Martin Prado vs. Collin Balester — Matchup Analysis
Martin Prado has absolutely raked against Balester. With only 9 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Prado. Prado's production against Balester has been exceptional: an OPS of 0.944, 26% above the career mark of 0.747, with a batting average of 0.375, 31% above their career average and above Balester's career opposing average of 0.268. Despite striking out once every 4.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 8.7 PA, Prado is still posting above-career production against Balester. Edge: Prado.
How Martin Prado put the ball into play against Collin Balester
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Collin Balester to Martin Prado
Matchup Details for Martin Prado and Collin Balester
Stats that describe the matchup between Martin Prado and Collin Balester including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
9
Martin Prado Career Plate Appearances
5861
Collin Balester Career Batters Faced
901
In this matchup
0.375
Martin Prado Career Batting Average
0.287
Collin Balester Career Opposing Batting Average
0.268
In this matchup
0
Martin Prado Career Home Runs
100
Collin Balester Career Home Runs Allowed
39
Grand Slams
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0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
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0
In this matchup
0.000
Martin Prado Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.019
Collin Balester Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.050
In this matchup
0.000
Martin Prado Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.065
Collin Balester Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.186
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Martin Prado Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.148
Collin Balester Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.248
In this matchup
0.500
Martin Prado Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.310
Collin Balester Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.290
In this matchup
0
Martin Prado Career Hit By Pitch
28
Collin Balester Career Batters Hit By Pitch
13
Outs
In this matchup
3
In this matchup
0
Martin Prado Career Intentional Walks
16
Collin Balester Career Intentional Walks Allowed
3
In this matchup
2
Martin Prado Career Strikeouts
676
Collin Balester Career Strikeouts Thrown
157
In this matchup
4.500
Martin Prado Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.670
Collin Balester Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.739
In this matchup
0.500
Martin Prado Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.570
Collin Balester Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.580
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.444
Martin Prado Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.332
Collin Balester Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.337
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
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0
Batter Reached due to Error
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0
Batter Reached due to Interference
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0
In this matchup
0
Martin Prado Career Sacrifice Hits
24
Collin Balester Career Sacrifice Hits
5
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0
Martin Prado Career Sacrifice Flies
51
Collin Balester Career Sacrifice Flies
7
In this matchup
0
Martin Prado Career Ground into Double Play
171
Collin Balester Career Double Plays Enabled
15
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0