Best MLB Singles Matchups — Monday, June 15, 2026
Top singles spot: Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani (LAD) tops the board at 100, facing RHP Nick Martinez. The lefty is lining singles at — 1B/PA against righties this year, a solid bat that turns into a single in about 14% of his trips. And Nick Martinez has been thin against righties lately. The bullpen behind him is roughly average to that side. He's hitting in a spot worth about 4.7 trips, so the volume's there. He's just .000 in 10 career PA against Nick Martinez, but that's a tiny sample and the matchup says regression. It all sets up in a neutral park, weather helping.
The rest of the top of the board
- Spencer Horwitz (PIT) (100) vs RHP J.T. Ginn: a solid bat at .145 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) (100) vs RHP Jared Jones: a solid bat at .145 into an arm with little track record against the same side, hot bat.
- Shea Langeliers (ATH) (99) vs RHP Jared Jones: a solid bat at .145 into an arm with little track record against the same side, hot bat.
- Blake Dunn (CIN) (96) vs RHP Tobias Myers: a solid bat at .145 into an arm with little track record against the same side, due to bounce back.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC) (96) vs RHP Michael Lorenzen: a solid bat at .145 into an arm with little track record against the same side, hot bat.
- Yandy Díaz (TB) (92) vs LHP Eric Lauer: a solid bat at .145 into an arm with little track record against the same side, due to bounce back.
- Jonathan Aranda (TB) (91) vs LHP Eric Lauer: a solid bat at .145 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
Hot bats and bounce-back spots
Swinging hot bats: Nick Kurtz (ATH), Shea Langeliers (ATH), Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC), Liam Hicks (MIA), Fernando Tatis Jr. (SD), and Bryan Reynolds (PIT). Cold but due to bounce back: Blake Dunn (CIN), Yandy Díaz (TB), Brandon Lowe (PIT), Joc Pederson (TEX), and Austin Martin (MIN).
How it played out
6 of the top 10 singles matchups landed at least one single. Top play Shohei Ohtani finished with 0 singles. 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 singles matchups
Each score (0–100) starts with the hitter's singles 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.