Corbin Carroll vs Miles Mikolas

The Almanac's Take

Carroll's left-hand bat against Mikolas's right arm gives him the platoon edge, and the season numbers back it up — a .820 OPS with 15 home runs and an 11.7% walk rate in 436 plate appearances is a real offensive profile. Mikolas is the bigger story here: a 5.47 ERA, 23 home runs allowed, and just 4.6 K/9 over 102 innings is a pitcher giving up hard contact with nothing to suppress damage. The 10 career plate appearances between these two (1-for-10, 83.6 mph average exit velo) are too thin to mean anything — strictly a footnote. The season read points toward Carroll as the live bat in this spot.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.100

1-for-10

PA

10

HR

0

K

1

BB

0

Pitches seen

36

Avg exit velo

83.6 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

• 2026-07-26Field Out · Slider 88.6 mph · 88.1 mph EV
• 2026-07-26Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 93.3 mph · 101.5 mph EV
• 2025-07-20Field Out · Curveball 74.8 mph · 70.4 mph EV
• 2025-07-20Field Out · Curveball 76.2 mph · 92.5 mph EV
• 2025-07-20Triple · Slider 90.8 mph · 81.2 mph EV
• 2025-05-23Field Out · Changeup 84.8 mph · 74.8 mph EV
• 2025-05-23Strikeout · Sinker 90.5 mph
• 2025-05-23Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 91.3 mph · 107.4 mph EV
• 2024-04-14Field Out · Sinker 94.3 mph · 74.4 mph EV
• 2024-04-14Field Out · Slider 88.2 mph · 62.3 mph EV