Kyle Isbel vs Gavin Williams

The Almanac's Take

Isbel gets the platoon edge as a lefty against right-hander Gavin Williams, but his season line doesn't do much with it — .248/.292/.652 OPS across 171 PA, with a 22.2% strikeout rate that's a real concern against Williams's 10.9 K/9. Williams has been sharp this year: 4.00 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and a 3.92 K/BB over 119.1 innings. The 22 PA of head-to-head history is too thin to lean on — Isbel is 3-for-18 (.167) with an 82.7 mph average exit velocity, which reads more like soft contact suppression than noise. The platoon edge exists on paper; the swing-and-miss and weak contact trends cut against it.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.167

3-for-18

PA

22

HR

0

K

5

BB

4

Pitches seen

89

Avg exit velo

82.7 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

• 2026-05-05Field Out · Curveball 80.2 mph · 78.7 mph EV
• 2026-05-05Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 96.3 mph · 90.0 mph EV
• 2026-05-05Walk · Curveball 82.3 mph
• 2026-04-07Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 94.1 mph
• 2026-04-07Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 96.1 mph
• 2025-09-11Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 96.1 mph
• 2025-09-11Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 96.5 mph · 100.3 mph EV
• 2025-07-26Sac Bunt · Sweeper 85.8 mph · 22.6 mph EV
• 2025-07-26Field Out · Curveball 84.1 mph · 106.0 mph EV
• 2025-03-29Single · Curveball 79.1 mph · 90.7 mph EV
• 2025-03-29Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 98.0 mph · 85.0 mph EV
• 2024-09-02Strikeout · Curveball 81.1 mph
• 2024-09-02Strikeout · Curveball 80.3 mph
• 2024-08-27Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 95.7 mph
• 2024-08-27Field Out · Curveball 77.2 mph · 74.0 mph EV
• 2023-07-26Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.1 mph · 70.8 mph EV
• 2023-07-08Double · 4-Seam Fastball 95.9 mph · 97.9 mph EV
• 2023-07-08Single · 4-Seam Fastball 94.7 mph · 88.8 mph EV
• 2023-07-08Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 95.6 mph
• 2023-06-27Field Out · Curveball 72.6 mph · 91.2 mph EV
• 2023-06-27Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.5 mph · 78.5 mph EV
• 2023-06-27Strikeout · Curveball 76.4 mph