2026
15-Day HR Leaders
1 James Wood 8 HRs · 2 Junior Caminero 7 HRs · 3 Ben Rice 6 HRs · 4 Jake Bauers 5 HRs · 5 Jordan Walker 5 HRs · 6 Manny Machado 5 HRs · 7 Shohei Ohtani 5 HRs · 8 Yordan Alvarez 5 HRs · 9 Cedric Mullins 4 HRs · 10 Kyle Karros 4 HRs · 11 Kody Clemens 4 HRs · 12 Chase DeLauter 4 HRs 1 James Wood 8 HRs · 2 Junior Caminero 7 HRs · 3 Ben Rice 6 HRs · 4 Jake Bauers 5 HRs · 5 Jordan Walker 5 HRs · 6 Manny Machado 5 HRs · 7 Shohei Ohtani 5 HRs · 8 Yordan Alvarez 5 HRs · 9 Cedric Mullins 4 HRs · 10 Kyle Karros 4 HRs · 11 Kody Clemens 4 HRs · 12 Chase DeLauter 4 HRs
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HOU @ TEX
Globe Life Field · 2:35p · 17 ranked batters
Park 0.94× Wind 4 mph cross 94°F Roof retractable
Hourly window
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conditions hold steady across the window · -4 FIT
Best of game Yordan Alvarez conv 33 · vs Gore Wyatt Langford conv 29 · vs Javier → edge: Yordan Alvarez
ATTACK MacKenzie Gore LHP · TEX
leak 9
0.94 HR/9 · FIP−xFIP -0.02 · leakiest side of this game
1 Yordan Alvarez C+ ●●●●●
2 Christian Walker C ●●●○○
3 Brice Matthews D ●●●○○
FADE Cristian Javier RHP · HOU
leak 3
2.08 HR/9 · FIP−xFIP +0.57 · stingy — thin edge
1 Wyatt Langford C ●●●●○
2 Joc Pederson C+ ●●●●○
3 Ezequiel Duran D ●●●●○
One pick per game — the round-robin guard fires on a second lock here. The verdict pick is Yordan Alvarez: 18.6% barrels overall vs the FB leak · 14D pace 41.7%. Verdict = model score + conviction (½·14D pace + ½·Match%); odds shown are the live best price, never invented.
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price power form ✶ matchup ✶ score
#batter oddsiso · ev · brl% 14d pacematch% · f b o
· HOU Yordan Alvarez vs Gore 0.305 · 94.8 · 12.4% 41.7% 24.7% F B O C+ 67
· TEX Wyatt Langford HOT vs Javier 0.219 · 88.9 · 9.3% 33.3% 25.1% F B O C 54
· TEX Joc Pederson vs Javier Edge 0.233 · 92.0 · 10.9% 37.5% 19.9% F B O C+ 60
· TEX Jake Burger COOL vs Javier 0.191 · 89.9 · 10.4% 18.2% 24.6% F B O C 55
· HOU Christian Walker COOL vs Gore Edge 0.234 · 89.5 · 9.1% 16.7% 21.6% F B O C 52
· TEX Brandon Nimmo vs Javier Edge 0.165 · 92.6 · 11.9% 12.5% 7.9% F B O C 51
Below the fade line · 11 long shots
· TEX Ezequiel Duran vs Javier 0.149 · 88.6 · 8.1% 25.0% 21.9% F B O D 48
· HOU Brice Matthews COOL vs Gore Edge 0.132 · 86.8 · 8.4% 25.0% 12.5% F B O D 39
· HOU Jose Altuve COOL vs Gore Edge 0.159 · 85.7 · 7.0% 18.2% 11.0% F B O D 38
· HOU Isaac Paredes vs Gore Edge 0.162 · 86.7 · 7.0% 16.7% 7.4% F B O D 39
· TEX Josh Jung vs Javier 0.148 · 90.5 · 7.9% 11.1% 12.8% F B O D 45
· HOU Cam Smith vs Gore Edge 0.150 · 89.4 · 9.9% 10.0% 10.5% F B O D 42
· TEX Kyle Higashioka COOL vs Javier 0.149 · 87.9 · 9.3% 0.0% 17.7% F B O D 45
· HOU Christian Vazquez COOL vs Gore Edge 0.105 · 86.0 · 3.4% 0.0% 12.3% F B O D 27
· HOU Jeremy Peña vs Gore Edge 0.145 · 87.3 · 5.6% 0.0% 8.0% F B O D 34
· TEX Evan Carter COOL vs Javier Edge 0.138 · 87.5 · 8.5% 0.0% 6.3% F B O D 42
· TEX Nicky Lopez COOL vs Javier Edge 0.054 · 85.1 · — 0.0% 5.1% F B O D 23
Fade line = model score below 50 (the model's own Below tier — the spec's confidence threshold mapped to our real tiers). ✶ marks the verdict pick · side dot: attack / fade · F·B·O = the bat's real Barrel% vs each pitch family (same scale as the Threat Matrix). Rows without a 14D pace or Match% value show dashes and sort last on those keys.
Threat Matrix
tonight's lineup × the starter's arsenal families
cell = batter Barrel% vs that pitch family — higher runs hotter cold hot
FB 58.5% ← leak BRK 30.5% OFF 11.1% Overall Score
Neutral · 2
7 18.8% 23.8% 10.9% 18.6% C+ 67
50 9.0% 11.6% 14.3% 10.4% C 52
Long shots · 6 — below the fade line
134
Cam Smith R Edge
9.8% 15.7% 20.0% 12.1% D 42
155 13.8% 0.0% 0.0% 8.6% D 39
159
Isaac Paredes R Edge
7.3% 4.3% 2.6% 5.9% D 39
164
Jose Altuve R Edge
6.3% 6.7% 0.0% 6.0% D 38
195
Jeremy Peña R Edge
2.2% 4.0% 14.3% 3.8% D 34
228 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.1% D 27
Read the columns: the fastball family (58.5% usage) carries Gore's damage — FB is the leak. 7 of 8 listed bats hold the platoon edge. Cells are each batter's season damage vs that family (not vs this pitcher specifically).
FB 49.5% BRK 24.6% OFF 16.7% Overall Score
Neutral · 4
20
Joc Pederson L Edge
16.0% 9.6% 4.5% 11.6% C+ 60
36 9.2% 12.1% 11.1% 10.5% C 55
41 7.1% 11.9% 8.3% 8.6% C 54
56
Brandon Nimmo L Edge
10.7% 19.2% 15.8% 13.7% C 51
Long shots · 5 — below the fade line
71 9.2% 5.1% 0.0% 6.6% D 48
96 11.1% 2.8% 16.7% 8.8% D 45
101 8.3% 3.3% 0.0% 5.8% D 45
136
Evan Carter L Edge
9.0% 5.4% 0.0% 6.7% D 42
243
Nicky Lopez L Edge
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% D 23
Read the columns: no single family leads Javier's damage — the leak is spread across the arsenal. 4 of 9 listed bats hold the platoon edge. Cells are each batter's season damage vs that family (not vs this pitcher specifically).
Form × Fit
14-day HR pace (form) against HR/FB matchup fit — both axes 0–40, real slate values
LOCK ZONE 14d pace ↑ match% → Alvarez Walker Matthews Altuve Pederson Burger Langford Duran
Legend
attack side — vs Gore fade side dot size = HR score · gold ring = locked Lock Zone = 14D pace ≥ 20% AND Match% ≥ 18 (spec thresholds; both are the site's warm/top-quartile lines)
In the lock zone · 4
Yordan Alvarez — · 67
Wyatt Langford — · 54
Joc Pederson — · 60
Ezequiel Duran — · 48
Stadium conditions
Globe Life Field
First pitch 1:35p · roof retractable
Park 0.94× Wind 4 mph cross 94°F retractable
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arrow = wind over the diamond, plate → CF (↑ out · ↓ in · → cross) · FIT = signed park+weather HR signal per hour
Boost · Combined 1.22× 94°F, wind 4 mph ESE (cross) — modifier: +3. Park, wind, temperature, and roof are inputs to Combined, not separate signals to stack on top.
cells tint by within-column percentile per side · BBE untinted
vs MacKenzie Gore · LHP 0.94 HR/9 · FIP−xFIP -0.02 · 8 batters
#batter scoretier oddsform rank isoevbarrel% hr/fbhr dist sea hr%14d pace match%bbe
1 Yordan Alvarez 67 C+ WARM 7 0.305 94.8 12.4% 29.6%vs LHP 404 29.3% 41.7% 24.7% 38
2 Christian Walker 52 C COOL 50 0.234 89.5 9.1% 25.0%vs LHP 388 19.6% 16.7% 21.6% 29
3 Cam Smith 42 D · 134 0.150 89.4 9.9% 20.0%vs LHP 415 11.5% 10.0% 10.5% 36
4 Brice Matthews 39 D COOL 155 0.132 86.8 8.4% 30.8%vs LHP 403 11.1% 25.0% 12.5% 15
5 Isaac Paredes 39 D · 159 0.162 86.7 7.0% 0.0%vs LHP 373 11.0% 16.7% 7.4% 40
6 Jose Altuve 38 D COOL 164 0.159 85.7 7.0% 12.5%vs LHP 379 8.5% 18.2% 11.0% 33
7 Jeremy Peña 34 D WARM 195 0.145 87.3 5.6% 11.1%vs LHP 388 7.7% 0.0% 8.0% 9
8 Christian Vazquez 27 D COOL 228 0.105 86.0 3.4% 11.1%vs LHP 377 0.0% 0.0% 12.3% 9
vs Cristian Javier · RHP 2.08 HR/9 · FIP−xFIP +0.57 · 9 batters
#batter scoretier oddsform rank isoevbarrel% hr/fbhr dist sea hr%14d pace match%bbe
1 Joc Pederson 60 C+ WARM 20 0.233 92.0 10.9% 28.0%vs RHP 392 20.0% 37.5% 19.9% 19
2 Jake Burger 55 C COOL 36 0.191 89.9 10.4% 24.5%vs RHP 400 15.3% 18.2% 24.6% 30
3 Wyatt Langford 54 C HOT 41 0.219 88.9 9.3% 20.7%vs RHP 401 16.4% 33.3% 25.1% 7
4 Brandon Nimmo 51 C · 56 0.165 92.6 11.9% 13.3%vs RHP 409 9.5% 12.5% 7.9% 18
5 Ezequiel Duran 48 D · 71 0.149 88.6 8.1% 16.7%vs RHP 385 13.5% 25.0% 21.9% 39
6 Kyle Higashioka 45 D COOL 96 0.149 87.9 9.3% 17.4%vs RHP 396 7.9% 0.0% 17.7% 15
7 Josh Jung 45 D WARM 101 0.148 90.5 7.9% 15.9%vs RHP 386 10.7% 11.1% 12.8% 24
8 Evan Carter 42 D COOL 136 0.138 87.5 8.5% 14.3%vs RHP 377 9.3% 0.0% 6.3% 19
9 Nicky Lopez 23 D COOL 243 0.054 85.1 8.3%vs RHP 397 3.1% 0.0% 5.1% 29
Hot wash = top of this side's column (percentile ≥ .6) · cool wash = bottom (≤ .4) · BBE is sample size, never tinted. The vs-hand chip on HR/FB marks a real handedness split; unchipped values are overall. Click a row for the full matchup overlay.
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