2026
15-Day HR Leaders
1 Max Muncy 9 HRs · 2 Pete Crow-Armstrong 7 HRs · 3 Heriberto Hernández 5 HRs · 4 Cal Raleigh 5 HRs · 5 Sal Stewart 5 HRs · 6 Pete Alonso 5 HRs · 7 Rafael Devers 5 HRs · 8 Tristan Peters 5 HRs · 9 Brooks Lee 5 HRs · 10 Jeremy Peña 4 HRs · 11 Jordan Walker 4 HRs · 12 Coby Mayo 4 HRs 1 Max Muncy 9 HRs · 2 Pete Crow-Armstrong 7 HRs · 3 Heriberto Hernández 5 HRs · 4 Cal Raleigh 5 HRs · 5 Sal Stewart 5 HRs · 6 Pete Alonso 5 HRs · 7 Rafael Devers 5 HRs · 8 Tristan Peters 5 HRs · 9 Brooks Lee 5 HRs · 10 Jeremy Peña 4 HRs · 11 Jordan Walker 4 HRs · 12 Coby Mayo 4 HRs
Anthony Kay

Anthony Kay

LHP CWS
218 matchups scored · 26 game days · 9 listed today
21
HRs allowed
9.6%
HR rate (pool)
20.3%
Overall HR/FB
5.48
FIP
5.1
xFIP
+0.38
FIP − xFIP gap
#10
Leakiest SP today (of 24, by FIP−xFIP)
Leak meter STINGY
LEAKY 87
season HR/FB pctile vs MLB pitchers — higher = more HR-prone
Tonight's read
vulnerability percentile · model flags
87
no model flags today
Vulnerability 87th pctile (season HR/FB pctile vs MLB pitchers)
7 of 9 listed bats hold the platoon edge
Where he leaks
quality of contact allowed · season
Barrel% allowed
19.7%
19.7%
Hard-Hit% allowed
72.5%
72.5%
Fly-ball rate
avg HR 102.8 EV · 389 ft max EV allowed 113.4
Batted-ball xSLG splits and HR spray direction aren't tracked for pitchers yet.
Recent form
HR allowed by scored game day
2026-07-09 · 1 HR 2026-07-17 · 2 HR 2026-08-02 · 1 HR 2026-08-08 · 1 HR 2026-08-15 · 1 HR 2026-08-25 · 3 HR
7D · 3 HR ↑ 15D · 4 HR ↑ 30D · 6 HR ↑
Dot size = HRs allowed that game day · scored pool only.
CWS @ HOU 8:10p · Minute Maid Park Park 1.17 Wind 10.0 SE out Roof retractable · 91°F BP FIP 4.23 BP HR 12.2% 2L / 7R listed · lineup: confirmed
Threat Matrix
tonight's lineup × his arsenal families
cell = batter Barrel% vs that pitch family — higher runs hotter cold hot
FB 58.0% BRK 28.3% OFF 13.7% Overall Score
Prime targets · 1
17.4% 21.8% 9.2% 16.9% B 73
Neutral · 4
20 Christian Walker R Edge
8.2% 9.7% 13.2% 9.2% C+ 60
22 Jeremy Peña R Edge
5.6% 6.5% 9.5% 6.2% C 58
29 Cam Smith R Edge
9.0% 14.9% 16.1% 11.1% C 56
48 Nelson Velazquez R Edge
12.8% 9.1% 16.7% 12.5% C 52
Long shots · 4 — below the fade line
64 Isaac Paredes R Edge
6.6% 2.9% 1.8% 5.0% D 49
7.8% 4.2% 6.4% 6.5% D 48
119 Christian Vazquez R Edge
3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2% D 41
121 Nick Allen R Edge
2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% D 41
Read the columns: the fastball family (58.0% usage) carries his damage — FB is the leak. 7 of 9 listed bats hold the platoon edge. Cells are each batter's season damage vs that family (not vs this pitcher specifically).
Arsenal ledger
per-pitch damage against · season
PitchUseEVLAHRRV/100Damage
Fastball Hard 23.1% 81.6 32.0° 4 -0.3
Sweeper Breaking 22.2% 80.3 16.1° 2 +0.9
Cutter Hard 17.7% 81.1 20.3° 3 -0.1
Sinker Hard 17.2% 85.6 5.7° 6 +0.1
Changeup Offspeed 13.7% 83.5 -3.7° 2 +1.4
Slider Breaking 6.1% 84.2 -0.4° 1 +1.5
RV/100 = run value against per 100 pitches — higher = more damage allowed. Damage bar is scaled across his own arsenal.
Full ledger
pool + season datapoints · pctile-chipped where ranked
Pool matchups218
HRs allowed (pool)21
Pool HR rate9.6%
Pool HR/game day0.81
Top-15 matchups12
HRs to top-150
Overall HR/FB20.3% 87
HR/9
FIP5.48 89
xFIP5.1
FIP − xFIP+0.38 71
Barrel% allowed19.7%
Hard-Hit% allowed72.5%
FB%
K/9
BB/9
WHIP
IP
Pool = tracked matchup population · pctile chips = MLB-wide percentile (hot ≥ 85) · as of 2026-08-31
Fastball
Hard · 23.1% usage
-0.3 run value against / 100 pitches
Avg EV against81.6 mph
Avg launch angle32.0°
HRs allowed4
Pitches556
Sweeper
Breaking · 22.2% usage
+0.9 run value against / 100 pitches
Avg EV against80.3 mph
Avg launch angle16.1°
HRs allowed2
Pitches535
Cutter
Hard · 17.7% usage
-0.1 run value against / 100 pitches
Avg EV against81.1 mph
Avg launch angle20.3°
HRs allowed3
Pitches426
Sinker
Hard · 17.2% usage
+0.1 run value against / 100 pitches
Avg EV against85.6 mph
Avg launch angle5.7°
HRs allowed6
Pitches416
Changeup
Offspeed · 13.7% usage
+1.4 run value against / 100 pitches
Avg EV against83.5 mph
Avg launch angle-3.7°
HRs allowed2
Pitches331
Slider
Breaking · 6.1% usage
+1.5 run value against / 100 pitches
Avg EV against84.2 mph
Avg launch angle-0.4°
HRs allowed1
Pitches148
Usage by handedness
what tonight's lefties/righties will see
Per-handedness pitch usage isn't tracked yet — the arsenal cache is a season aggregate.
Zone map
damage by location
Per-zone damage isn't tracked yet for pitchers.
Pitcher vs. Batter
career PA vs tonight's listed order
BatterPAHHRKwOBALast damage
Yordan Alvarez L 0 never faced
Christian Walker R 0 never faced
Jeremy Peña R 0 never faced
Cam Smith R 0 never faced
Nelson Velazquez R 0 never faced
Isaac Paredes R 0 never faced
Daulton Varsho L 12 0 0 3 .000
Christian Vazquez R 0 never faced
Nick Allen R 0 never faced
BvP under 20 PA is noise — use it for pitch-mix memory, not projection. Context only: not part of the model score.
HR Log
21 allowed · scored pool
avg 102.8 EV · 389 ft 6 in last 30D
DateBatterRankScoreStadiumEVLADist
2026-08-25 Jake Burger #24 56 Rate Field 110.2 25.0° 424
2026-08-25 Justin Foscue #38 53 Rate Field 100.8 28.0° 364
2026-08-25 Danny Jansen #127 41 Rate Field 106.6 31.0° 399
2026-08-15 Eduardo Valencia #29 57 Comerica Park 103.3 38.0° 358
2026-08-08 Rhys Hoskins #27 55 Rate Field 106.1 27.0° 392
2026-08-02 Ben Williamson #237 30 Tropicana Field 101.1 20.0° 380
2026-07-17 George Springer #77 51 Rogers Centre 96.3 30.0° 363
2026-07-17 Brandon Valenzuela #100 48 Rogers Centre 103.8 22.0° 375
2026-07-09 Caleb Durbin #129 38 Rate Field 98.2 31.0° 379
2026-06-17 Paul Goldschmidt #18 70 Yankee Stadium 100.0 25.0° 349
2026-06-17 Cody Bellinger #40 61 Yankee Stadium 92.2 28.0° 363
2026-06-05 Adolis García #85 49 Citizens Bank Park 103.5 30.0° 407
2026-06-05 Brandon Marsh #86 49 Citizens Bank Park 104.5 23.0° 401
2026-05-30 Wenceel Pérez #141 44 Rate Field 100.3 25.0° 386
2026-05-25 Brooks Lee #97 45 Rate Field 105.6 37.0° 386.0
2026-05-03 Miguel Andujar #116 29 Petco Park 105.5 22.0° 407.0
2026-05-03 Manny Machado #158 25 Petco Park 102.5 32.0° 397.0
2026-04-27 Jorge Soler #43 47 Rate Field 107.9 24.0° 431.0
2026-04-22 Ildemaro Vargas #160 33 Chase Field 103.8 26.0° 405.0
2026-04-22 Nolan Arenado #182 28 Chase Field 102.3 27.0° 411.0
2026-03-29 Gary Sánchez #52 47 American Family Field 104.1 27.0° 387.0
Every row is a scored-pool matchup — HRs to unscored batters aren't tracked. Pitch type, count, and field direction aren't in the pool log yet.
Game-day log
last 15 scored game days · pool
DateStadiumMatchupsHRMax EV
2026-08-25 Rate Field 9 3 110.2
2026-08-20 Rate Field 9 0 109.9
2026-08-15 Comerica Park 8 1 105.1
2026-08-08 Rate Field 8 1 106.1
2026-08-02 Tropicana Field 9 1 111.4
2026-07-28 Rate Field 8 0 108.2
2026-07-22 Globe Life Field 8 0 104.1
2026-07-17 Rogers Centre 7 2 105.1
2026-07-09 Rate Field 7 1 108.6
2026-07-03 Progressive Field 9 0 98.0
2026-06-28 Rate Field 8 0 110.4
2026-06-22 Rate Field 8 0 106.1
2026-06-17 Yankee Stadium 7 2 107.8
2026-06-12 Rate Field 8 0 107.8
2026-06-11 Rate Field 8 0
Box-score start lines (IP · H · ER · K · BB · pitch counts) aren't tracked yet — this is his scored-pool day log, matchups our model actually graded.
Tonight — Minute Maid Park
open-air · game-window conditions
Park Factor 1.165 Wind 10 mph from SE Temp 91°F Roof Retractable
TimeWindTempFIT
7:10p 10 91° +15
8:10p 9 89° +15
9:10p 9 87° +15
10:10p 8 86° +14
11:10p 8 84° +14
+15
Strong green alignment
park + weather FIT · batter-neutral signal
Game-window avg wind 9 mph from SE
FIT = park + game-window weather HR signal, batter-neutral. Per-batter spray overlays live on each batter's profile.
Fences vs his leak
wall distance · damage overlay
LF
315ft
short
CF
409ft
deep
RF
326ft
avg
vs LHH → RF
341ft
2 HRs allowed · short porch
vs RHH → LF ▲ leans
319ft
10 HRs allowed · short porch
Shortest: LF 314 ft HRs allowed avg 389 ft · n=21
Crawford Boxes short in LF
Fence marks are published; power-alley + pull-side depths come from the park's outfield geometry, calibrated to those marks. We don't track HR spray direction — pull side is inferred from batter handedness (LHH→RF, RHH→LF), not a measured read.
Venue splits
HRs allowed by venue · pool
VenueFacedHRRate
Rate Field 118 8 7%
Chase Field 9 2 22%
Petco Park 9 2 22%
Citizens Bank Park 7 2 29%
Rogers Centre 7 2 29%
Yankee Stadium 7 2 29%
HRs allowed ÷ scored matchups at each park · top 6 of 13. Rate is per scored matchup, not HR/9 — box-score innings aren't tracked.
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Common questions about Anthony Kay

Is Anthony Kay likely to give up a home run tonight?

Anthony Kay pitches tonight (CWS @ HOU at Minute Maid Park). This season he has allowed 21 home runs across 26 scored game days. TheHomeRuns model scores every batter he faces; see the matchup table on this page for tonight's most dangerous bats. Model output, not a guarantee. Not gambling advice.

How many home runs has Anthony Kay allowed this season?

Anthony Kay has allowed 21 home runs across 26 scored game days in the TheHomeRuns pool this season.

Which batters have homered off Anthony Kay?

In the TheHomeRuns scored pool, the batters with home runs against Anthony Kay include Adolis García (1), Ben Williamson (1), Brandon Marsh (1) and 18 more.

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