Andrew Benintendi vs Dylan Cease

The Almanac's Take

Benintendi gets the left-on-right platoon edge here, which matters against a pitcher running 13.5 K/9 — any contact edge you can find is worth noting. His .251/.317/.433 line with 9 home runs across 271 PA this season shows real pull-side pop, though a 23.2% strikeout rate is a genuine concern against Cease's fastball-slider combination. The head-to-head is only 22 PA, so treat the 5-for-18 (.278) lightly — the 93.1 mph average exit velocity is more interesting than the batting average, suggesting hard contact when Benintendi does connect. Cease's 2.56 ERA and 3.36 K/BB ratio make him the difficult part of this equation regardless of matchup framing.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.278

5-for-18

PA

22

HR

0

K

6

BB

4

Pitches seen

91

Avg exit velo

93.1 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

• 2026-04-03Field Out · Slider 89.6 mph · 84.3 mph EV
• 2026-04-03Strikeout · Slider 90.1 mph
• 2022-05-17Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 97.7 mph
• 2022-05-17Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 96.7 mph
• 2022-05-17Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.9 mph · 92.7 mph EV
• 2022-04-27Single · 4-Seam Fastball 94.8 mph · 88.4 mph EV
• 2022-04-27Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 96.2 mph · 101.2 mph EV
• 2022-04-27Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 96.2 mph · 88.5 mph EV
• 2021-09-05Strikeout · Slider 87.1 mph
• 2021-09-05Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 98.6 mph
• 2021-09-05Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 98.4 mph · 86.8 mph EV
• 2021-08-03Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 98.2 mph
• 2021-08-03Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 97.5 mph
• 2021-07-27Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 97.7 mph
• 2021-07-27Double · Changeup 81.6 mph · 101.5 mph EV
• 2021-07-27Single · 4-Seam Fastball 95.4 mph · 94.7 mph EV
• 2021-05-16Single · Changeup 77.2 mph · 89.1 mph EV
• 2021-05-16Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.6 mph · 95.0 mph EV
• 2021-05-16Single · Slider 83.2 mph · 101.8 mph EV
• 2021-04-11Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 96.5 mph
• 2021-04-11Truncated Pa · Slider 86.5 mph
• 2021-04-11Strikeout · Slider 85.3 mph