2026
15-Day HR Leaders
1 Pete Crow-Armstrong 6 HRs · 2 Byron Buxton 5 HRs · 3 Max Muncy 5 HRs · 4 Shohei Ohtani 5 HRs · 5 Wyatt Langford 5 HRs · 6 Paul Goldschmidt 5 HRs · 7 Bo Bichette 5 HRs · 8 Dansby Swanson 4 HRs · 9 Ben Rice 4 HRs · 10 Kazuma Okamoto 4 HRs · 11 Zach Neto 4 HRs · 12 Jac Caglianone 4 HRs 1 Pete Crow-Armstrong 6 HRs · 2 Byron Buxton 5 HRs · 3 Max Muncy 5 HRs · 4 Shohei Ohtani 5 HRs · 5 Wyatt Langford 5 HRs · 6 Paul Goldschmidt 5 HRs · 7 Bo Bichette 5 HRs · 8 Dansby Swanson 4 HRs · 9 Ben Rice 4 HRs · 10 Kazuma Okamoto 4 HRs · 11 Zach Neto 4 HRs · 12 Jac Caglianone 4 HRs
Nathan Church
Nathan Church
STL LHB
Nathan Church

Nathan Church

LHB
STL · 46 appearances tracked
3
HRs ?Total home runs hit while this batter appeared in the model's scored pool this season.
6.5%
HR Rate ?Percentage of scored appearances where this batter hit a home run. Higher = more reliable power output.
25.5%
Avg HR/FB ?Average HR-per-fly-ball rate across appearances. Measures how often fly balls leave the yard — above 16% is elite, above 12% is strong.
85.9
Avg EV ?Average exit velocity (mph) on batted balls. Hard contact is the best predictor of HR power — 92+ is elite, 89+ is strong.
0.156
ISO ?Isolated Power — measures raw extra-base-hit ability (SLG minus AVG). .220+ is elite power, .180+ is above average.
#18
Best Rank ?Highest model ranking this batter has achieved on a single slate. #1 means the model rated them the top HR candidate that day.
HR Cadence Typically goes yard every 3 games · 3 HRs in 46 games
Due (1×)
11.7×
Dueness ?Games since last HR ÷ typical cadence. 1.0× = right on schedule. Above 1.0× = overdue relative to their own baseline. 1.5×+ = significantly overdue.
35
Games Since HR ?How many games (appearances in the scored pool) since this batter's last home run.
3
Typical Cadence ?Median number of games between home runs this season. Uses median (not average) for robustness against streaky outliers. Requires 3+ HRs to establish a baseline.
Games between HRs ?Each bar = the number of games between consecutive HRs. The final highlighted bar is the current gap (still open). Bars above the typical cadence are colored differently.
46
Appearances ?Total times this batter has appeared in the model's daily scored pool this season.
6
Top-50 Days ?Number of days this batter ranked in the top 50 on the slate. Top-50 is the model's primary recommendation zone.
0
HRs in Top 50 ?Home runs hit on days when the model ranked this batter in the top 50. Measures how often the model correctly surfaced this batter before they went deep.
0%
Catch Rate ?Percentage of this batter's HRs that occurred when the model had them ranked in the top 50. Higher = model does a good job timing this batter. 60%+ is excellent.
#129.9
Avg Rank ?This batter's average model rank across all appearances. Lower = the model consistently rates them highly.
Rank Trend
lower rank = better · green dots = HR days
All Appearances
46 total · newest first
DateRankPitcher B/P HR/FB Tier Form WT BP HR?
2026-06-22 #129 Merrill Kelly L/R * 9.1% ⚪ D ➖ NTRL ⚠️ ·
2026-06-21 #186 Stephen Kolek L/R * 8.3% ⚪ D 📉 COOL ⚠️ ·
2026-06-19 #169 Seth Lugo L/R * 7.2% ⚪ D 📉 COOL ⚠️ ·
2026-06-17 #219 Bradgley Rodriguez L/R * 5.9% ⚪ D 📉 COOL ⚠️ ·
2026-06-16 #196 Michael King L/R * 8.5% ⚪ D ❄ COLD ⚠️ ·
2026-06-15 #140 Wandy Peralta L/L * 6.2% ⚪ D ❄ COLD ⚠️ ·
2026-06-14 #174 Taj Bradley L/R * 10.5% ⚪ D ❄ COLD ·
2026-06-13 #149 Connor Prielipp L/L * 6.0% ⚪ D ❄ COLD ·
2026-06-12 #160 Joe Ryan L/R * 9.5% ⚪ D ❄ COLD ·
2026-06-11 #98 Christian Scott L/R * 9.3% ⚪ D ❄ COLD ·
2026-06-10 #120 Austin Warren · 11.3% ⚪ D ❄ COLD · · ·
2026-06-09 #143 Freddy Peralta · 12.1% ⚪ D · — · · ·
2026-05-24 #96 Brady Singer · 14.8% ⚪ D ❄ COLD · · ·
2026-05-22 #87 Chris Paddack · 13.4% ⚪ D ❄ COLD · · ·
2026-05-20 #185 Carmen Mlodzinski · 9.8% ⚪ D ❄ COLD · · ·
2026-05-19 #172 Mitch Keller · 9.7% ⚪ D ❄ COLD · · ·
2026-05-17 #158 Stephen Kolek · 10.3% ⚪ D ❄ COLD · · ·
2026-05-16 #123 Noah Cameron · 13.7% ⚪ D 📉 COOL · · ·
2026-05-15 #152 Michael Wacha · 10.6% ⚪ D 📉 COOL · · ·
2026-05-14 #38 Jacob Lopez · 12.1% ⚪ D ➖ NTRL · · ·
2026-05-13 #33 J.T. Ginn · 21.4% 🔵 C+ ➖ NTRL · · ·
2026-05-12 #47 Jeffrey Springs · 15.7% ⚪ D ➖ NTRL · · ·
2026-05-10 #161 Walker Buehler · 13.3% ⚪ D 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-05-09 #158 Randy Vásquez · 17.4% ⚪ D 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-05-08 #94 Griffin Canning · 23.1% 🔵 C+ 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-05-07 #100 Michael King · 18.1% ⚪ D 🔥 HOT · · ·
2026-05-06 #115 Brandon Sproat · 22.9% 🔵 C+ 🔥 HOT · · ·
2026-05-05 #18 Brandon Sproat · 28.5% 🔵 C+ 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-05-04 #95 Chad Patrick · 23.2% 🔵 C+ 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-05-03 #51 Justin Wrobleski · 17.1% ⚪ D 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-05-02 #42 Roki Sasaki · 30.2% 🟢 A 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-05-01 #73 Emmet Sheehan · 31.3% 🟢 A 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-04-30 #41 Paul Skenes · 20.6% 🔵 C+ 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-04-29 #198 Bubba Chandler · 28.8% 🔵 C+ ➖ NTRL · · ·
2026-04-27 #85 Mason Montgomery · 23.7% 🔵 C+ 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-04-26 #160 Emerson Hancock · 30.9% 🟢 A 📈 WARM · · 💥
2026-04-25 #255 Bryan Woo · 5.2% ⚪ D ❄ COLD · · 💥
2026-04-24 #224 George Kirby · 8.5% ⚪ D ❄ COLD · · ·
2026-04-22 #192 Janson Junk · 9.2% ⚪ D ❄ COLD · · ·
2026-04-21 #162 Chris Paddack · 10.6% ⚪ D 📉 COOL · · 💥
2026-04-20 #144 Max Meyer · 9.9% ⚪ D 📉 COOL · · ·
2026-04-19 #120 Mike Burrows · 11.4% ⚪ D 📉 COOL · · ·
2026-04-18 #141 Lance McCullers Jr. · 9.1% ⚪ D ➖ NTRL · · ·
2026-04-17 #132 Peter Lambert · 10.8% ⚪ D ➖ NTRL · · ·
2026-04-15 #66 Slade Cecconi · 7.6% ⚪ D 📈 WARM · · ·
2026-03-28 #173 Joe Boyle · 9.5% ⚪ D 📈 WARM · · ·
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