Pirates vs Reds match player stats | 2026 World Monday, March 30th

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Pirates @ Reds 2025 WorldSeries Matchup Details

Teams : Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds
2025 World
Date : Todays Game is on Monday, March 30th
Time : 30/03/26 18:40:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Pittsburgh Pirates World Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Chase Burns as the 18th-best pitcher in the league currently.

Among all the teams today, the strongest infield defense is that of the Cincinnati Reds.

Chase Burns’s 97.8-mph fastball velocity since the start of last season ranks in the 99th percentile out of all starting pitchers.

Out of all starters, Chase Burns’s fastball spin rate of 2605 rpm is in the 98th percentile since the start of last season.

Considering the 1.85 disparity between Chase Burns’s 4.57 ERA and his 2.72 FIP, it’s safe to say he’s been one of the least fortunate pitchers in the league since the start of last season and should see better results going forward.

Chase Burns projects as the 13th-best pitcher in MLB currently when it comes to his strikeout skill, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Chase Burns has compiled a 15.2% Swinging Strike% since the start of last season, placing in the 95th percentile.

Grading out in the 99th percentile, Chase Burns has put up a 34.6% strikeout rate since the start of last season.

Braxton Ashcraft has been lucky since the start of last season, posting a 2.71 ERA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 3.99 — a 1.28 disparity.

Checking in at the 78th percentile, Braxton Ashcraft recorded an 11.9% Swinging Strike% since the start of last season.

Grading out in the 76th percentile, Braxton Ashcraft has compiled a 24.3% Strikeout% since the start of last season.

Negatives with the Cincinnati Reds World Game Today

Tallying 12.9 outs per outing since the start of last season on average, Chase Burns ranks in the 18th percentile.

The #1 park in baseball for boosting home runs, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Great American Ball Park.

Great American Ball Park has the 7th-shallowest RF fences in MLB.

In terms of temperature and humidity, the weather report projects for the 5th-most suitable hitting conditions of all games today.

Despite conventional wisdom, fastballs are typically a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Chase Burns has relied on his fastball a lot since the start of last season, though: 58.4% of the time, placing in the 100th percentile.

Chase Burns has experienced some positive variance in regards to his strikeouts since the start of last season, posting a 13.92 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 10.74 — a 3.18 K/9 gap.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s assessment, Braxton Ashcraft’s overall pitching ability grades out in the 85th percentile among all starters in the game right now.

Among all SPs, Braxton Ashcraft’s fastball velocity of 96.4 mph is in the 94th percentile since the start of last season.

Braxton Ashcraft’s 2432-rpm fastball spin rate since the start of last season grades out in the 83rd percentile among all starting pitchers.

With a 2.84 FIP since the start of last season (Fielding Independent Pitching, an ERA estimator that focuses on the things most within a pitcher’s control), Braxton Ashcraft ranks in the 94th percentile.

Braxton Ashcraft has averaged 73.4 adjusted pitches per game per started since the start of last season, checking in at the 6th percentile.

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