Best MLB Home Runs Matchups — Monday, April 20, 2026
Top home runs spot: Kyle Schwarber
Kyle Schwarber (PHI) tops the board at 100, facing RHP Colin Rea. The lefty is going deep on .137 HR/PA against righties this year — and .129 over the last two weeks, big-time bat that turns into a home run in about 5% of his trips. And Colin Rea has been keeping the ball in the park against righties lately — .000 home runs per batter faced. The bullpen behind him is roughly average to that side. He's hitting in a spot worth about 4.5 trips, so the volume's there. He's just .167 in 18 career PA against Colin Rea, but that's a tiny sample and the matchup says regression. It all sets up in a neutral park.
The rest of the top of the board
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) (91) vs RHP Emerson Hancock: real bat at .043 into an arm keeping the ball in the park against the same side (.000).
- Junior Caminero (TB) (77) vs RHP Rhett Lowder: real bat at .047 into an arm keeping the ball in the park against the same side (.000), hot bat.
- Mike Trout (LAA) (75) vs RHP Dylan Cease: real bat at .043 into an arm keeping the ball in the park against the same side (.000).
- Yordan Alvarez (HOU) (74) vs RHP Slade Cecconi: real bat at .043 into an arm mostly containing the same side (.028), hot bat.
- Gunnar Henderson (BAL) (66) vs RHP Seth Lugo: solid bat at .040 into an arm keeping the ball in the park against the same side (.000).
- Shohei Ohtani (LAD) (65) vs LHP Jose Quintana: real bat at .042 into an arm getting taken deep by the same side (.250).
- Cal Raleigh (SEA) (64) vs RHP J.T. Ginn: real bat at .042 into an arm homer-prone to the same side (.048).
Platoon edges to target
- Kyle Schwarber (PHI) — lefty bat vs RHP, .137 against righties this year.
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) — lefty bat vs RHP, .032 against righties this year.
- Yordan Alvarez (HOU) — lefty bat vs RHP, .072 against righties this year.
- Gunnar Henderson (BAL) — lefty bat vs RHP, .061 against righties this year.
- Cal Raleigh (SEA) — lefty bat vs RHP, .027 against righties this year.
How it played out
3 of the top 10 home runs matchups landed at least one home run. Top play Kyle Schwarber finished with 0 home runs. 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 home runs matchups
Each score (0–100) starts with the hitter's home runs 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.