(7/9) MLB | The Daily Dinger Report — Thursday Dingers
Written by: Varun Sharma
Published: Thu Jul 09, 2026, 3:06 pm ET
Read Time: 4 minutes
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Happy Thursday. We've got a full slate of games today in the MLB today, with first pitch coming just after noon on the East Coast.
Lock in with me, I've got two hitters on my mind and both look to be in great spots.
The cheat sheet makes it a lot easier when I run through the stats I'm looking at and as always, hit me up on X if you've got more questions.
Dinger Cheat Sheet
- BA — Batting Average
- oBA — Opponent Batting Average
- xBA — Expected BA
- SLG — Slugging Percentage
- ISO — Isolated Power
- wOBA — Weighted On-Base Average
- HH% — Hard Hit Rate
- BRL% — Barrel Rate
- HR/9 — Home Runs per 9 innings
- XBH — Extra Base Hit
- RBI — Runs Batted In
Dinger Counter: 13-24; +13.95 units
Today's Dingers
Shea Langeliers Home Run (+330) | Lucky Rebel
The Athletics are in Detroit today and Shea Langeliers' matchup tonight looks fantastic. Langeliers is hitting .261 on the year, he leads the Athletics with 20 home runs and he's been crushing left handed pitchers all season.
Langs is hitting .327 against lefties this year with a .622 SLG, 17% BRL and 50% HH. Eight of his 20 home runs have come against left handed pitchers but his SLG jumps from .429 against righties to .622 against lefties.
On the mound for Detroit today is Framber Valdez. Valdez has given up 11 home runs this year and 9 have been against right handed bats. He's held righties to .258 BA but is allowing a 45% HH.
The main reason I love this matchup for Langeliers is Valdez's pitch mix. Valdez uses three pitches, almost exclusively; his sinker, curveball and his changeup.
Against righties, Valdez is throwing his sinker/curve 74% of the time and both are pitchers Langeliers has been crushing this year.
Brandon Marsh Home Run (+400) | Lucky Rebel
Brandon Marsh has been the Phillies third best hitter this year and that's quite the compliment when the other two guys are Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber.
Marsh is hitting .305 on the year with 15 home runs and a .502 SLG. He's hitting .363 against right handed pitchers this year, with 12 of his 15 home runs coming against righties.
On the bump for the Reds is Brady Singer. Singer's got a 5.03 ERA this year and is allowing 2.2 HR/9 on the year. He's given up 20 total home runs this year and 16 of them have been to left handed bats.
Lefties are hitting .300 against Singer this year with a .548 SLG and 41% HH. Singer's giving up 2.13 HR/9 to lefties this year and his pitch arsenal lines up perfectly with Marsh.
Singer's throwing his sinker/slider 78% of the time against left handed bats and Marsh has a HH north of 40% against both pitches.
Five of his 15 home runs have come against one of the two pitches and today with winds blowing out at 9 mph and temperatures in the high 80s; I think he's likely to go again.
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