(8/1) MLB | The Daily Dinger Report — Saturday Night Dingers
Written by: Varun Sharma
Published: Sat Aug 01, 2026, 3:55 pm ET
Read Time: 4 minutes
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Big thank you to Jake Bauers for getting us back into the win column last night and breaking the cold streak. We've got a full slate of games today and I've got a few hitters I'm locked in on. Let's jump right into it.
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: 16-31; +17.65 units
Today's Dingers
Yordan Alvarez Home Run (+250) | Lucky Rebel
I'm going to start this off with an apology and an explanation. It's been a long time since Yordan came through for us, but it's still Yordan Alvarez. He's hitting .324on the year, he's got a ..641 SLG and he's hit a league leading 35 home runs.
Alvarez leads the MLB in home runs, ranks 2nd in runs scored and 2nd in RBI. He's second in BRL at 24% and HH at 53%. He's been absolutely crushing the baseball and he's somehow found a way to be better at home.
Alvarez is hitting .375 with a .750 SLG, here in Houston. His HH jumps to 27%, his BRL to 60% and 19 of his 35 home runs have come here in Houston. He went 2/3 last night with 2 walks, he just couldn't get under the baseball.
The Astros have won 9 of their last 10 games and now lead the division by half a game. Alvarez has crushed the division, batting .348 against the AL West with 15 home runs and a .786 SLG. He's been even better against the Rangers.
Yordan's batting .432 against the Rangers this year, he's hit 8 home runs against this team and tonight he faces a familiar face; Jacob DeGrom.
DeGrom's got a 4.33 ERA on the road this year and he's allowing 1.8 HR/9. He's given up 16 total home runs this season and 10 have come against left handed bats. He's giving up a 48% HH to lefties this year and Yordan's got a career batting average of .556 against him with 3 home runs.
Matt Olson Home Run (+300) | Lucky Rebel
Miles Mikolas is on the mound for the Nationals and that means I need to find a way to take advantage. Mikolas has a 5.60 ERA this year and he's allowing 2.0 HR/9 on the year.
Mikolas has been getting crushed by lefties, allowing them to hit .291 on the year with a .485 SLG and 43% HH allowed. He's given up 23 total home runs and 11 have come against left handed bats.
Enter, Matt Olson.
Olson's got 2 career home runs against Mikolas but a .235 batting average. He's not always making contact, but when he does it's usually big contact. Mikolas is relying heavily on his 4-seam fastball against lefties and Olson crushes fastballs.
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