0 mph at 28°Out: 101.0 mph at -15°Home run: 93.8 mph at 37°Double: 81.3 mph at -10°Out: 91.8 mph at -13°Out: 76.4 mph at -11°Out: 68.4 mph at 54°Single: 90.0 mph at 15°Out: 100.0 mph at 43°Home run: 99.9 mph at 34°Out: 101.6 mph at 8°Out: 60.8 mph at 63°Single: 95.9 mph at -3°Single: 99.3 mph at -2°Single: 100.5 mph at 15°Out: 84.8 mph at 5°Out: 99.1 mph at 19°Home run: 107.5 mph at 22°Out: 95.5 mph at -13°Out: 89.7 mph at 50°
40% hit 95+ mph30% in the sweet spot30% fell for hits
MarketBTBWithout the matchupMatchup
1+ hit56.2%56.0%+0.2
2+ total bases28.5%29.1%-0.6
Home run6.6%8.4%-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
+0.2
Pitch mix
-0.3
Bullpen
+0.4
Park
-0.1
2+ total bases
Starter
-0.4
Pitch mix
-0.3
Bullpen
+0.4
Park
-0.4
Home run
Starter
-1.1
Pitch mix
-0.1
Bullpen
+0.2
Park
-0.8

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.

Zone battle

where he pitches, where Travis Bazzana hits
Travis Bazzana · hot and cold vs LHP
xwOBA .211 shrunk (raw .114 on 4 PA) · league .243 · 17 pitches seen.211xwOBA .254 shrunk (raw .000 on 2 PA) · league .296 · 10 pitches seen.254xwOBA .218 shrunk (raw .000 on 2 PA) · league .254 · 8 pitches seen.218xwOBA .305 shrunk (raw .300 on 9 PA) · league .308 · 26 pitches seen.305xwOBA .308 shrunk (raw .176 on 7 PA) · league .385 · 23 pitches seen.308xwOBA .280 shrunk (raw .135 on 5 PA) · league .340 · 8 pitches seen.280xwOBA .283 shrunk (raw .300 on 7 PA) · league .273 · 19 pitches seen.283xwOBA .303 shrunk (raw .251 on 11 PA) · league .350 · 27 pitches seen.303xwOBA .334 shrunk (raw .543 on 2 PA) · league .299 · 12 pitches seen.334xwOBA .352 shrunk (raw .428 on 8 PA) · league .302 · 32 pitches seen.352xwOBA .303 shrunk (raw .228 on 7 PA) · league .346 · 31 pitches seen.303xwOBA .320 shrunk (raw .347 on 14 PA) · league .289 · 104 pitches seen.320xwOBA .200 shrunk (raw .062 on 5 PA) · league .257 · 16 pitches seen.200
vs LHP · 333 pitches · catcher's view
Whiff 0% of 8 swings · league 19%0%Whiff 0% of 5 swings · league 21%0%Whiff 25% of 4 swings · league 23%25%Whiff 17% of 18 swings · league 9%17%Whiff 0% of 17 swings · league 10%0%Whiff 13% of 8 swings · league 11%13%Whiff 0% of 8 swings · league 17%0%Whiff 0% of 20 swings · league 14%0%Whiff 18% of 11 swings · league 16%18%Whiff 25% of 8 swings · league 25%25%Whiff 15% of 13 swings · league 29%15%Whiff 41% of 22 swings · league 48%41%Whiff 0% of 13 swings · league 34%0%
vs LHP · 333 pitches · catcher's view
Swings at 47% of 17 pitches · league 63%47%Swings at 50% of 10 pitches · league 71%50%Swings at 50% of 8 pitches · league 64%50%Swings at 69% of 26 pitches · league 67%69%Swings at 74% of 23 pitches · league 76%74%Swings at 100% of 8 pitches · league 72%100%Swings at 42% of 19 pitches · league 59%42%Swings at 74% of 27 pitches · league 68%74%Swings at 92% of 12 pitches · league 66%92%Swings at 25% of 32 pitches · league 30%25%Swings at 42% of 31 pitches · league 26%42%Swings at 21% of 104 pitches · league 31%21%Swings at 81% of 16 pitches · league 41%81%
vs LHP · 333 pitches · catcher's view

better for him than the league in that spot worse. Faded cells have little sample. Last 90 days; zone drawn at a fixed 1.5–3.5 ft.

Pitch by pitch

Travis Bazzana against each of Noah Cameron's pitches
His pitchUsageVeloMovementHis wOBALeagueHis whiff%LeagueSampleRead
Cutter23%90.0-3″ / +9″.330.33619.9%26.1%9About league average vs these; rarely misses them
Fastball20%92.7+6″ / +17″.341.34714.6%19.7%19About league average vs these; rarely misses them
Changeup19%81.2+12″ / +10″.291.29725.0%32.0%6Little history vs this shape
Slider16%85.4-4″ / +3″.298.30421.8%31.1%14About league average vs these; rarely misses them
Curveball16%81.7-3″ / -9″.268.27418.9%27.5%8About league average vs these
Sinker6%91.5+13″ / +10″.338.3447.5%10.3%30About 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 left-handers, the hand he faces tonight
Travis Bazzana · by window and pitcher handthrough Sep 25, 2026 · windows are his last games
WindowGPAAVGOBPSLGwOBAxwOBAK%BB%Whiff%Avg EVMax EVBarrel%Hard-hit%Sweet-spot%
Last 5 G311.182.182.273.195.12445.5%0.0%18.9%84.996.90.0%16.7%33.3%
Last 15 G1026.200.231.360.283.17226.9%3.8%17.5%82.5100.50.0%27.8%27.8%
Last 30 G1835.212.257.333.281.17422.9%5.7%15.2%77.0100.50.0%20.0%20.0%
90 days4483.216.301.284.280.25521.7%9.6%12.9%82.6103.93.6%26.8%25.0%
Batted-ball mix, 90 days · 56 balls in play
Ground 41%Line drive 14%Fly ball 25%Pop-up 20%
WindowGPAAVGOBPSLGwOBAxwOBAK%BB%Whiff%Avg EVMax EVBarrel%Hard-hit%Sweet-spot%
Last 5 G37.000.143.000.100.14142.9%14.3%16.7%86.088.80.0%0.0%33.3%
Last 15 G1134.259.412.741.469.37714.7%17.6%16.7%92.6107.513.6%50.0%31.8%
Last 30 G2681.309.395.603.418.35712.3%9.9%17.3%89.3107.58.3%43.3%35.0%
90 days63205.234.327.411.323.29921.0%10.7%21.7%88.7107.55.1%39.7%32.4%
Batted-ball mix, 90 days · 136 balls in play
Ground 42%Line drive 23%Fly ball 24%Pop-up 12%
WindowGPAAVGOBPSLGwOBAxwOBAK%BB%Whiff%Avg EVMax EVBarrel%Hard-hit%Sweet-spot%
Last 5 G518.118.167.176.158.13144.4%5.6%18.2%85.296.90.0%11.1%33.3%
Last 15 G1560.231.333.558.388.28920.0%11.7%17.1%88.1107.57.5%40.0%30.0%
Last 30 G30116.277.353.515.377.30215.5%8.6%16.6%85.7107.55.9%36.5%30.6%
90 days70288.229.319.373.311.28721.2%10.4%19.1%86.9107.54.7%35.9%30.2%
Batted-ball mix, 90 days · 192 balls in play
Ground 42%Line drive 20%Fly ball 24%Pop-up 14%
Travis Bazzana · percentile ranksvs 210 hitters on the slate with 60+ PA · last 90 days

Right is always better for the hitter: K% and whiff are ranked low-to-high. Context only; a percentile isn't a projection.

FormNormal
Contact rating27Below average
Last 100 pitches2trending down
wOBA / xwOBA.313 / .292running 22 points ahead of his contact
Last 12 games, oldest to newest
Hit7/12
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.

Recent contact

Last 12 balls in play. Hard hit is 95+ mph; the sweet spot is a launch angle of 8 to 32 degrees.
DatePitcherPitchVeloEVLAxwOBAResult
Sep 25LHPSlider84.894.350.006Double
Sep 25LHPFastball94.280.629.139Out
Sep 25LHPSinker90.896.9-11.182Out
Sep 25RHPFastball95.582.360.028Out
Sep 24LHPCurveball75.891.0-19.106Out
Sep 24LHPSlider86.778.941.075Out
Sep 22LHPSinker94.967.631.859Single
Sep 20RHPChangeup88.588.8-15.103Double play
Sep 20RHPSinker96.686.824.157Out
Sep 19LHPCutter84.396.928.399Out
Sep 19LHPSlider74.831.2-49.277Out
Sep 19RHPCutter89.197.5-6.247Out
Last 10 games.
DatePAHTBHRBBK
Sep 25512001
Sep 24300001
Sep 23300012
Sep 22411003
Sep 20300001
Sep 19400000
Sep 18414110
Sep 16400000
Sep 15428201
Sep 14412000

Two strikes

Noah Cameron KC · LHPwith two strikes
Noah Cameron with two strikes. Put-away: share of two-strike pitches that end the at-bat with a strikeout.
PitchOverall2 strikesWhiff%Put-awayLeague put-away
Slider16%26%38.8%25.0%21.6%
Curveball16%25%26.8%16.3%21.2%
Fastball20%20%10.3%10.6%18.6%
Changeup19%17%25.5%20.5%18.3%
Cutter23%10%19.4%19.5%17.9%
Sinker6%2%0.0%30.0%17.7%
Travis Bazzana bats Lwith two strikes, vs this hand
Travis Bazzana with two strikes against this hand, shrunk toward league. Makes contact on his two-strike stuff more than most
With two strikesHimLeague
K%44.4%44.1%
Whiff%19.3%22.7%
Contact%80.7%77.3%
Chase%38.6%38.2%
wOBA.236.224
Whiff vs his put-away shapes22.8%26.6%

The hitter

season-level talent read
Talent gradeDBalanced type
wOBA.314
K%21.2%
BB%10.0%
Whiff%9.0%
Barrel%3.6%
Hard-hit%24.0%
Avg EV86.9

Against left-handers, last 90 days

80 PA
wOBA.283
xwOBA vs this mix.271against pitches like his
RV/100-0.63
Hard-hit%19.0%
K%21.4%
BB%10.3%

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
Noah CameronLHP · KC vs CLE
4.4projected strikeouts · likely 2 to 7 · 24.4 batters over 5.7 innings
≤3 strikeouts: 36.1%36%≤34 strikeouts: 19.1%19%45 strikeouts: 16.8%17%56 strikeouts: 12.3%12%67 strikeouts: 7.7%8%78 strikeouts: 4.3%4%89+ strikeouts: 3.7%4%9+book 4.5
Over 4.5: 45% (red bars) · under: 55%. Chance of each exact strikeout total, from the served distribution.
K%21.7%
BB%8.7%
Whiff%12.7%
Velo86.8
BTB Stuff97
Location105
PitchUsageBTB Stuff 60 · 100 · 140VeloWhiff
Cutter23%11590.09.2%
Fastball20%8792.76.8%
Changeup19%9281.221.0%
Slider16%10185.221.3%
Curveball16%8681.610.6%
Sinker6%8891.42.2%
Last 3 startsTrending Down
DatePitchesK%Whiff%Hard-hit%wOBA
Sep 199423%13%27%.408
Sep 138517%12%26%.304
Sep 79932%11%9%.186

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.

Noah Cameron KC · LHPvsCLE lineupstrikeout rate vs his hand

1 of 9 strike out more than the average hitter tonight

Strikeout rate against left-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.

The rest of the gameCLE @ KC →Both lineups, bullpens, the pitch-mix battles and park air.Travis Bazzana: every projection we've made →