Javier Báez vs Kris Bubic

The Almanac's Take

Báez gets the platoon edge here as a righty against southpaw Kris Bubic, and his season line — .260/.278/.403 with a 20.3% strikeout rate — at least shows he's making contact at a decent clip through 79 PA. Bubic's 4.11 ERA and 1.23 WHIP aren't alarming, but 4.6 BB/9 and a 1.96 K/BB suggest he leaves room on the board. The head-to-head is 14 PA — treat it as wallpaper — though Báez's 92.7 mph average exit velocity in those meetings hints he's squaring Bubic's 58% four-seam diet reasonably well. The platoon split is the real read; the rest is noise.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.231

3-for-13

PA

14

HR

0

K

6

BB

1

Pitches seen

48

Avg exit velo

92.7 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

• 2026-04-16Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 90.8 mph
• 2026-04-16Strikeout · Changeup 85.3 mph
• 2025-06-01Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 93.5 mph
• 2025-06-01Strikeout · Changeup 86.8 mph
• 2025-06-01Single · Slider 85.4 mph · 108.1 mph EV
• 2022-07-12Double · 4-Seam Fastball 91.2 mph · 91.9 mph EV
• 2022-07-12Strikeout · Curveball 79.6 mph
• 2022-07-12Field Out · Changeup 79.7 mph · 102.7 mph EV
• 2022-07-02Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 93.6 mph
• 2022-07-02Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 92.3 mph · 99.2 mph EV
• 2022-07-02Sac Fly · 4-Seam Fastball 90.3 mph · 93.5 mph EV
• 2020-08-05Grounded Into Double Play · 4-Seam Fastball 92.4 mph · 69.1 mph EV
• 2020-08-05Single · 4-Seam Fastball 91.3 mph · 84.4 mph EV
• 2020-08-05Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 96.7 mph