Bryan Reynolds vs Dylan Cease

The Almanac's Take

Reynolds gets the platoon edge here, batting left-handed against Cease's right arm, and his season line backs it up — .277/.385/.463 with a .848 OPS and a 14.9% walk rate that makes him genuinely hard to put away. Cease is running a 2.56 ERA with 13.5 K/9, so this isn't a soft matchup; he leans heavily on his slider (39.4% of pitches in their prior meetings) and the knuckle curve. The head-to-head is 13 PA — four hits, two strikeouts — treat it as a footnote. The real case for Reynolds is the platoon edge combined with one of the better on-base profiles in the lineup.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.308

4-for-13

PA

13

HR

0

K

2

BB

0

Pitches seen

66

Avg exit velo

92.3 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

• 2026-05-24Single · 4-Seam Fastball 97.9 mph · 87.0 mph EV
• 2026-05-24Strikeout · Knuckle Curve 83.3 mph
• 2025-05-31Field Out · Knuckle Curve 83.3 mph · 96.3 mph EV
• 2025-05-31Field Out · Slider 88.2 mph · 92.3 mph EV
• 2025-05-31Single · 4-Seam Fastball 97.8 mph · 73.8 mph EV
• 2025-05-02Single · Slider 90.1 mph · 102.6 mph EV
• 2025-05-02Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 97.4 mph · 104.2 mph EV
• 2024-08-06Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 97.8 mph
• 2021-06-23Grounded Into Double Play · 4-Seam Fastball 95.9 mph · 94.5 mph EV
• 2021-06-23Single · 4-Seam Fastball 97.3 mph · 76.9 mph EV
• 2021-06-23Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 97.0 mph · 78.5 mph EV
• 2020-09-08Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 97.4 mph · 102.8 mph EV
• 2020-09-08Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 97.6 mph · 106.9 mph EV