 This guy's name is Mike Trout. He's really, really, really good at hitting baseballs. And this guy's name is Lance Linn. He's my favorite pitcher to watch pitch these days. And these guys are a real interesting matchup because Lance Linn throws 88% fastballs, which is the most in Major League Baseball. And Trout crushes fastballs. Third best numbers, home runs, OPS against fastballs. Here's some more numbers. Trout against fastballs in 2015. Look at those batting averages. They all start with three. A lot of them start with three, 20. Look at those slugging percentages. They start with five. They start with six. And the whiff percentage, 25 is average. He's at 13, 15, 14. So dude swings at fastballs, crushes fastballs, doesn't miss fastballs a lot. Then you have Lance Linn, throws a lot of fastballs. Batting averages, all starting the twos, slugging all in the fours, some threes. And the whiff percentage is slightly above average. That 30% is pretty good for fastball. So, super interesting matchup. You'd think Lance Linn would be Trout's favorite pitcher to hit. He likes hitting fastballs. Lance Linn throws a lot of fastballs. Not the case. Trout's career batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, all tick way down against Lance Linn in his 28 plate appearances. Lance Linn turns one of the best hitters to ever hit into a bad hitter. Those are pretty below average numbers there. And I just love watching this. Look at Lance Linn. I mean, that pitch is middle, middle, foreseeing fastball. He just attacks him. It's right there. Trout swings through it. That's strike one. This is the first at bat of the day. Catcher loves it. Now he goes up with the fastball. Another swing and a miss. Look at that placement. Then I have this at strike three. Umpire doesn't give it to him, but I think that catches the plate. Trout's going to get some calls. And then he tries to induce a swing on a breaking pitch there. Goes back with the fastball. Trout fouls it back. Now he's going to try and induce another swing. It's a nice pitch. Good take by Trout. Back with the fastball. Trout fouls it back. Now the count's full and he misses inside with the fastball. He loses him. But in the next two at bats, in the third inning, watch this at bat. This is my favorite one. He opens them up with a little cut fastball, breaking pitch. And he just goes back to attacking him with fastballs in the zone. O2 fastball? And that's the ballsyest O2 pitch you could throw even if it's some scrub up there. You know, O2 count, you want to weigh some and he's just putting a fastball middle middle to the best hitter in the game and gets him to swing and miss at it. I love it. Lance Linn, my favorite pitcher to watch right now because he's just throwing these FU fastballs. Third at bat, fastball right in the zone. Then he misses outside. He does a little dance around. Says, ah, man, that slipped a little bit. We're in the fifth inning. Misses again. So now he's down in the count, comes back with a fastball. I like that pitch. Trout says, ah, I don't know. I thought it was inside. I think it's there. O2 fastball in the zone. Trout strikes out again. So all those numbers I showed earlier are going to get worse. It's just really fun to watch. Lance Linn just peppering trout in the zone. Trout, zone contact percentage is 86.5 meaning he makes contact when he swings at pitches in the zone 86% of the time. Lance Linn just got him to swing and miss at like six pitches, seven pitches in this game alone. So the next time these guys face up, just tune in and watch it because it's always pretty exciting. If you like this stuff, if you like seeing how pitchers are attacking hitters and how hitters are attacking pitches, tune into sequence with Trevor Plouffe. He's got a show he has guests on. He's got players on, pitchers on, and they break down this stuff better than anyone else on the internet. It's awesome. Make sure you tune in.