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Best MLB hits allowed matchupsMonday, July 6, 2026

Every starting pitcher on the Monday, July 6, 2026 slate, scored — ranked by the fewest hits they're projected to allow. His hit-suppression, the lineup he faces, and how deep he goes. Tap any card for the full breakdown.

PROJSome lineups aren't official yet — 16 starts use an opposing lineup projected from that team's last game. The strikeout projection updates automatically once the official lineup posts, ~2 hours before first pitch.
#Pitcher · MatchupScore

Pitcher hits allowed Rate21.5% Hits / BF

vs LHB21.5%
vs RHB21.8%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)20.0%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload12.8 BF

Expected batters faced12.8
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection2.8 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness22.7% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Francisco Lindor (L)24.7%2.0
2. Juan Soto (L)22.8%2.0
3. Bo Bichette (R)26.1%2.0
4. Mark Vientos (R)20.2%1.8
5. Carson Benge (L)23.3%1.0
6. Tyrone Taylor (R)21.0%1.0
7. A.J. Ewing (L)23.8%1.0
8. Luis Torrens (R)20.5%1.0
9. Brett Baty (L)21.7%1.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Reynaldo López's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate24.9% Hits / BF

vs LHB24.7%
vs RHB25.1%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)17.9%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload13.2 BF

Expected batters faced13.2
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection3.3 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness22.3% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Fernando Tatis Jr. (R)24.7%2.0
2. Jake Cronenworth (L)19.6%2.0
3. Manny Machado (R)23.0%2.0
4. Gavin Sheets (L)22.2%2.0
5. Ty France (R)22.1%1.2
6. Jackson Merrill (L)22.9%1.0
7. Xander Bogaerts (R)23.2%1.0
8. Sung-Mun Song (L)22.7%1.0
9. Luis Campusano (R)20.1%1.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Brandon Pfaadt's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate21.7% Hits / BF

vs LHB24.3%
vs RHB18.7%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)22.5%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload19.8 BF

Expected batters faced19.8
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection4.2 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness20.9% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Trent Grisham (L)21.0%3.0
2. Ben Rice (L)21.7%2.8
3. Jasson Domínguez (L)22.8%2.0
4. Cody Bellinger (L)21.4%2.0
5. Anthony Volpe (R)19.9%2.0
6. Jazz Chisholm Jr. (L)21.6%2.0
7. Max Schuemann (R)19.7%2.0
8. Austin Wells (L)18.9%2.0
9. José Caballero (R)21.1%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Griffin Jax's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate22.5% Hits / BF

vs LHB22.5%
vs RHB22.5%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)13.0%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload19.5 BF

Expected batters faced19.5
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection4.4 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness22.7% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. JJ Wetherholt (L)22.1%3.0
2. Iván Herrera (R)23.0%2.5
3. Alec Burleson (L)21.2%2.0
4. Jordan Walker (R)24.2%2.0
5. Lars Nootbaar (L)20.9%2.0
6. Masyn Winn (R)23.6%2.0
7. Nathan Church (L)24.9%2.0
8. José Fermín (R)23.2%2.0
9. Bryan Torres (L)20.8%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Shane Drohan's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate19.8% Hits / BF

vs LHB20.1%
vs RHB19.7%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)19.9%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload23.4 BF

Expected batters faced23.4
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection4.8 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness22.6% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Yandy Díaz (R)26.7%3.0
2. Jonathan Aranda (L)26.3%3.0
3. Junior Caminero (R)24.4%3.0
4. Cedric Mullins (L)19.6%3.0
5. Chandler Simpson (L)27.6%3.0
6. Ben Williamson (R)22.1%2.4
7. Victor Mesa Jr. (L)17.5%2.0
8. Richie Palacios (L)19.6%2.0
9. Hunter Feduccia (L)19.5%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Cam Schlittler's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate23.4% Hits / BF

vs LHB24.1%
vs RHB22.3%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)9.5%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload21.8 BF

Expected batters faced21.8
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection4.9 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness21.3% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Ketel Marte (L)23.5%3.0
2. Geraldo Perdomo (L)21.0%3.0
3. Corbin Carroll (L)21.3%3.0
4. Gabriel Moreno (R)24.8%2.8
5. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (R)22.1%2.0
6. Ildemaro Vargas (L)22.6%2.0
7. Tim Tawa (R)17.1%2.0
8. Pavin Smith (L)21.0%2.0
9. Tommy Troy (R)18.1%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Walker Buehler's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate20.6% Hits / BF

vs LHB20.8%
vs RHB20.2%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)17.3%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload23.5 BF

Expected batters faced23.5
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection4.9 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness22.9% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Drake Baldwin (L)22.5%3.0
2. Ozzie Albies (L)20.8%3.0
3. Matt Olson (L)22.7%3.0
4. Michael Harris II (L)25.1%3.0
5. Mauricio Dubón (R)23.4%3.0
6. Dominic Smith (L)25.6%2.5
7. Austin Riley (R)21.9%2.0
8. Mike Yastrzemski (L)21.1%2.0
9. Jim Jarvis (L)22.5%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Freddy Peralta's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate23.8% Hits / BF

vs LHB24.5%
vs RHB22.0%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)13.8%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload21.9 BF

Expected batters faced21.9
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection5.0 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness21.6% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Brice Turang (L)23.8%3.0
2. Jackson Chourio (R)24.2%3.0
3. Christian Yelich (L)22.2%3.0
4. Andrew Vaughn (R)22.0%2.9
5. Jake Bauers (L)20.6%2.0
6. Garrett Mitchell (L)22.5%2.0
7. Gary Sánchez (R)19.0%2.0
8. David Hamilton (L)20.4%2.0
9. Joey Ortiz (R)19.6%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Dustin May's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate22.6% Hits / BF

vs LHB21.3%
vs RHB22.8%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)12.3%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload22.9 BF

Expected batters faced22.9
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection5.0 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness22.4% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Trea Turner (R)24.4%3.0
2. Kyle Schwarber (L)21.8%3.0
3. Bryce Harper (L)23.6%3.0
4. Brandon Marsh (L)21.4%3.0
5. Alec Bohm (R)24.3%2.9
6. Bryson Stott (L)21.9%2.0
7. Gabriel Rincones Jr. (L)22.5%2.0
8. Justin Crawford (L)20.1%2.0
9. Garrett Stubbs (L)21.6%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Noah Cameron's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate21.3% Hits / BF

vs LHB22.6%
vs RHB21.0%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)12.4%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload22.4 BF

Expected batters faced22.4
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection5.0 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness22.8% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Jake McCarthy (L)25.7%3.0
2. Mickey Moniak (L)20.6%3.0
3. Hunter Goodman (R)24.5%3.0
4. TJ Rumfield (L)24.3%3.0
5. Troy Johnston (L)21.1%2.4
6. Kyle Karros (R)23.5%2.0
7. Edouard Julien (L)19.9%2.0
8. Brett Sullivan (L)23.0%2.0
9. Ezequiel Tovar (R)22.2%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Eric Lauer's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate21.1% Hits / BF

vs LHB19.5%
vs RHB22.7%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)17.9%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload23.4 BF

Expected batters faced23.4
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection5.1 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness23.5% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Luis Arraez (L)29.1%3.0
2. Casey Schmitt (R)23.7%3.0
3. Heliot Ramos (R)22.9%3.0
4. Rafael Devers (L)22.6%3.0
5. Jung Hoo Lee (L)25.7%3.0
6. Willy Adames (R)22.5%2.4
7. Bryce Eldridge (L)20.9%2.0
8. Drew Gilbert (L)21.5%2.0
9. Drew Cavanaugh (L)22.5%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Kevin Gausman's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate22.2% Hits / BF

vs LHB19.2%
vs RHB23.2%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)18.5%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload25.1 BF

Expected batters faced25.1
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection5.2 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness21.8% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Carter Jensen (L)24.8%3.0
2. Bobby Witt Jr. (R)27.1%3.0
3. Jac Caglianone (L)21.4%3.0
4. Lane Thomas (R)20.6%3.0
5. Michael Massey (L)22.3%3.0
6. Salvador Perez (R)23.1%3.0
7. Josh Rojas (L)17.9%3.0
8. Kameron Misner (L)18.4%2.1
9. Isaac Collins (R)20.4%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Cristopher Sánchez's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate23.3% Hits / BF

vs LHB23.9%
vs RHB22.7%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)17.3%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload22.4 BF

Expected batters faced22.4
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection5.3 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness22.5% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. James Wood (L)21.2%3.0
2. Luis García Jr. (L)26.6%3.0
3. Curtis Mead (R)21.1%3.0
4. CJ Abrams (L)22.1%3.0
5. Daylen Lile (L)26.0%2.4
6. Dylan Crews (R)18.7%2.0
7. José Tena (L)22.8%2.0
8. Jorbit Vivas (L)20.3%2.0
9. Keibert Ruiz (L)23.5%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Mike Burrows's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate22.3% Hits / BF

vs LHB20.7%
vs RHB24.1%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)18.0%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload22.6 BF

Expected batters faced22.6
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection5.3 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness23.4% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Nathan Lukes (L)25.0%3.0
2. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R)25.7%3.0
3. Kazuma Okamoto (R)21.3%3.0
4. Alejandro Kirk (R)24.3%3.0
5. Daulton Varsho (L)20.7%2.6
6. Ernie Clement (R)25.6%2.0
7. Sean Keys (L)22.5%2.0
8. Luis Urías (R)22.5%2.0
9. Yohendrick Piñango (L)22.5%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Landen Roupp's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate26.2% Hits / BF

vs LHB25.4%
vs RHB26.6%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)10.9%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload21.8 BF

Expected batters faced21.8
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection5.4 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness21.1% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Jose Altuve (R)22.6%3.0
2. Yordan Alvarez (L)24.5%3.0
3. Isaac Paredes (R)20.3%3.0
4. Christian Walker (R)21.1%2.8
5. LaMonte Wade Jr. (L)17.7%2.0
6. Cam Smith (R)20.5%2.0
7. Taylor Trammell (L)20.5%2.0
8. Nick Allen (R)20.4%2.0
9. Christian Vázquez (R)21.8%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Miles Mikolas's full player page →

Pitcher hits allowed Rate27.5% Hits / BF

vs LHB25.8%
vs RHB27.6%
K-BB% (command-adj. skill)13.2%

How often he gives up hits allowed to the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload24.2 BF

Expected batters faced24.2
From recent starts8

How deep he tends to go — the count multiplier.

Projection6.9 H

Expected hits allowed — built from how his rate stacks up against each hitter in the lineup, across his projected plate appearances.

Opposing Lineup · hit-proneness23.5% avg

BatterRateExp PA
1. Shohei Ohtani (L)24.0%3.0
2. Andy Pages (R)26.8%3.0
3. Freddie Freeman (L)23.9%3.0
4. Mookie Betts (R)22.1%3.0
5. Teoscar Hernández (R)23.8%3.0
6. Alex Call (R)25.0%3.0
7. Miguel Rojas (R)26.6%2.2
8. Alex Freeland (R)17.3%2.0
9. Eliezer Alfonzo (R)22.5%2.0

Each hitter's hits allowed rate vs this pitcher's hand, and the plate appearances he's projected to see.

Kyle Freeland's full player page →

What the hits allowed board is

The Hits Allowed board projects the contact a starter is likely to surrender. 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-suppression vs this lineup.
  • The park.
  • Projected batters faced.

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?

Graded transparency — the market prices it well. A sharp projection, no posted edge.

How to use it

Context on a starter's contact profile; research, not a lean.

Everything here is a research signal from the model, graded in public — not betting advice, and no outcome is guaranteed.