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

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


Matchup · Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Los Angeles Dodgers
at San Francisco Giants

9:45 PM ET · 6:45 PM PTOracle Park, San Franciscoopen roof

The Headline

Dalton Rushing enters this game with a 15.5% model-estimated probability of homering at Oracle 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 factor85
RHB HR factor93

Probable Starters


Away Starter · RHP

Shohei Ohtani

HR VulnerabilityElite
Contact Quality AllowedElite suppression
ERA0.50
WHIP0.72
IP18.0
HR/90.00
K/99.0
xwOBA0.244
Barrel%4.5%
Hard-hit%38.6%
Home Starter · RHP

Tyler Mahle

HR VulnerabilityVery HR-prone
Contact Quality AllowedGetting barreled
ERA7.23
WHIP1.93
IP18.2
HR/92.90
K/910.1
xwOBA0.407
Barrel%18.2%
Hard-hit%36.4%

The Lineups

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


Away Lineup

Los Angeles Dodgers

Dalton Rushing
LHB·7 HR / 31 PA·Brl 26.3%
15.5%
H 70·K 65
Max Muncy
LHB·8 HR / 89 PA·Brl 17.6%
vs SP: 5-for-16 · .313 · 0 HR · 6 K · 19 PA
15.2%
H 68·K 69
Teoscar Hernández
RHB·4 HR / 81 PA·Brl 12.5%
vs SP: 2-for-6 · .333 · 0 HR · 0 K · 6 PA
14.5%
H 61·K 70
Shohei Ohtani
LHB·5 HR / 107 PA·Brl 25.0%
vs SP: 1-for-9 · .111 · 0 HR · 3 K · 9 PA
14.3%
H 67·K 65
Andy Pages
RHB·5 HR / 90 PA·Brl 8.3%
13.6%
H 64·K 74
Kyle Tucker
LHB·3 HR / 99 PA·Brl 7.9%
vs SP: 0-for-4 · .000 · 0 HR · 1 K · 6 PA
11.9%
H 63·K 62
Miguel Rojas
RHB·1 HR / 40 PA·Brl 6.7%
vs SP: 1-for-10 · .100 · 0 HR · 2 K · 11 PA
11.6%
H 64·K 55
Hyeseong Kim
LHB·1 HR / 34 PA·Brl 10.5%
11.5%
H 65·K 66
Will Smith
RHB·2 HR / 81 PA·Brl 10.2%
vs SP: 3-for-8 · .375 · 1 HR · 0 K · 8 PA
11.5%
H 65·K 55
Freddie Freeman
LHB·3 HR / 93 PA·Brl 18.3%
vs SP: 6-for-16 · .375 · 1 HR · 3 K · 19 PA
11.5%
H 70·K 55
Santiago Espinal
RHB·0 HR / 20 PA·Brl 0.0%
vs SP: 1-for-2 · .500 · 1 HR · 1 K · 2 PA
11.1%
H 64·K 65
Alex Call
RHB·0 HR / 31 PA·Brl 0.0%
11.0%
H 63·K 55
Home Lineup

San Francisco Giants

Willy Adames
RHB·3 HR / 99 PA·Brl 12.7%
vs SP: 0-for-3 · .000 · 0 HR · 2 K · 3 PA
11.2%
H 60·K 65
Casey Schmitt
RHB·2 HR / 73 PA·Brl 12.5%
vs SP: 0-for-1 · .000 · 0 HR · 0 K · 1 PA
11.0%
H 64·K 64
Heliot Ramos
RHB·2 HR / 86 PA·Brl 15.7%
vs SP: 0-for-2 · .000 · 0 HR · 1 K · 2 PA
11.0%
H 67·K 69
Eric Haase
RHB·0 HR / 0 PA
vs SP: 0-for-5 · .000 · 0 HR · 1 K · 5 PA
10.8%
H 61·K 62
Drew Gilbert
LHB·1 HR / 21 PA·Brl 7.7%
10.7%
H 64·K 64
Christian Koss
RHB·0 HR / 7 PA·Brl 0.0%
10.6%
H 62·K 64
Jerar Encarnacion
RHB·0 HR / 25 PA·Brl 5.0%
9.8%
H 62·K 64
Rafael Devers
LHB·2 HR / 98 PA·Brl 9.8%
vs SP: 2-for-12 · .167 · 0 HR · 5 K · 12 PA
9.6%
H 57·K 70
Matt Chapman
RHB·1 HR / 98 PA·Brl 4.1%
vs SP: 4-for-19 · .211 · 2 HR · 8 K · 21 PA
9.0%
H 68·K 56
Patrick Bailey
SHB·0 HR / 60 PA·Brl 4.8%
vs SP: 0-for-2 · .000 · 0 HR · 1 K · 3 PA
8.9%
H 60·K 61
Jung Hoo Lee
LHB·1 HR / 90 PA·Brl 1.5%
vs SP: 0-for-0 · 0 HR · 0 K · 1 PA
8.9%
H 69·K 56
Luis Arraez
LHB·0 HR / 94 PA·Brl 0.0%
vs SP: 3-for-7 · .429 · 0 HR · 0 K · 7 PA
7.7%
H 61·K 52
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.