Vol. I · Issue 25
Saturday, April 25, 2026

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


Matchup · Saturday, April 25, 2026

Washington Nationals
at Chicago White Sox

4:10 PM ET · 1:10 PM PTRate Field, Chicagoopen roof

The Headline

Munetaka Murakami enters this game with a 18.7% model-estimated probability of homering at Rate Field, one of the league's most hitter-friendly parks, 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 factor108
RHB HR factor111

Probable Starters


Away Starter · RHP

Jake Irvin

HR VulnerabilityVulnerable
Contact Quality AllowedGetting barreled
ERA6.00
WHIP1.29
IP24.0
HR/91.50
K/99.4
xwOBA0.369
Barrel%14.9%
Hard-hit%52.2%
Home Starter · LHP

Noah Schultz

HR VulnerabilityGood
Contact Quality AllowedElite suppression
ERA3.86
WHIP0.96
IP9.1
HR/91.00
K/99.6
xwOBA0.258
Barrel%0.0%
Hard-hit%30.4%

The Lineups

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


Away Lineup

Washington Nationals

Home Lineup

Chicago White Sox

Munetaka Murakami
LHB·11 HR / 113 PA·Brl 24.5%
18.7%
H 70·K 74
Colson Montgomery
LHB·7 HR / 106 PA·Brl 15.8%
vs SP: 2-for-3 · .667 · 1 HR · 1 K · 3 PA
17.5%
H 68·K 69
Miguel Vargas
RHB·5 HR / 111 PA·Brl 13.9%
vs SP: 1-for-2 · .500 · 0 HR · 1 K · 3 PA
15.9%
H 68·K 54
Everson Pereira
RHB·3 HR / 56 PA·Brl 14.7%
15.0%
H 67·K 69
Andrew Benintendi
LHB·2 HR / 82 PA·Brl 13.0%
13.7%
H 66·K 72
Derek Hill
RHB·1 HR / 33 PA·Brl 5.6%
vs SP: 1-for-2 · .500 · 0 HR · 0 K · 2 PA
13.5%
H 64·K 64
Tanner Murray
RHB·1 HR / 26 PA·Brl 5.3%
13.5%
H 63·K 64
Sam Antonacci
LHB·1 HR / 35 PA·Brl 8.0%
13.1%
H 64·K 54
Reese McGuire
LHB·0 HR / 34 PA·Brl 0.0%
vs SP: 2-for-7 · .286 · 1 HR · 0 K · 7 PA
11.5%
H 63·K 68
Tristan Peters
LHB·0 HR / 62 PA·Brl 2.7%
10.6%
H 69·K 64
Edgar Quero
SHB·0 HR / 72 PA·Brl 0.0%
vs SP: 0-for-3 · .000 · 0 HR · 1 K · 3 PA
10.5%
H 61·K 63
Luisangel Acuña
RHB·0 HR / 73 PA·Brl 3.6%
10.5%
H 62·K 59
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.