Bobby Witt Jr. vs Joey Cantillo

The Almanac's Take

Witt has the platoon edge here as a righty against Cantillo's left arm, and his season line backs it up — .280/.350/.451 with a 9.8% walk rate and 30 steals in 93 games, the kind of well-rounded production that makes him dangerous in any count. Cantillo's 4.4 BB/9 and 1.42 WHIP suggest he'll give Witt something to work with; the 12 homers allowed in 106 innings is a real vulnerability for a hitter with Witt's pull-side power. The head-to-head is just 11 plate appearances — three hits, 100.3 mph average exit velo, no homers — which is too thin to mean much beyond confirming Witt can square him up.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.273

3-for-11

PA

11

HR

0

K

3

BB

0

Pitches seen

54

Avg exit velo

100.3 mph

Career meetings in the Statcast era (2015–present). Even a clear edge over a handful of plate appearances is a small sample — read it as color, not a projection.

Pitch mix to the batter

Plate-appearance log

• 2026-05-06Force Out · Changeup 80.5 mph · 106.5 mph EV
• 2026-05-06Grounded Into Double Play · Curveball 80.6 mph · 101.6 mph EV
• 2026-04-08Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 90.2 mph · 105.1 mph EV
• 2026-04-08Double · Slider 82.6 mph · 111.1 mph EV
• 2026-04-08Strikeout · Changeup 81.8 mph
• 2025-09-09Strikeout · Changeup 80.2 mph
• 2025-09-09Field Out · Changeup 81.0 mph · 89.7 mph EV
• 2025-09-09Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 92.7 mph · 94.1 mph EV
• 2025-07-27Strikeout · Changeup 77.2 mph
• 2025-07-27Double · 4-Seam Fastball 88.8 mph · 92.8 mph EV
• 2025-03-30Single · 4-Seam Fastball 91.1 mph · 101.5 mph EV