Best MLB Stolen Bases Matchups — Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Top stolen bases spot: Randy Arozarena
Randy Arozarena (SEA) tops the board at 100, facing RHP José Soriano. The righty is running at .060 SB/PA against righties this year — and .000 over the last two weeks, an active bat that turns into a stolen base in about 3% of his trips. He's hitting in a spot worth about 4.3 trips, so the volume's there. He's owned José Soriano too — .308 across 13 career trips. It all sets up in a neutral park.
The rest of the top of the board
- Bobby Witt Jr. (KC) (100) vs RHP Griffin Jax: an active bat at .028.
- Jake McCarthy (COL) (100) vs RHP Eury Pérez: an active bat at .024.
- Julio Rodríguez (SEA) (80) vs RHP José Soriano: an active bat at .021, hot bat.
- Victor Robles (SEA) (80) vs RHP José Soriano: an active bat at .027.
- Josh Naylor (SEA) (78) vs RHP José Soriano: an active bat at .021.
- Shohei Ohtani (LAD) (78) vs LHP Jeffrey Springs: an occasional bat at .017, hot bat.
- Corbin Carroll (AZ) (77) vs RHP Landen Roupp: an active bat at .020, due to bounce back.
Platoon edges to target
- Jake McCarthy (COL) — lefty bat vs RHP, .050 against righties this year.
- Josh Naylor (SEA) — lefty bat vs RHP, .041 against righties this year.
- Corbin Carroll (AZ) — lefty bat vs RHP, .017 against righties this year.
- Andy Pages (LAD) — righty bat vs LHP, .043 against lefties this year.
- Juan Soto (NYM) — lefty bat vs RHP, .032 against righties this year.
How it played out
0 of the top 10 stolen bases matchups landed at least one stolen base. Top play Randy Arozarena finished with 0 stolen bases. 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 stolen bases matchups
Each score (0–100) starts with the hitter's stolen bases 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 stolen bases board is
The Stolen Bases board projects the chance a runner swipes a bag. 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:
- The runner's speed and attempt rate.
- The opposing catcher's arm (we fold in his caught-stealing rate).
- The pitcher's time to the plate.
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?
The heaviest-juiced board on the site — longshot prices that our model can't overcome. No edge, but the runner-×-catcher projection is a genuinely sharp ranking. Transparency board.
How to use it
Great for reading steal spots (a burner vs a weak arm); just not a market you beat at those prices.
Everything here is a research signal from the model, graded in public — not betting advice, and no outcome is guaranteed.
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