Best MLB Total Bases Matchups — Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Top total bases spot: Pete Crow-Armstrong
Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC) tops the board at 100, facing RHP Michael Lorenzen. The lefty is racking up bases at — TB/PA against righties this year, a solid bat that turns into a total base in about 37% of his trips. And Michael Lorenzen 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. No real history against Michael Lorenzen. It all sets up in a hitter's park, weather helping.
The rest of the top of the board
- Willi Castro (COL) (100) vs LHP Shota Imanaga: a solid bat at .370 into an arm with little track record against the same side, hitter's park.
- Kyle Karros (COL) (92) vs LHP Shota Imanaga: a solid bat at .370 into an arm with little track record against the same side, hitter's park.
- Moisés Ballesteros (CHC) (92) vs RHP Michael Lorenzen: a solid bat at .370 into an arm with little track record against the same side, hitter's park.
- Lane Thomas (KC) (89) vs LHP MacKenzie Gore: a solid bat at .370 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Christian Yelich (MIL) (89) vs RHP Jack Perkins: a solid bat at .370 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) (89) vs RHP Brandon Sproat: a solid bat at .370 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Shohei Ohtani (LAD) (86) vs RHP Jared Jones: a solid bat at .370 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
Arms giving up extra bases today
- RHP Michael Lorenzen has been giving up bases to righties — .360 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC), Moisés Ballesteros (CHC), and Michael Busch (CHC).
- LHP Shota Imanaga has been giving up bases to lefties — .360 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Willi Castro (COL), Kyle Karros (COL), and TJ Rumfield (COL).
- LHP MacKenzie Gore has been giving up bases to lefties — .360 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Lane Thomas (KC), Bobby Witt Jr. (KC), and Maikel Garcia (KC).
- RHP Jack Perkins has been giving up bases to righties — .360 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Christian Yelich (MIL), Jackson Chourio (MIL), and Brice Turang (MIL).
Best parks for total bases today
Coors Field is playing as a real hitter's park today (+6% extra-base park). Top bat there: Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC) at 100.
How it played out
7 of the top 10 total bases matchups landed at least one total base. Top play Pete Crow-Armstrong finished with 3 total 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 total bases matchups
Each score (0–100) starts with the hitter's total 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 total bases board is
The Total Bases board projects how many bases a hitter racks up vs the posted total-bases 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 extra-base pop vs this arm.
- The park.
- Recent contact quality.
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?
Total bases grades right at break-even even when we tune it to the hilt — the book prices the marginal leans efficiently. Transparency board.
How to use it
See who the model projects for extra-base damage; no systematic edge to bet.
Everything here is a research signal from the model, graded in public — not betting advice, and no outcome is guaranteed.
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