(5/12) MLB | The Daily Dinger Report — Dinger Tuesday
Written by: Varun Sharma
Published: Tue May 12, 2026, 6:08 pm ET
Read Time: 4 minutes
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Happy Dinger Tuesday to all those that celebrate.We've got a huge slate of MLB games on the docket and some beautiful weather across the league. Before we get into my favorite dingers today, take a second and look at my little cheat sheet.
This 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
Dinger Counter: 1-1; +2.1 units
Today's Dingers
Brandon Lowe Home Run (+440) | Lucky Rebel
Michael Lorenzen takes the mound for the Colorado Rockies tonight and the veteran pitcher has not looked great this year. Lorenzen's got a 6.92 ERA this year and he's allowed 7 home runs in just eight total starts.
The righty's giving up 1.8 HR/9 on the road this year and he's been especially bad against left handed bats this year. Lorenzen's allowing lefties to hit .415 on the year with a .780 SLG. Lefties have a 17.1% BRL% and 52.9% HH% against Lorenzen and Lowe's been crushing the ball this year.
In his first year with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Lowe's batting .259 with a .563 SLG. He's got 10 home runs already this year and we're not even a quarter of the way into the season. Lowe's batting .299 against right handed pitchers this year with a .660 SLG and 8 home runs.
It's 70F in Pittsburgh with slight winds blowing toward the outfield. Lowe's hit six of his last 10 batted balls at least 90+ mph with five crossing the 98 mph mark. The Pirates are also coming back from a week long road trip on the west coast where they spent a ton of time in some pitcher friendly parks.
PNC Park isn't the most hitter friendly, but with
Yordan Alvarez Home Run (+240) | Lucky Rebel
This one's obviously not as juicy, but Yordan Alvarez has been absolutely crushing the ball this year and it's safe to say; he's back. Yordan's got 10 home runs this year, he's hitting .314 on the year with a .628 SLG.
At home this year, Yordan's batting average jumps to .365 while his SLG jumps to .743. He's hit 7 home runs at home this year and tonight he matches up with Bryan Woo of the Seattle Mariners. Woo's got a 4.50 ERA on the road this year and he's struggled against lefties this year.
Four of the 5 home runs Woo's allowed have come against left handed bats and he's allowing a HH% of 48.7% to southpaws.
Lastly, as good as Yordan's been this year, his numbers should probably be better. Alvarez leads the MLB in xwOBA (.492), sits second in wOBA and top 10 in adjusted exited velocity. He's crushing the baseball and tonight should be no different.
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