Vol. I · Issue 22
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

The Dinger Almanac
··· Baseball Statistics & Analysis ···


Matchup · Friday, April 17, 2026

Chicago White Sox
at Athletics

9:40 PM ET · 6:40 PM PTSutter Health Park, Sacramentoopen roof

The Headline

Shea Langeliers enters this game with a 15.8% model-estimated probability of homering at Sutter Health Park, the strongest HR spot on the board. Below: full lineups for both teams, ranked by expected HR output, alongside detailed profiles of both probable starters.

Park Factors
LHB HR factor100
RHB HR factor102

Probable Starters


Away Starter · RHP

Davis Martin

HR VulnerabilityElite
Contact Quality AllowedAbove average
ERA2.11
WHIP0.98
IP21.1
HR/90.80
K/97.2
xwOBA0.353
Barrel%6.0%
Hard-hit%54.0%
Home Starter · RHP

Aaron Civale

HR VulnerabilityGood
Contact Quality AllowedAbove average
ERA2.75
WHIP1.27
IP19.2
HR/90.90
K/97.3
xwOBA0.308
Barrel%6.8%
Hard-hit%52.3%

The Lineups

Each batter's probability of homering in the game, ranked.


Away Lineup

Chicago White Sox

Home Lineup

Athletics

Shea Langeliers
RHB·6 HR / 81 PA·Brl 12.5%
vs SP: 0-for-2 · .000 · 0 HR · 1 K · 2 PA
15.8%
Tyler Soderstrom
LHB·2 HR / 82 PA·Brl 11.3%
vs SP: 0-for-5 · .000 · 0 HR · 2 K · 5 PA
12.9%
Nick Kurtz
LHB·1 HR / 83 PA·Brl 18.2%
vs SP: 1-for-2 · .500 · 0 HR · 0 K · 2 PA
12.4%
Carlos Cortes
LHB·1 HR / 37 PA·Brl 10.3%
11.9%
Lawrence Butler
LHB·2 HR / 66 PA·Brl 4.7%
vs SP: 2-for-8 · .250 · 1 HR · 1 K · 8 PA
11.6%
Max Muncy
RHB·2 HR / 72 PA·Brl 12.8%
vs SP: 0-for-2 · .000 · 0 HR · 0 K · 2 PA
11.6%
Jeff McNeil
LHB·0 HR / 67 PA·Brl 0.0%
vs SP: 0-for-2 · .000 · 0 HR · 1 K · 2 PA
10.6%
Jacob Wilson
RHB·1 HR / 78 PA·Brl 0.0%
vs SP: 1-for-5 · .200 · 0 HR · 0 K · 5 PA
10.4%
Denzel Clarke
RHB·0 HR / 53 PA·Brl 3.4%
9.4%
Darell Hernaiz
RHB·0 HR / 21 PA·Brl 0.0%
vs SP: 0-for-2 · .000 · 0 HR · 0 K · 2 PA
Andy Ibáñez
RHB·0 HR / 14 PA·Brl 0.0%
Austin Wynns
RHB·0 HR / 18 PA·Brl 13.3%
A Note on These Numbers

HR probabilities come from our calibrated probability model combining season stats, recent form, Statcast quality, handedness splits, and park effects. Even the top pick on any given day misses 75-80% of the time — home runs are genuinely rare events. See the calibration page for how accurate these numbers have been historically.