Best MLB H+R+RBI Matchups — Monday, June 29, 2026
Top h+r+rbi spot: Otto Lopez
Otto Lopez (MIA) tops the board at 100, facing LHP Sean Sullivan. The righty is stacking production at .696 (H+R+RBI)/PA against lefties this year — and .333 over the last two weeks, a solid bat that turns into a H+R+RBI in about 49% of his trips. And Sean Sullivan has been thin against lefties lately. The bullpen behind him hasn't been any better to that side, so there's no relief late. He's hitting in a spot worth about 4.7 trips, so the volume's there. No real history against Sean Sullivan. It all sets up in a hitter's park, weather helping.
The rest of the top of the board
- Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC) (100) vs RHP Griffin Canning: an excellent bat at .566 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (.941), due to bounce back.
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) (100) vs LHP Eric Lauer: a strong bat at .517 into an arm tough on the same side (.125).
- Zach Neto (LAA) (100) vs RHP George Kirby: a solid bat at .479 into an arm getting lit up by the same side (.550), due to bounce back.
- Jake McCarthy (COL) (99) vs RHP Sandy Alcantara: a strong bat at .512 into an arm mostly holding up against the same side (.417), hitter's park.
- Shohei Ohtani (LAD) (97) vs LHP Gage Jump: a league-average bat at .433 into an arm tough on the same side (.167).
- Esteury Ruiz (MIA) (97) vs LHP Sean Sullivan: a strong bat at .522 into an arm with little track record against the same side, hitter's park, due to bounce back.
- Shea Langeliers (ATH) (96) vs LHP Eric Lauer: a strong bat at .531 into an arm tough on the same side (.282).
Arms giving up production today
- RHP Griffin Canning has been getting lit up by righties — .598 H+R+RBI per batter faced. Bats to target: Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC), Ian Happ (CHC), and Michael Busch (CHC).
- RHP Ryan Johnson has been getting lit up by righties — .552 H+R+RBI per batter faced. Bats to target: Julio Rodríguez (SEA), Dominic Canzone (SEA), and Randy Arozarena (SEA).
- LHP Sean Manaea has been getting lit up by lefties — .527 H+R+RBI per batter faced. Bats to target: George Springer (TOR), Kazuma Okamoto (TOR), and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (TOR).
- RHP Miles Mikolas has been vulnerable to righties — .509 H+R+RBI per batter faced. Bats to target: Masataka Yoshida (BOS), Willson Contreras (BOS), and Ceddanne Rafaela (BOS).
Platoon edges to target
- Otto Lopez (MIA) — righty bat vs LHP, .696 against lefties this year.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC) — lefty bat vs RHP, .535 against righties this year.
- Jake McCarthy (COL) — lefty bat vs RHP, .526 against righties this year.
- Esteury Ruiz (MIA) — righty bat vs LHP, .600 against lefties this year.
- Shea Langeliers (ATH) — righty bat vs LHP, .703 against lefties this year.
Best parks for all-around production today
Coors Field is playing as a real hitter's park today (+6% run-scoring park). Top bat there: Otto Lopez (MIA) at 100.
How it played out
8 of the top 10 h+r+rbi matchups landed at least one H+R+RBI. Top play Otto Lopez finished with 4 H+R+RBI. We post the result next to every projection so you can grade the board yourself — and so the model gets re-tuned against what actually happened.
How to read these h+r+rbi matchups
Each score (0–100) starts with the hitter's combined hits + runs + RBIs per plate appearance against the hand he's facing — weighted toward the last two weeks, then the season, then a two-year baseline. Then it layers in the bullpen, his spot in the order, and park and weather. Higher means more of it points his way. It's context, not a lock — a great spot still goes 0-for-4 sometimes, and a tough one runs into one. The edge is in stacking the odds, and since we grade every board, you can see how often the top of the list delivers.
What the hits + runs + RBIs board is
The H+R+RBI board projects a hitter's combined H+R+RBI vs the book's line. One statistical model scores every matchup on the slate the same way — a star and a backup judged on the matchup in front of them, not their name — and every number is graded against the real box score once the games go final.
How the model gets its number
It isn't a gut call or a name game. The projection is built from a few things:
- His hit, run, and RBI projections, composed from the tuned component boards.
Those pieces combine into one number, and the model re-tunes itself weekly against how its past calls actually landed.
Is there a betting edge here?
Composed from our tuned hit/run/RBI numbers, this grades efficient — no edge in any gap bin. Transparency board.
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