Vinnie Pasquantino vs Joey Cantillo

The Almanac's Take

Pasquantino is left-on-left here, so the platoon edge belongs to Cantillo — and the season numbers don't push back much. A .224/.311/.654 OPS line across 302 PA is a legitimate rough stretch, not a blip, and Cantillo's 3.91 ERA with 9.5 K/9 gives him a real foundation to work with. The 13 career PA between these two (1-for-11, three strikeouts) is window dressing — too thin to mean anything. Cantillo does walk guys at a 4.4 BB/9 clip, so Pasquantino's 11.3 walk rate keeps a base path outcome alive, but the overall read here favors the pitcher.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.091

1-for-11

PA

13

HR

0

K

3

BB

2

Pitches seen

44

Avg exit velo

85.5 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

• 2026-05-06Field Out · Slider 84.4 mph · 82.9 mph EV
• 2026-05-06Truncated Pa · 4-Seam Fastball 92.1 mph
• 2026-05-06Field Out · Slider 83.3 mph · 84.5 mph EV
• 2026-04-08Field Out · Slider 82.9 mph · 90.8 mph EV
• 2026-04-08Strikeout · Changeup 81.3 mph
• 2026-04-08Strikeout · Changeup 80.9 mph
• 2025-09-09Field Out · Slider 85.7 mph · 78.9 mph EV
• 2025-09-09Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 93.6 mph · 96.5 mph EV
• 2025-09-09Single · Slider 87.1 mph · 87.2 mph EV
• 2025-07-27Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 88.4 mph
• 2025-07-27Field Out · Curveball 76.2 mph · 77.4 mph EV
• 2025-04-13Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 93.5 mph
• 2025-03-30Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 90.1 mph