Riley Greene vs Kevin Gausman

The Almanac's Take

Riley Greene has been one of the better left-handed bats in the league this season — .317/.401/.872 across 60 games, with a 12.3% walk rate that says he's not just running hot on contact. The platoon edge is real: he gets the conventional lefty-on-righty matchup against Gausman, whose 3.48 ERA and 5.29 K/BB look clean but who does allow the occasional mistake (7 HR in 75 innings). The 20-PA head-to-head is too thin to lean on — 4-for-18 with 9 strikeouts against Gausman's splitter-heavy mix is a footnote, not a pattern. Greene's season line is the actual edge here.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.222

4-for-18

PA

20

HR

0

K

9

BB

2

Pitches seen

83

Avg exit velo

86.7 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

• 2026-05-17Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 94.8 mph
• 2026-05-17Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 93.5 mph
• 2026-05-17Field Out · Split-Finger 83.9 mph · 95.8 mph EV
• 2025-07-26Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 94.9 mph
• 2025-07-26Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 93.3 mph
• 2025-07-26Strikeout · Split-Finger 82.6 mph
• 2024-07-21Field Out · Sinker 92.2 mph · 66.6 mph EV
• 2024-07-21Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.1 mph · 89.7 mph EV
• 2024-07-21Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 94.2 mph
• 2024-05-23Strikeout
• 2024-05-23Strikeout
• 2024-05-23Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 93.3 mph
• 2023-07-08Single · Slider 86.8 mph · 102.2 mph EV
• 2023-07-08Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 92.8 mph
• 2023-07-08Single · 4-Seam Fastball 94.4 mph · 68.6 mph EV
• 2023-04-12Single · Split-Finger 84.1 mph · 100.9 mph EV
• 2023-04-12Field Out · Split-Finger 85.4 mph · 68.2 mph EV
• 2023-04-12Strikeout · Split-Finger 85.8 mph
• 2023-03-20Triple · 4-Seam Fastball 91.8 mph · 90.6 mph EV
• 2023-03-20Field Out · Split-Finger 84.9 mph · 97.5 mph EV