Tyler Soderstrom vs Kevin Gausman

The Almanac's Take

Soderstrom gets the platoon edge here as a lefty against Gausman's right hand, and his season line — .241/.336/.460 with an .796 OPS, 11 home runs, and a 12.5% walk rate across 271 PA — shows genuine on-base ability and real power. Gausman is pitching well at 3.71 ERA and 1.09 WHIP, with a 5.64 K/BB that reflects how cleanly he's commanding the zone, so this isn't a soft matchup. The 10-PA head-to-head is too thin to mean much — 0-for-7 with three strikeouts is a footnote — though the 75.6 mph average exit velocity in those meetings is a flicker worth noting. The season-level platoon read is the real frame here.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.000

0-for-10

PA

10

HR

0

K

3

BB

0

Pitches seen

36

Avg exit velo

75.6 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

• 2026-03-27Field Out · Split-Finger 84.1 mph · 43.4 mph EV
• 2026-03-27Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 96.3 mph
• 2025-07-12Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 96.0 mph · 87.3 mph EV
• 2025-07-12Field Out · Split-Finger 84.2 mph · 67.8 mph EV
• 2025-07-12Field Out · Split-Finger 84.9 mph · 53.4 mph EV
• 2025-06-01Strikeout · Split-Finger 83.6 mph
• 2025-06-01Field Out · Split-Finger 84.0 mph · 93.0 mph EV
• 2024-06-08Strikeout · 4-Seam Fastball 94.9 mph
• 2024-06-08Grounded Into Double Play · 4-Seam Fastball 92.0 mph · 101.0 mph EV
• 2024-06-08Field Out · 4-Seam Fastball 92.7 mph · 83.5 mph EV