Vol. I · Issue 26
Sunday, April 26, 2026

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


Matchup · Sunday, April 26, 2026

Pittsburgh Pirates
at Milwaukee Brewers

2:10 PM ET · 11:10 AM PTAmerican Family Field, Milwaukeeretractable roof

The Headline

Oneil Cruz enters this game with a 16.5% model-estimated probability of homering at American Family Field, 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 factor106
RHB HR factor103

Probable Starters


Away Starter · RHP

Carmen Mlodzinski

HR VulnerabilityElite
Contact Quality AllowedElite suppression
ERA3.28
WHIP1.42
IP24.2
HR/90.00
K/99.5
xwOBA0.305
Barrel%2.8%
Hard-hit%57.7%
Home Starter · LHP

Kyle Harrison

HR VulnerabilityGood
Contact Quality AllowedAbove average
ERA3.06
WHIP1.30
IP17.2
HR/91.00
K/99.2
xwOBA0.331
Barrel%6.1%
Hard-hit%32.7%

The Lineups

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


Away Lineup

Pittsburgh Pirates

Oneil Cruz
LHB·8 HR / 122 PA·Brl 23.5%
vs SP: 0-for-2 · .000 · 0 HR · 2 K · 2 PA
16.5%
H 59·K 73
Brandon Lowe
LHB·7 HR / 106 PA·Brl 12.3%
vs SP: 1-for-3 · .333 · 0 HR · 0 K · 3 PA
15.3%
H 61·K 67
Ryan O'Hearn
LHB·4 HR / 105 PA·Brl 8.6%
12.4%
H 70·K 60
Spencer Horwitz
LHB·2 HR / 85 PA·Brl 1.9%
12.4%
H 66·K 54
Marcell Ozuna
RHB·2 HR / 93 PA·Brl 9.8%
vs SP: 0-for-3 · .000 · 0 HR · 3 K · 3 PA
12.3%
H 57·K 68
Joey Bart
RHB·1 HR / 39 PA·Brl 9.5%
12.3%
H 62·K 73
Bryan Reynolds
SHB·3 HR / 120 PA·Brl 9.4%
vs SP: 0-for-3 · .000 · 0 HR · 1 K · 3 PA
11.7%
H 59·K 69
Konnor Griffin
RHB·1 HR / 81 PA·Brl 10.2%
11.3%
H 63·K 73
Nick Yorke
RHB·1 HR / 71 PA·Brl 6.0%
10.9%
H 59·K 59
Henry Davis
RHB·0 HR / 65 PA·Brl 4.8%
vs SP: 0-for-2 · .000 · 0 HR · 2 K · 2 PA
10.4%
H 57·K 56
Jake Mangum
SHB·0 HR / 61 PA·Brl 0.0%
vs SP: 2-for-3 · .667 · 0 HR · 1 K · 3 PA
10.1%
H 70·K 54
Nick Gonzales
RHB·0 HR / 91 PA·Brl 1.5%
9.7%
H 71·K 57
Home Lineup

Milwaukee Brewers

Jake Bauers
LHB·5 HR / 91 PA·Brl 9.7%
vs SP: 1-for-1 · 1.000 · 0 HR · 0 K · 1 PA
13.7%
H 61·K 58
Gary Sánchez
RHB·5 HR / 69 PA·Brl 17.9%
vs SP: 0-for-2 · .000 · 0 HR · 1 K · 2 PA
13.6%
H 61·K 64
Brice Turang
LHB·4 HR / 112 PA·Brl 9.5%
vs SP: 0-for-6 · .000 · 0 HR · 3 K · 6 PA
12.4%
H 60·K 62
Luis Matos
RHB·0 HR / 0 PA
vs SP: 1-for-1 · 1.000 · 0 HR · 0 K · 1 PA
11.4%
H 64·K 64
Greg Jones
SHB·0 HR / 16 PA·Brl 0.0%
10.5%
H 63·K 64
William Contreras
RHB·2 HR / 106 PA·Brl 7.7%
vs SP: 3-for-9 · .333 · 0 HR · 1 K · 10 PA
10.3%
H 63·K 54
Garrett Mitchell
LHB·1 HR / 83 PA·Brl 13.3%
10.0%
H 61·K 74
Blake Perkins
SHB·0 HR / 45 PA·Brl 3.7%
vs SP: 1-for-2 · .500 · 0 HR · 1 K · 4 PA
9.5%
H 62·K 69
David Hamilton
LHB·0 HR / 76 PA·Brl 2.0%
9.4%
H 68·K 60
Sal Frelick
LHB·1 HR / 94 PA·Brl 1.5%
vs SP: 3-for-5 · .600 · 0 HR · 1 K · 7 PA
9.3%
H 62·K 54
Joey Ortiz
RHB·0 HR / 70 PA·Brl 4.4%
vs SP: 1-for-3 · .333 · 0 HR · 0 K · 5 PA
9.2%
H 62·K 59
Luis Rengifo
SHB·0 HR / 81 PA·Brl 6.5%
vs SP: 0-for-3 · .000 · 0 HR · 0 K · 3 PA
9.1%
H 62·K 54
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.