TJ Friedl vs Michael Lorenzen

The Almanac's Take

Friedl is left-handed against a right-hander, so the platoon edge is real, but his season line makes it hard to lean on — a .184/.252/.528 slash in 202 PA is genuinely rough, and a 22.3% strikeout rate against a pitcher running a 6.8 K/9 isn't a comforting overlap. Lorenzen is hittable on paper: a 6.40 ERA, 1.77 WHIP, and 14 home runs allowed in 97 innings tells you the stuff isn't missing bats the way the platoon framing might suggest. The 11-PA head-to-head is decoration — three hits including a homer reads fine until you remember it's essentially two weeks of at-bats compressed into one line.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.300

3-for-10

PA

11

HR

1

K

2

BB

1

Pitches seen

32

Avg exit velo

83.8 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

• 2026-04-30Home Run · 4-Seam Fastball 94.0 mph · 96.8 mph EV
• 2026-04-30Field Out · Sinker 92.9 mph · 99.6 mph EV
• 2026-04-30Strikeout · Changeup 84.1 mph
• 2025-05-26Single · 4-Seam Fastball 91.7 mph · 90.7 mph EV
• 2025-05-26Walk · 4-Seam Fastball 91.9 mph
• 2025-05-26Field Out · Curveball 81.7 mph · 74.3 mph EV
• 2025-05-26Double · Cutter 92.0 mph · 98.1 mph EV
• 2025-03-15Field Out · Cutter 91.0 mph · 50.7 mph EV
• 2025-03-15Field Out · Cutter 90.4 mph · 85.4 mph EV
• 2024-08-16Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 95.4 mph
• 2024-08-16Field Out · Changeup 86.2 mph · 74.9 mph EV