Jarren Duran vs Michael King

The Almanac's Take

Duran gets the platoon edge as a lefty against King's right hand, but his season numbers undercut any enthusiasm — a .193/.251/.601 line across 363 PA, with a 30.0% strikeout rate, is genuinely bad. King has been solid: 3.34 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, and a 2.13 K/BB over 113.1 innings. The 11-PA head-to-head (.364, 1 HR) is too thin to mean anything — four hits is a footnote, not a pattern. The real story here is a struggling hitter facing a competent pitcher, platoon edge notwithstanding.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.364

4-for-11

PA

11

HR

1

K

1

BB

0

Pitches seen

46

Avg exit velo

85.6 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

• 2026-04-03Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 92.1 mph · 82.8 mph EV
• 2026-04-03Double · Changeup 85.7 mph · 97.7 mph EV
• 2026-04-03Field Out · Changeup 87.4 mph · 85.8 mph EV
• 2025-08-09Single · Sweeper 81.4 mph · 77.9 mph EV
• 2024-06-29Home Run · Slider 84.0 mph · 105.4 mph EV
• 2024-06-29Strikeout · Sweeper 83.7 mph
• 2024-06-29Field Out · Changeup 87.7 mph · 77.3 mph EV
• 2023-08-20Single · Sinker 94.9 mph · 103.8 mph EV
• 2023-06-18Field Out · Changeup 86.8 mph · 84.6 mph EV
• 2023-06-11Field Out · Changeup 87.5 mph · 74.1 mph EV
• 2022-07-09Field Out · Changeup 88.0 mph · 66.2 mph EV