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MLB Home Run Predictions — April 12, 2026

The graded receipt for 2026-04-12: what the model predicted, what actually happened.

Every morning TheHomeRuns.org ranks MLB batters by home-run probability, and every night the board is graded against real results — in public, hits and misses alike. Below is the full grade for April 12, 2026. Today's board lives at MLB home run predictions today; the season-long record is on the track record page.

19
HRs by scored batters
0/5
Top-5 picks that homered
3/15
Top-15 picks that homered
39.8 vs 33.8
Avg score: HR vs miss

Catch rates by cutoff

Top 5
0/5
0.0%
Top 10
2/10
20.0%
Top 15
3/15
20.0%
Top 25
4/25
16.0%

Home runs, graded

RankBatterVs pitcherScoreTier
#7 James Wood Brandon Woodruff
American Family Field
58 C BelowAvg
#9 Nick Kurtz Freddy Peralta
Citi Field
49 D Below
#12 Aaron Judge Drew Rasmussen
Tropicana Field
67 C+ Value
#23 Jake Bauers Zack Littell
American Family Field
45 D Below
#26 Elly De La Cruz José Soriano
Great American Ball Park
41 D Below
#27 Oneil Cruz Jameson Taillon
Wrigley Field
43 D Below
#34 Rhys Hoskins Chris Sale
Truist Park
43 D Below
#37 Oswald Peraza Andrew Abbott
Great American Ball Park
46 D Below
#50 Brice Turang Zack Littell
American Family Field
39 D Below
#65 Jackson Merrill Kyle Freeland
Petco Park
44 D Below
#73 Trea Turner Zac Gallen
Citizens Bank Park
39 D Below
#94 Otto Lopez Tarik Skubal
Comerica Park
32 D Below
#100 Yainer Diaz Logan Gilbert
T-Mobile Park
18 D Below
#108 Kerry Carpenter Sandy Alcantara
Comerica Park
41 D Below
#123 Willson Contreras Andre Pallante
Busch Stadium
30 D Below
#130 Samuel Basallo Adrian Houser
Camden Yards
37 D Below
#146 Dillon Dingler Sandy Alcantara
Comerica Park
33 D Below
#150 Alec Burleson Brayan Bello
Busch Stadium
28 D Below
#170 Jordan Walker Brayan Bello
Busch Stadium
23 D Below

Outside the top 50

Jackson Merrill, Trea Turner, Otto Lopez, Yainer Diaz, Kerry Carpenter, Willson Contreras, Samuel Basallo, Dillon Dingler, Alec Burleson, Jordan Walker

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