Vol. I · Issue 19
Sunday, April 19, 2026

The Dinger Almanac

··· Baseball Statistics & Analysis ···


Today's Slate/Pitchers/Cole Ragans
Kansas City Royals·P

Cole Ragans

ThrowsLeftAge28Height6'4"Weight190 lbs

Next Start · Sun, Apr 19

@ New York Yankees

1:35 PM
Yankee Stadium

Biggest HR threats
Game Details

Full lineup breakdown, both pitchers, park factors, and weather on the matchup page.

Full matchup page →

2026 Pitching Profile


ERA3.78
WHIP1.38
HR/91.60
K/98.6
BB/95.4
Barrel % allowed14.6%
Hard-Hit % allowed34.1%
xwOBA allowed.358
IP: 16.2Starts: 4HR allowed: 3

Pitch Arsenal


Fastball
57%
raw Savant usage: 56.9%
4-seam, 2-seam, cutter
Breaking
25%
raw Savant usage: 25.2%
slider, curve, sweeper
Offspeed
18%
raw Savant usage: 17.9%
changeup, splitter

Bucketed pitch shares feed the arsenal-mismatch multiplier. A batter with elite xwOBA vs the pitcher's most-thrown bucket gets a positive bump; the opposite profile gets knocked down.

Handedness Splits


vs LHB0 PA
wOBA allowed
HR allowed
2
Small sample — not applied to the model.
vs RHB0 PA
wOBA allowed
HR allowed
1
Small sample — not applied to the model.
How to Read These Numbers

For pitching rate stats, lower is better — bars push right when a pitcher ranks elite at suppressing HRs, barrels, and quality contact. Arsenal shares come from Baseball Savant and feed the pitch-arsenal mismatch factor in the model.