Mauricio Dubón vs Cole Ragans

The Almanac's Take

Dubón holds the platoon edge here, a right-handed bat against southpaw Cole Ragans, and the season numbers give that edge some teeth — a .737 OPS with a 15.0 K% that won't scare anyone. Ragans is genuinely hittable right now: 4.84 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, and 10 home runs allowed across just 35.1 innings, with a walk rate of 5.9 per nine that keeps counts favorable for hitters. The head-to-head is 14 plate appearances — four hits, a .286 average, 91.0 mph average exit velocity — decent color but nothing to build a case on. The season read is the story: Dubón making contact against a lefty who's been hit hard.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.286

4-for-14

PA

14

HR

0

K

3

BB

0

Pitches seen

39

Avg exit velo

91.0 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

• 2026-03-27Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 91.2 mph · 97.9 mph EV
• 2026-03-27Strikeout · Slider 85.2 mph
• 2024-08-31Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.2 mph · 95.7 mph EV
• 2024-08-31Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 96.6 mph
• 2024-04-09Double · 4-Seam Fastball 94.8 mph · 103.0 mph EV
• 2024-04-09Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 94.9 mph · 91.8 mph EV
• 2023-09-22Field Out · Cutter 92.7 mph · 69.8 mph EV
• 2023-09-22Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 98.5 mph
• 2023-09-16Single · Cutter 92.6 mph · 72.0 mph EV
• 2023-09-16Triple · Knuckle Curve 83.0 mph · 98.4 mph EV
• 2023-09-16Fielders Choice · Cutter 91.7 mph · 104.0 mph EV
• 2023-04-15Field Out · Changeup 84.7 mph · 101.9 mph EV
• 2023-04-15Single · Changeup 85.3 mph · 90.0 mph EV
• 2022-09-07Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 90.6 mph · 76.6 mph EV