2026
15-Day HR Leaders
1 Pete Crow-Armstrong 6 HRs · 2 Byron Buxton 5 HRs · 3 Max Muncy 5 HRs · 4 Shohei Ohtani 5 HRs · 5 Wyatt Langford 5 HRs · 6 Paul Goldschmidt 5 HRs · 7 Bo Bichette 5 HRs · 8 Dansby Swanson 4 HRs · 9 Ben Rice 4 HRs · 10 Kazuma Okamoto 4 HRs · 11 Zach Neto 4 HRs · 12 Jac Caglianone 4 HRs 1 Pete Crow-Armstrong 6 HRs · 2 Byron Buxton 5 HRs · 3 Max Muncy 5 HRs · 4 Shohei Ohtani 5 HRs · 5 Wyatt Langford 5 HRs · 6 Paul Goldschmidt 5 HRs · 7 Bo Bichette 5 HRs · 8 Dansby Swanson 4 HRs · 9 Ben Rice 4 HRs · 10 Kazuma Okamoto 4 HRs · 11 Zach Neto 4 HRs · 12 Jac Caglianone 4 HRs
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📅 2026-06-16

0 Top-5 Hits
2 Top-15 Hits
29 HRs in Slate
97% Coverage
226 Scored

What Happened

A high-volume day with 29 HRs across scored matchups.

Pitcher vulnerability was the dominant signal — multiple arms with elevated FIP and HR/FB rates.

Why It Worked

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Pitcher Vulnerability
7 of the top 15 faced pitchers with FIP ≥ 4.50
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Warm Weather
10 top-15 batters played in 75°F+ conditions
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HR-Friendly Parks
7 top-15 matchups in parks with factor ≥ 1.05
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Hot Bats
7 top-15 batters trending HOT or WARM
Stacking Opportunities
4 same-pitcher stacks for parlay potential

🔥 High Conviction Day

0 matchups met the Golden criteria (pitcher FIP > 5.0 AND HR/FB > 20%).

Stack Alerts: Edward Cabrera: {'batter': 'Hunter Goodman', 'rank': 1, 'score': 86.0}, {'batter': 'Brett Sullivan', 'rank': 9, 'score': 74.0} Slade Cecconi: {'batter': 'Jake Bauers', 'rank': 2, 'score': 77.0}, {'batter': 'Jackson Chourio', 'rank': 15, 'score': 71.0} Mitch Keller: {'batter': 'Nick Kurtz', 'rank': 6, 'score': 75.0}, {'batter': 'Shea Langeliers', 'rank': 12, 'score': 72.0} Drew Rasmussen: {'batter': 'Shohei Ohtani', 'rank': 8, 'score': 74.0}, {'batter': 'Max Muncy', 'rank': 14, 'score': 71.0}

Top 15 Matchups

# Result Batter Pitcher HR/FB Score FIP Park Form Barrel HR Details
1 Hunter Goodman Edward Cabrera 43.4% 86 5.7 1.01 🌤️ 14.9%
2 Jake Bauers Slade Cecconi 30.9% 77 4.3 1.02 🌤️ 10.2%
3 Byron Buxton Kumar Rocker 29.1% 77 4.1 0.93 🌤️ 12.0%
4 JJ Bleday Kodai Senga 39.8% 76 6.2 1.20 10.7%
5 Matt Olson Adrian Houser 32.5% 76 5.2 0.95 · 11.8%
6 Nick Kurtz Mitch Keller 39.2% 75 3.8 1.14 · 10.9%
7 Juan Soto Brady Singer 26.5% 74 6.4 1.20 13.2%
8 Shohei Ohtani Drew Rasmussen 41.6% 74 3.1 1.30 🌤️ 10.7% 106.9 mph · 427ft · 27.0°
9 Brett Sullivan Edward Cabrera 32.7% 74 5.7 1.01 🔥 7.2%
10 Mike Trout Merrill Kelly 21.1% 73 6.4 0.94 · 17.9% 104.0 mph · 436ft · 29.0°
11 Dillon Dingler Hunter Brown 22.9% 73 1.9 1.00 🌤️ 13.0%
12 Shea Langeliers Mitch Keller 26.6% 72 3.8 1.14 · 9.8%
13 Colson Montgomery Gerrit Cole 31.8% 72 4.5 1.07 🌤️ 10.2%
14 Max Muncy Drew Rasmussen 33.2% 71 3.1 1.30 · 10.6%
15 Jackson Chourio Slade Cecconi 31.9% 71 4.3 1.02 · 10.9%

All 27 HRs in Slate

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#BatterHR/FBEVDistLA
8 Shohei Ohtani 41.6% 106.9 427ft 27.0°
10 Mike Trout 21.1% 104.0 436ft 29.0°
17 Kyle Schwarber 25.3% 96.6 352ft 23.0°
20 Pete Crow-Armstrong 21.1% 97.7 386ft 33.0°
29 Brandon Lowe 24.9% 104.6 371ft 24.0°
30 Zach Neto 21.8% 108.0 421ft 27.0°
31 Sal Stewart 16.8% 106.9 410ft 26.0°
35 Ben Rice 24.5% 96.9 371ft 36.0°
36 Spencer Steer 24.6% 102.9 392ft 35.0°
39 Esteury Ruiz 30.4% 98.0 358ft 29.0°
40 Kody Clemens 24.9% 104.9 367ft 23.0°
58 Zack Gelof 22.3% 98.4 360ft 37.0°
63 Paul Goldschmidt 22.8% 103.9 390ft 37.0°
69 Curtis Mead 20.1% 104.6 424ft 25.0°
82 Bryan Reynolds 8.8% 97.3 350ft 31.0°
86 Garrett Mitchell 10.6% 111.8 440ft 22.0°
89 Brice Turang 22.4% 103.3 409ft 26.0°
98 TJ Rumfield 13.5% 96.0 385ft 36.0°
106 Brandon Marsh 16.8% 104.4 402ft 24.0°
114 Alec Bohm 7.7% 105.7 447ft 27.0°
155 Jarren Duran 13.2% 109.0 445ft 21.0°
159 Lane Thomas 8.1% 101.9 407ft 27.0°
169 José Caballero 12.0% 90.5 351ft 34.0°
170 George Springer 7.5% 109.2 438ft 24.0°
190 Trevor Larnach 7.0% 108.8 425ft 31.0°
191 Davis Schneider 6.0% 105.7 419ft 32.0°
213 Andrés Giménez 7.7% 104.9 413ft 24.0°
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