MLBengine v14
← CLE at KC, Sep 26, 2026
6:10 PM CT · Kauffman Stadium · lineup projected
Hitter · CLE · batting 3Chase DeLauter
Bats leftTalent grade APowerCold
.391wOBA vs RHP.365xwOBA vs his mix3.8expected PA
Starter · KCMichael Wacha
Throws rightBTB Stuff 88Trending Down
4.3projected K20%K%2.7trips vs this hitter
Michael Wacha's pitches, by how they moveHitter's edgeEvenPitcher's edge
-20-100+10+20-20-100+10+20Arm side →← Glove side↑ Rise (in)Fastball: 28% usage, 93.2 mph, +5.6″ arm side, +17.6″ rise. Chase DeLauter: wOBA .381 vs league .358 (hitter's edge).Fastball 28%Changeup: 27% usage, 80.6 mph, +13.3″ arm side, +7.0″ rise. Chase DeLauter: wOBA .300 vs league .278 (hitter's edge).Changeup 27%Cutter: 14% usage, 89.6 mph, -1.6″ arm side, +10.2″ rise. Chase DeLauter: wOBA .399 vs league .376 (hitter's edge).Cutter 14%Sinker: 13% usage, 93.1 mph, +11.6″ arm side, +14.8″ rise. Chase DeLauter: wOBA .386 vs league .363 (hitter's edge).Sinker 13%Curveball: 10% usage, 75.4 mph, -10.2″ arm side, -12.0″ rise. Chase DeLauter: wOBA .337 vs league .314 (hitter's edge).Curveball 10%Slider: 8% usage, 84.6 mph, -2.5″ arm side, +2.7″ rise. Chase DeLauter: wOBA .374 vs league .352 (hitter's edge).Slider 8%

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

Chase DeLauter's last 40 balls in playHit (11)Out (29)Barrel zone
sweet spot 8–32°-40°-20°0°20°40°60°80°6070809010011012095 mph hard hitExit velocity (mph)Out: 74.0 mph at 43°Out: 98.5 mph at -10°Out: 97.4 mph at 38°Double: 100.1 mph at 21°Single: 75.2 mph at 26°Out: 87.1 mph at -15°Out: 100.0 mph at 2°Single: 96.3 mph at 11°Out: 90.9 mph at 30°Out: 107.8 mph at 15°Single: 83.5 mph at 16°Out: 105.8 mph at -3°Out: 89.0 mph at -31°Home run: 99.4 mph at 25°Out: 69.4 mph at 2°Single: 47.6 mph at -57°Out: 81.5 mph at 21°Out: 97.7 mph at -4°Out: 95.1 mph at -21°Out: 102.0 mph at -14°Out: 91.2 mph at -5°Out: 80.7 mph at -9°Single: 90.1 mph at 7°Out: 81.1 mph at 65°Out: 86.3 mph at 27°Out: 96.2 mph at -10°Out: 97.7 mph at 25°Out: 85.1 mph at 33°Out: 100.9 mph at 22°Out: 96.3 mph at -25°Out: 104.2 mph at 2°Single: 107.4 mph at 2°Out: 87.3 mph at 1°Home run: 106.7 mph at 22°Double: 93.1 mph at 12°Out: 102.3 mph at -6°Double: 95.3 mph at 36°Out: 98.5 mph at -24°Out: 83.2 mph at 29°Out: 68.6 mph at -7°
53% hit 95+ mph35% in the sweet spot28% fell for hits
MarketBTBWithout the matchupMatchup
1+ hit70.0%66.3%+3.7
2+ total bases43.5%39.8%+3.7
Home run12.7%11.4%+1.3
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
+2.4
Pitch mix
+1.3
Bullpen
+0.3
Park
-0.3
2+ total bases
Starter
+2.6
Pitch mix
+1.4
Bullpen
+0.3
Park
-0.7
Home run
Starter
+2.0
Pitch mix
+0.7
Bullpen
+0.1
Park
-1.5

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

Chase DeLauter against each of Michael Wacha's pitches
His pitchUsageVeloMovementHis wOBALeagueHis whiff%LeagueSampleRead
Fastball28%93.2+6″ / +18″.381.3587.1%15.5%41About league average vs these; rarely misses them
Changeup27%80.6+13″ / +7″.300.27818.1%28.0%10About league average vs these
Cutter14%89.6-2″ / +10″.399.3768.2%17.2%25About league average vs these; rarely misses them
Sinker13%93.1+12″ / +15″.386.3637.2%15.9%47About league average vs these; rarely misses them
Curveball10%75.4-10″ / -12″.337.31415.0%25.0%5Little history vs this shape
Slider8%84.6-3″ / +3″.374.35216.1%26.5%20About league average vs these; rarely misses them
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
Chase DeLauter · by window and pitcher handthrough Sep 24, 2026 · windows are his last games
WindowGPAAVGOBPSLGwOBAxwOBAK%BB%Whiff%Avg EVMax EVBarrel%Hard-hit%Sweet-spot%
Last 5 G310.111.200.111.144.29620.0%10.0%12.5%93.4107.80.0%57.1%42.9%
Last 15 G1239.303.410.515.405.4175.1%15.4%3.8%91.1107.86.5%51.6%32.3%
Last 30 G2677.348.416.551.420.36510.4%10.4%7.3%92.7107.84.9%49.2%32.8%
90 days60185.321.400.506.400.37611.4%11.9%11.0%93.4110.75.6%52.8%33.8%
Batted-ball mix, 90 days · 142 balls in play
Ground 49%Line drive 23%Fly ball 23%Pop-up 6%
WindowGPAAVGOBPSLGwOBAxwOBAK%BB%Whiff%Avg EVMax EVBarrel%Hard-hit%Sweet-spot%
Last 5 G312.364.417.727.686.48725.0%0.0%17.6%93.0105.814.3%57.1%57.1%
Last 15 G1125.217.280.391.381.31824.0%4.0%15.0%91.2105.86.2%50.0%31.2%
Last 30 G2242.282.333.462.398.29426.2%4.8%20.3%90.2105.83.7%44.4%37.0%
90 days4893.294.355.471.384.29825.8%7.5%19.0%91.2107.55.0%51.7%33.3%
Batted-ball mix, 90 days · 60 balls in play
Ground 57%Line drive 18%Fly ball 18%Pop-up 7%
WindowGPAAVGOBPSLGwOBAxwOBAK%BB%Whiff%Avg EVMax EVBarrel%Hard-hit%Sweet-spot%
Last 5 G522.250.318.450.442.40122.7%4.5%15.2%93.2107.87.1%57.1%50.0%
Last 15 G1564.268.359.464.396.37912.5%10.9%8.7%91.1107.86.4%51.1%31.9%
Last 30 G30119.324.387.519.412.34016.0%8.4%12.1%91.9107.84.5%47.7%34.1%
90 days65278.312.385.494.394.35016.2%10.4%14.0%92.8110.75.4%52.5%33.7%
Batted-ball mix, 90 days · 202 balls in play
Ground 52%Line drive 21%Fly ball 21%Pop-up 6%
Chase DeLauter · percentile ranksvs 304 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.

FormCold
Contact rating89Excellent
Last 100 pitches98trending up
wOBA / xwOBA.395 / .364running 31 points ahead of his contact
Last 12 games, oldest to newest
Hit7/12
2+ total bases4/12
Home run2/12

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 23RHPSinker90.374.043.226Out
Sep 23RHPChangeup83.898.5-10.214Double play
Sep 23RHPFastball91.497.438.154Out
Sep 22LHPSinker93.6100.121.464Double
Sep 22LHPCutter87.875.226.690Single
Sep 22LHPSinker94.187.1-15.072Force out
Sep 22LHPSlider87.3100.02.432Out
Sep 20RHPSweeper86.596.311.804Single
Sep 20RHPSweeper87.690.930.061Out
Sep 20RHPSinker94.3107.815.748Out
Sep 19LHPFastball89.683.516.927Single
Sep 19LHPFastball91.5105.8-3.370Error
Last 10 games.
DatePAHTBHRBBK
Sep 24400003
Sep 23400001
Sep 22523000
Sep 20411010
Sep 19525101
Sep 18411010
Sep 14400010
Sep 13511010
Sep 12400011
Sep 11500011

Two strikes

Michael Wacha KC · RHPwith two strikes
Michael Wacha with two strikes. Put-away: share of two-strike pitches that end the at-bat with a strikeout.
PitchOverall2 strikesWhiff%Put-awayLeague put-away
Changeup27%35%21.2%18.2%18.6%
Fastball28%29%9.4%14.0%18.0%
Sinker13%16%7.7%11.3%16.9%
Slider8%7%43.8%21.2%21.0%
Curveball10%7%14.3%9.4%20.1%
Cutter14%6%7.7%19.2%17.9%
Other0%0%–100.0%21.7%
Chase DeLauter bats Lwith two strikes, vs this hand
Chase DeLauter with two strikes against this hand, shrunk toward league. About league average vs his two-strike stuff
With two strikesHimLeague
K%33.8%41.0%
Whiff%18.5%21.3%
Contact%81.5%78.7%
Chase%37.5%39.6%
wOBA.262.245
Whiff vs his put-away shapes16.0%18.5%

The hitter

season-level talent read
Talent gradeAPower type
wOBA.366
K%17.2%
BB%10.0%
Whiff%6.6%
Barrel%4.2%
Hard-hit%36.4%
Avg EV92.1

Against right-handers, last 90 days

185 PA
wOBA.391
xwOBA vs this mix.365against pitches like his
RV/1001.11
Hard-hit%38.8%
K%13.0%
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
Michael WachaRHP · KC vs CLE
4.3projected strikeouts · likely 2 to 7 · 24.9 batters over 5.8 innings
≤3 strikeouts: 37.7%38%≤34 strikeouts: 19.3%19%45 strikeouts: 16.5%16%56 strikeouts: 11.9%12%67 strikeouts: 7.3%7%78 strikeouts: 4.0%4%89+ strikeouts: 3.3%3%9+book 4.5
Over 4.5: 43% (red bars) · under: 57%. Chance of each exact strikeout total, from the served distribution.
K%20.1%
BB%6.6%
Whiff%9.3%
Velo86.9
BTB Stuff88
Location101
PitchUsageBTB Stuff 60 · 100 · 140VeloWhiff
Fastball28%9293.27.2%
Changeup27%9480.614.2%
Cutter14%9089.87.9%
Sinker13%8193.24.1%
Curveball10%6875.66.8%
Slider8%8184.514.3%
Other0%––0.0%
Last 3 startsTrending Down
DatePitchesK%Whiff%Hard-hit%wOBA
Sep 2011419%11%27%.350
Sep 15998%5%38%.346
Sep 89317%7%13%.229

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.

Michael Wacha KC · RHPvsCLE lineupstrikeout rate vs his hand

2 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, 21.6%. Red strikes out more, blue less.

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