Spencer Torkelson vs Davis Martin

The Almanac's Take

Torkelson and Martin are both right-handed, so no platoon edge here. The season read is what it is: Torkelson is hitting .218/.305/.420 with a 31.9% strikeout rate, and Martin's 7.9 K/9 against a swing-and-miss profile is a bad combination. Martin has been roughly league-average — 4.27 ERA, 1.34 WHIP — but he's held Torkelson to a .188 average across just 16 PA, which is far too small to treat as signal; the one home run in that sample is a footnote, not a trend. The slider-heavy mix (33.3%) against a right-handed batter who already struggles to make contact is the relevant texture here.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.188

3-for-16

PA

16

HR

1

K

3

BB

0

Pitches seen

57

Avg exit velo

90.8 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

• 2025-09-07Field Out · Sinker 91.9 mph · 103.5 mph EV
• 2025-09-07Field Out · Sinker 93.2 mph · 76.4 mph EV
• 2025-09-07Field Out · Cutter 86.0 mph · 82.1 mph EV
• 2025-04-05Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 92.2 mph
• 2025-04-05Home Run · Changeup 89.9 mph · 106.8 mph EV
• 2025-04-05Double · Slider 82.3 mph · 92.3 mph EV
• 2024-08-26Single · 4-Seam Fastball 94.1 mph · 36.3 mph EV
• 2024-08-26Field Out · Slider 84.9 mph · 101.6 mph EV
• 2022-09-24Field Out · Slider 84.4 mph · 94.2 mph EV
• 2022-09-24Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 93.4 mph · 107.6 mph EV
• 2022-09-24Strikeout · Slider 83.0 mph
• 2022-09-17Field Out · Slider 83.0 mph · 78.1 mph EV
• 2022-09-17Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 93.3 mph · 98.0 mph EV
• 2022-09-17Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 96.4 mph
• 2022-06-15Field Out · Slider 85.1 mph · 101.6 mph EV
• 2022-06-15Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 95.9 mph · 102.0 mph EV