Andrew Benintendi

Career vs Melton: 13 PA, .000 AVG, 0.231 OPS — zero hits in 13 plate appearances. 2025: 4 PA, 0.500 OPS; 2026: 9 PA, 0.111 OPS — the trend is worsening, not a sample fluke. Melton's 2.52 ERA and 7.33 K/9 this season reinforce that he suppresses this matchup specifically. Benintendi's .743 OPS vs RHP is middling and disappears entirely against this pitcher.

Career vs Jobe: 6 PA, .000 AVG, 0.167 OPS across 2024, 2025, and 2026. In the most recent 2026 matchup (3 PA), OPS is still just 0.333 — no hits. Three different seasons, same result: Jobe suppresses Benintendi completely. Season .245 AVG with vR 0.749 shows he can hit righties generally, making this a genuine pitcher-specific weakness, not a slump. At +102 this is plus money on a historically one-sided matchup. Risk: small career sample of 6 PA, and Benintendi's L7d OPS is 0.728.

Career vs Ober: 27 PA, .240 AVG, 0.576 OPS across six seasons — sustained suppression, not a fluke. In 2024: 6 PA, 0.000 OPS. His L7d season OPS is 0.178 — the coldest stretch of any qualified bat in this lineup. L28d OPS is 0.613. A 2-PA 2.500 OPS blip in 2026 is too small (noted: 2 PA) to override the career pattern. Slumping bat with a long track record of futility against this pitcher — Under at +110 represents real value.