Jeff McNeil vs Kevin Gausman

The Almanac's Take

McNeil's left-handed bat gets the conventional platoon edge against Gausman, and that's the real framework here — not the 11-PA career line, which is too thin to carry any weight. On the season McNeil is a .260/.323 hitter with a .666 OPS, so the underlying form is modest; he's making contact (12.6 K%) but not doing much damage (.343 SLG, 2 HR in 198 PA). Gausman, meanwhile, has been sharp — 3.48 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, a 5.29 K/BB through 75 innings — leaning heavily on a fastball/splitter combination that accounts for 86% of his pitches against McNeil historically. The platoon edge is real, but Gausman's command makes this a neutral-to-slight lean rather than a clear plus spot.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.364

4-for-11

PA

11

HR

0

K

2

BB

0

Pitches seen

50

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

• 2026-03-27Strikeout · Split-Finger 83.6 mph
• 2026-03-27Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.4 mph · 95.6 mph EV
• 2021-08-16Field Out · Changeup 84.9 mph · 97.7 mph EV
• 2021-08-16Strikeout · Split-Finger 85.0 mph
• 2021-08-16Field Out · Changeup 81.8 mph · 83.8 mph EV
• 2019-04-11Single · 4-Seam Fastball 94.0 mph · 93.2 mph EV
• 2019-04-11Field Out · Split-Finger 83.2 mph · 96.2 mph EV
• 2019-04-11Force Out · 4-Seam Fastball 93.1 mph · 69.9 mph EV
• 2018-08-04Single · Slider 81.8 mph · 102.3 mph EV
• 2018-08-04Single · Split-Finger 82.8 mph · 83.1 mph EV
• 2018-08-04Double · 4-Seam Fastball 92.6 mph · 97.1 mph EV