Best MLB Total Bases Matchups — Sunday, July 5, 2026
Top total bases spot: Andy Pages
Andy Pages (LAD) tops the board at 100, facing LHP JP Sears. The righty is racking up bases at .430 TB/PA against lefties this year — and .476 over the last two weeks, a solid bat that turns into a total base in about 40% of his trips. And JP Sears has been getting squared up by lefties lately — .553 total bases per batter faced. The bullpen behind him is roughly average to that side. He's hitting in a spot worth about 4.5 trips, so the volume's there. No real history against JP Sears. It all sets up in a neutral park.
The rest of the top of the board
- Luis Arraez (SF) (100) vs RHP Tanner Gordon: a strong bat at .431 into an arm getting squared up by the same side (.450).
- Junior Caminero (TB) (97) vs RHP Peter Lambert: an excellent bat at .531 into an arm getting squared up by the same side (.524).
- Luis García Jr. (WSH) (96) vs RHP Bubba Chandler: an elite bat at .579 into an arm tough on the same side (.294).
- Casey Schmitt (SF) (94) vs RHP Tanner Gordon: a solid bat at .397 into an arm getting squared up by the same side (1.750).
- Otto Lopez (MIA) (93) vs LHP Gage Jump: a strong bat at .426 into an arm getting squared up by the same side (.478), hot bat.
- Trea Turner (PHI) (93) vs RHP Luinder Avila: a strong bat at .437 into an arm getting squared up by the same side (.667), hot bat.
- Bobby Witt Jr. (KC) (92) vs RHP Aaron Nola: a strong bat at .427 into an arm getting squared up by the same side (1.100), due to bounce back.
Arms giving up extra bases today
- RHP Aaron Nola has been getting squared up by righties — .447 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Bobby Witt Jr. (KC), Carter Jensen (KC), and Jac Caglianone (KC).
- LHP JP Sears has been getting squared up by lefties — .425 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Andy Pages (LAD), Teoscar Hernández (LAD), and Mookie Betts (LAD).
- RHP Javier Assad has been getting squared up by righties — .425 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: JJ Wetherholt (STL), Alec Burleson (STL), and Iván Herrera (STL).
- RHP Tanner Gordon has been vulnerable to righties — .418 total bases per batter faced. Bats to target: Luis Arraez (SF), Casey Schmitt (SF), and Heliot Ramos (SF).
Platoon edges to target
- Andy Pages (LAD) — righty bat vs LHP, .430 against lefties this year.
- Luis Arraez (SF) — lefty bat vs RHP, .426 against righties this year.
- Luis García Jr. (WSH) — lefty bat vs RHP, .541 against righties this year.
- Otto Lopez (MIA) — righty bat vs LHP, .624 against lefties this year.
- Rafael Devers (SF) — lefty bat vs RHP, .498 against righties this year.
How it played out
6 of the top 10 total bases matchups landed at least one total base. Top play Andy Pages finished with 0 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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