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Michael Busch

Cubs
Number #29
Position 1B
Bats L
Throws R
Age 29
Height 5' 11"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Inver Grove Heights, MN
Born Sep 11, 1997

Key Insights

2026
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Sonny Gray has struck Busch out 5 times in 10 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

5 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the STL, Busch has hit .372 and slugged .953 over 45 plate appearances, his best of any club.

16 hits, 6 home runs and 12 strikeouts, against a .431 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
He is a different player against this opponent

Busch carries a .774 career OPS; against Miles Mikolas it is 1.310, over 19 plate appearances.

7 for 18 with 3 home runs.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Busch hits Kyle Gibson harder than anyone: 101.7 mph off the bat, against a median of 92.4 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Busch cannot get the barrel to Randy Vasquez: 80.7 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 92.4 across the pitchers he has faced.

10 plate appearances with tracked contact.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Busch more often than Freddy Peralta: 28 plate appearances, in which Busch has hit .130/.286/.522.

3 hits, 3 home runs and 10 strikeouts across 28 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 11, 1997
Birth Place Inver Grove Heights, MN
Height 5' 11"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws L/R