Astros vs Tigers match player stats | 2025 Monday, August 18th

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Astros vs Tigers match player stats | 2025 Monday, August 18th

HOU @ DET

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Astros @ Tigers Matchup Details

Teams : Houston Astros at Detroit Tigers
Series :
Date : Todays Game is on Monday, August 18th
Time : 18/08/25 18:40:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Houston Astros Game Today

The weather report projects the 7th-most suitable pitching conditions of all games on the slate, as it relates to temperature and humidity.

The wind projects to be blowing in from LF at 8.9-mph in this game, the strongest of the day for mound aces.

Spencer Arrighetti’s high usage rate of his secondary pitches (58.7% since the start of last season) ought to work in his favor considering they are generally much more effective than fastballs.

Spencer Arrighetti has compiled a 12.2% Swinging Strike rate since the start of last season, checking in at the 79th percentile.

Checking in at the 76th percentile, Spencer Arrighetti has put up a 24.3% strikeout rate since the start of last season.

Jack Flaherty projects as the 17th-best starter in the majors currently when it comes to his strikeout skill, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Jack Flaherty has averaged 94.4 adjusted pitches per start this year, ranking in the 91st percentile.

Placing in the 83rd percentile, Jack Flaherty recorded a 12.4% Swinging Strike% this year.

Negatives with the Detroit Tigers Game Today

The #7 park in the majors for suppressing strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Comerica Park.

Built 602 feet above sea level, Comerica Park has the 9th-highest elevation in MLB, which generally leads to higher offensive output.

Spencer Arrighetti’s 92.6-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a sizeable 1.6-mph decrease from last year’s 94.2-mph figure.

Given the 1.48 difference between Spencer Arrighetti’s 10.30 K/9 and his 8.82 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the luckiest pitchers in Major League Baseball since the start of last season in terms of strikeouts and figures to negatively regress in future games.

Jack Flaherty’s fastball velocity has fallen 1 mph this year (92.3 mph) below where it was last season (93.3 mph).

Jack Flaherty’s slider rate has dropped by 6.1% from last year to this one (29% to 22.9%) .

Jack Flaherty has experienced some positive variance in regards to his strikeouts this year, posting an 11.05 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 10.72 — a 0.32 K/9 discrepancy.

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