Mauricio Dubón vs Cole Ragans

The Almanac's Take

Dubón gets the platoon edge here as a right-handed bat against Ragans, a lefty who has been genuinely hittable this season — a 4.84 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, and 10 home runs allowed in just 35.1 innings. Dubón is a .252/.303/.388 hitter with a 16.3% strikeout rate, so the matchup is real but not overwhelming; he's a contact-first guy facing someone with an 11.5 K/9. The 14 career plate appearances between them are too thin to lean on — four hits and a .286 average is a footnote, not a trend. The season read is the play: Ragans walking nearly six per nine and giving up dingers at this rate makes even a modest bat with the platoon edge worth a look.

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