Best MLB Total Bases Matchups — Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Top total bases spot: Ketel Marte
Ketel Marte (AZ) tops the board at 100, facing LHP Matthew Liberatore. The righty is racking up bases at .490 TB/PA against lefties this year — and .450 over the last two weeks, a strong bat that turns into a total base in about 43% of his trips. And Matthew Liberatore has been getting squared up by lefties lately — 1.120 total bases per batter faced. One catch: the bullpen behind him has been stingy to that side late. He's hitting in a spot worth about 4.7 trips, so the volume's there. He's owned Matthew Liberatore too — .333 across 3 career trips. It all sets up in a neutral park, weather helping.
The rest of the top of the board
- Ozzie Albies (ATL) (100) vs LHP JP Sears: a strong bat at .451 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC) (100) vs RHP Nolan McLean: an elite bat at .552 into an arm tough on the same side (.263), hot bat.
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) (98) vs RHP Tyler Mahle: a strong bat at .460 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
- Ceddanne Rafaela (BOS) (96) vs LHP Kyle Freeland: a solid bat at .417 into an arm getting squared up by the same side (.488), hitter's park.
- Byron Buxton (MIN) (94) vs RHP Shohei Ohtani: an excellent bat at .528 into an arm with little track record against the same side, hot bat.
- Nate Eaton (BOS) (93) vs LHP Kyle Freeland: a solid bat at .390 into an arm getting squared up by the same side (.488), hitter's park.
- Mauricio Dubón (ATL) (91) vs LHP JP Sears: a solid bat at .392 into an arm with little track record against the same side.
Arms giving up extra bases today
- LHP Matthew Liberatore has been getting squared up by lefties — .508 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Ketel Marte (AZ), Corbin Carroll (AZ), and Tommy Troy (AZ).
- LHP Kyle Freeland has been getting squared up by lefties — .455 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Ceddanne Rafaela (BOS), Nate Eaton (BOS), and Wilyer Abreu (BOS).
- RHP Aaron Nola has been getting squared up by righties — .432 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Luis García Jr. (WSH), James Wood (WSH), and CJ Abrams (WSH).
- LHP JP Sears has been getting squared up by lefties — .429 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Ozzie Albies (ATL), Mauricio Dubón (ATL), and Michael Harris II (ATL).
Platoon edges to target
- Ketel Marte (AZ) — righty bat vs LHP, .490 against lefties this year.
- Ozzie Albies (ATL) — righty bat vs LHP, .496 against lefties this year.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC) — lefty bat vs RHP, .500 against righties this year.
- Nick Kurtz (ATH) — lefty bat vs RHP, .448 against righties this year.
- Ceddanne Rafaela (BOS) — righty bat vs LHP, .486 against lefties this year.
Best parks for total bases today
Coors Field is playing as a real hitter's park today (+6% extra-base park). Top bat there: Ceddanne Rafaela (BOS) at 96.
How it played out
6 of the top 10 total bases matchups landed at least one total base. Top play Ketel Marte finished with 5 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
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