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
← Case Studies Strong Day

📅 2026-06-21

2 Top-5 Hits
4 Top-15 Hits
31 HRs in Slate
91% Coverage
237 Scored

What Happened

A strong day: 2 of the top 5 hit home runs.

A high-volume day with 31 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
5 of the top 15 faced pitchers with FIP ≥ 4.50
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Warm Weather
8 top-15 batters played in 75°F+ conditions
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HR-Friendly Parks
13 top-15 matchups in parks with factor ≥ 1.05
Stacking Opportunities
3 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: Michael Lorenzen: {'batter': 'Brandon Lowe', 'rank': 4, 'score': 77.0}, {'batter': 'Endy Rodríguez', 'rank': 13, 'score': 71.0}, {'batter': 'Tyler Callihan', 'rank': 15, 'score': 70.0} Brandon Young: {'batter': 'Shohei Ohtani', 'rank': 5, 'score': 77.0}, {'batter': 'Max Muncy', 'rank': 6, 'score': 75.0}, {'batter': 'Ryan Ward', 'rank': 14, 'score': 70.0} Reid Detmers: {'batter': 'Nick Kurtz', 'rank': 9, 'score': 73.0}, {'batter': 'Max Muncy', 'rank': 12, 'score': 71.0}

Top 15 Matchups

# Result Batter Pitcher HR/FB Score FIP Park Form Barrel HR Details
1 Byron Buxton AZ Bullpen Proxy 28.0% 86 4.6 0.95 🌤️ 18.9%
2 Kyle Schwarber David Peterson 42.2% 79 3.7 1.12 · 11.4% 105.1 mph · 418ft · 35.0°
3 Ben Rice Chase Burns 39.5% 79 3.2 1.13 · 12.2% 105.1 mph · 375ft · 41.0°
4 Brandon Lowe Michael Lorenzen 39.6% 77 5.1 1.13 · 10.7%
5 Shohei Ohtani Brandon Young 33.0% 77 4.2 1.23 🔥 11.1%
6 Max Muncy Brandon Young 35.0% 75 4.2 1.23 🌧️ 10.6%
7 Juan Soto Zack Wheeler 37.7% 74 3.4 1.12 🌧️ 10.6%
8 JJ Bleday Elmer Rodríguez 26.7% 74 5.0 1.13 🌧️ 6.9%
9 Nick Kurtz Reid Detmers 28.6% 73 2.9 1.17 · 11.1% 109.2 mph · 437ft · 27.0°
10 Pete Alonso Emmet Sheehan 32.2% 72 4.2 1.23 🌧️ 11.2% 106.8 mph · 398ft · 34.0°
11 James Wood Nick Martinez 29.5% 72 4.1 1.02 🌧️ 12.7%
12 Max Muncy Reid Detmers 32.8% 71 2.9 1.17 🌧️ 10.4%
13 Endy Rodríguez Michael Lorenzen 29.3% 71 5.1 1.13 🌤️ 11.2%
14 Ryan Ward Brandon Young 39.5% 70 4.2 1.23 · 8.4%
15 Tyler Callihan Michael Lorenzen 35.7% 70 5.1 1.13 🌧️ 10.8%

All 31 HRs in Slate

Show all ranked picks that hit
#BatterHR/FBEVDistLA
2 Kyle Schwarber 42.2% 105.1 418ft 35.0°
3 Ben Rice 39.5% 105.1 375ft 41.0°
9 Nick Kurtz 28.6% 109.2 437ft 27.0°
10 Pete Alonso 32.2% 106.8 398ft 34.0°
19 Zach Neto 30.3% 94.4 391ft 33.0°
27 TJ Rumfield 37.3% 93.3 387ft 31.0°
28 Bryan Reynolds 26.5% 107.0 433ft 37.0°
31 Dillon Dingler 29.8% 107.6 384ft 20.0°
37 Colton Cowser 27.3% 104.7 406ft 33.0°
38 Bryce Harper 20.9% 108.1 390ft 25.0°
45 CJ Abrams 24.7% 101.2 368ft 38.0°
60 Dominic Canzone 27.7% 100.4 348ft 28.0°
70 Donovan Walton 17.1% 99.5 391ft 34.0°
94 Jac Caglianone 18.5% 108.1 426ft 34.0°
100 Wyatt Langford 18.3% 105.4 403ft 35.0°
103 Tyler Stephenson 8.2% 104.0 401ft 28.0°
118 Carson Benge 9.6% 96.2 359ft 30.0°
119 Kyle Stowers 17.6% 106.2 426ft 31.0°
134 Blaze Alexander 8.8% 99.6 390ft 32.0°
141 Jonny DeLuca 13.4% 102.6 396ft 25.0°
148 Carter Jensen 10.0% 99.7 374ft 25.0°
150 Taylor Ward 8.3% 102.0 388ft 30.0°
154 Iván Herrera 12.1% 100.8 414ft 29.0°
163 Denzer Guzman 8.2% 101.6 416ft 23.0°
177 William Contreras 8.7% 109.5 408ft 23.0°
180 Nick Gonzales 7.8% 102.2 431ft 29.0°
181 JJ Wetherholt 7.3% 93.7 360ft 40.0°
184 Ryan Vilade 9.9% 106.8 436ft 26.0°
199 Nick Loftin 6.3% 101.3 416ft 30.0°
225 Masyn Winn 7.2% 100.5 410ft 25.0°
232 Luisangel Acuña 6.0% 104.8 416ft 22.0°
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