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
Matt Waldron
Matt Waldron RHP SD
45 matchups scored · 5 game days
6 HRs Allowed
13.3% HR Rate (Pool)
31.0% Overall HR/FB
6.49 FIP
5.52 xFIP
+0.98 FIP-xFIP Gap
HR Vulnerability Snapshot Pool + today context
1.2
Pool HR/G ?Home runs allowed per tracked LongDong game day. Used when season HR/9 is unavailable.
31.0%
Overall HR/FB ?Pitcher's overall season HR-per-fly-ball rate. Matchup rows may show handedness splits such as vs LHH or vs RHH.
98th pctile
0.0%
Barrel% Allowed ?Percentage of contact against this pitcher classified as barrels (perfect EV+LA). >12% elite-bad, <5% elite-good.
55.9%
Hard-Hit% Allowed ?% of batted balls hit ≥95 mph against this pitcher. >45% elite homer-prone, <33% elite homer-resistant.
·
FB% ?Fly-ball rate (% of batted balls that are fly balls). >45% extreme fly-ball pitcher — gives up many HRs. <30% ground-ball pitcher — HR-resistant.
6.49
FIP ?Fielding Independent Pitching. >5.0 elite-bad, 4.0–5.0 above avg, <3.5 elite-good. Isolates pitcher's HR/K/BB skill from defense.
95th pctile
5.52
xFIP ?FIP with HR/FB normalised to league average. Better predictor of FUTURE HR rate than FIP.
+0.98
FIP − xFIP ?Positive gap = pitcher has been UNLUCKY with HRs (regression coming). Negative = lucky (regression up). >+0.5 elite regression candidate.
89th pctile
13.3%
Pool HR Rate ?% of LongDong scored matchups against this pitcher that resulted in a HR. Internal benchmark.
45
Pool Matchups
6
HRs Allowed (Pool)
3
Top-15 Matchups
1
HRs to Top-15
13.3%
HR Rate
Recent HR Splits
trend vs full-pool HR rate
Window Matchups Game Days HR HR Rate HR/Game Avg Max EV Avg HR EV Avg HR LA Avg HR Dist Trend
Last 7 18 2 1 5.6% 0.5 92.1mph 100.5mph 39.0° 365ft Down -7.7pp
Last 15 27 3 3 11.1% 1.0 93.2mph 102.4mph 34.7° 358ft Down -2.2pp
Last 30 45 5 6 13.3% 1.2 94.8mph 102.5mph 33.0° 376ft Flat +0.0pp
Batted-Ball Damage
34 tracked BBE from 45 pool matchups
94.8
106.2
19
0
102.5
33.0°
376
Date Batter Max EV HR EV HR LA HR Dist HR?
2026-05-12 Garrett Mitchell 105.8mph · · · ·
2026-05-12 William Contreras 102.6mph · · · ·
2026-05-06 Willy Adames 105.8mph · · · ·
2026-05-06 Rafael Devers 100.5mph 100.5mph 39° 365ft Yes
2026-04-29 Pete Crow-Armstrong 105.4mph 105.4mph 24° 357ft Yes
2026-04-29 Matt Shaw 101.2mph 101.2mph 41° 351ft Yes
2026-04-23 Mickey Moniak 106.2mph 106.2mph 28° 429ft Yes
2026-04-23 Edouard Julien 104.1mph · · · ·
HRs Allowed Per Game Day
5 days · 6 total HRs
HRs Allowed
6 home runs against scored batters
Date Batter Rank Score Stadium EV Angle Dist
2026-05-06 Rafael Devers #256 11 Oracle Park 100.5mph 39.0° 365.0ft
2026-04-29 Pete Crow-Armstrong #153 29 Petco Park 105.4mph 24.0° 357.0ft
2026-04-29 Matt Shaw #176 24 Petco Park 101.2mph 41.0° 351.0ft
2026-04-23 Mickey Moniak #4 76 Coors Field 106.2mph 28.0° 429.0ft
2026-04-17 Yoán Moncada #50 61 Angel Stadium 104.3mph 34.0° 388.0ft
2026-04-17 Josh Lowe #70 56 Angel Stadium 97.5mph 32.0° 364.0ft
Pitch Arsenal
higher RV = more hittable
Pitch Pitches Usage RV/100 Avg EV Avg LA HRs
Knuckleball 117 28.3% +3.5 81.9 5.6° 2
Fastball 84 20.3% +2.0 85.7 34.7° 1
Cutter 79 19.1% -2.6 75.3 16.9° 0
Sinker 70 16.9% +2.7 84.6 11.5° 1
Sweeper 64 15.5% +4.4 78.4 23.1° 1
Quality of Contact
FanGraphs season stats
Barrel%
0.0%
0.0%
HardHit%
55.9%
55.9%
All Scored Matchups
45 matchups · newest first
Date Batter Rank Score Tier Form HR?
2026-05-12 David Hamilton #243 12 ⚪ D ❄ COLD ·
2026-05-12 Brandon Lockridge #236 14 ⚪ D ❄ COLD ·
2026-05-12 Luis Rengifo #206 23 ⚪ D 📉 COOL ·
2026-05-12 William Contreras #177 27 ⚪ D 📉 COOL ·
2026-05-12 Garrett Mitchell #121 33 ⚪ D ➖ NTRL ·
2026-05-12 Sal Frelick #110 34 ⚪ D 📈 WARM ·
2026-05-12 Jake Bauers #75 38 ⚪ D ❄ COLD ·
2026-05-12 Brice Turang #39 44 ⚪ D 📉 COOL ·
2026-05-12 Gary Sánchez #22 50 🟠 C 📉 COOL ·
2026-05-06 Patrick Bailey #257 11 ⚪ D ➖ NTRL ·
2026-05-06 Rafael Devers #256 11 ⚪ D 📉 COOL 💥
2026-05-06 Willy Adames #248 13 ⚪ D ❄ COLD ·
2026-05-06 Harrison Bader #239 15 ⚪ D 📈 WARM ·
2026-05-06 Luis Arraez #238 15 ⚪ D ➖ NTRL ·
2026-05-06 Matt Chapman #207 20 ⚪ D 📈 WARM ·
2026-05-06 Heliot Ramos #199 21 ⚪ D ➖ NTRL ·
2026-05-06 Casey Schmitt #194 22 ⚪ D 📉 COOL ·
2026-05-06 Jung Hoo Lee #172 25 ⚪ D 📈 WARM ·
2026-04-29 Carson Kelly #211 19 ⚪ D ❄ COLD ·
2026-04-29 Michael Busch #196 21 ⚪ D 📈 WARM ·
2026-04-29 Alex Bregman #184 23 ⚪ D ➖ NTRL ·
2026-04-29 Matt Shaw #176 24 ⚪ D ➖ NTRL 💥
2026-04-29 Ian Happ #163 27 ⚪ D 📉 COOL ·
2026-04-29 Pete Crow-Armstrong #153 29 ⚪ D 📈 WARM 💥
2026-04-29 Dansby Swanson #136 31 ⚪ D ➖ NTRL ·
2026-04-29 Nico Hoerner #135 31 ⚪ D 📈 WARM ·
2026-04-29 Seiya Suzuki #131 32 ⚪ D ➖ NTRL ·
2026-04-23 Brett Sullivan #80 39 ⚪ D ➖ NTRL ·
2026-04-23 Jake McCarthy #65 43 ⚪ D 📉 COOL ·
2026-04-23 Troy Johnston #61 44 ⚪ D 📉 COOL ·
2026-04-23 Kyle Karros #42 48 ⚪ D ➖ NTRL ·
2026-04-23 TJ Rumfield #41 48 ⚪ D ❄ COLD ·
2026-04-23 Ezequiel Tovar #39 49 ⚪ D 📉 COOL ·
2026-04-23 Willi Castro #32 51 🟠 C 📈 WARM ·
2026-04-23 Edouard Julien #29 52 🟠 C ➖ NTRL ·
2026-04-23 Mickey Moniak #4 76 🟡 B 📈 WARM 💥
2026-04-17 Nolan Schanuel #115 45 ⚪ D 📉 COOL ·
2026-04-17 Josh Lowe #70 56 🟠 C ❄ COLD 💥
2026-04-17 Logan O'Hoppe #69 56 🟠 C 📈 WARM ·
2026-04-17 Yoán Moncada #50 61 🔵 C+ ➖ NTRL 💥
2026-04-17 Jo Adell #43 63 🔵 C+ 📈 WARM ·
2026-04-17 Oswald Peraza #27 69 🔵 C+ 📉 COOL ·
2026-04-17 Zach Neto #16 74 🟡 B ➖ NTRL ·
2026-04-17 Jorge Soler #6 83 🟢 A 📈 WARM ·
2026-04-17 Mike Trout #2 92 🔥 A+ ➖ NTRL ·
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