(6/11) MLB | The Daily Dinger Report — Thursday Dingers
Written by: Varun Sharma
Published: Thu Jun 11, 2026, 6:30 am ET
Read Time: 4 minutes
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Happy Thursday. We've got a small slate of MLB games today with half of them taking place during the day.
Pour up that morning coffee and lock in with me. We've got dingers to discuss.
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: 4-8; +3.3 units
Today's Dingers
Jac Caglianone Home Run (+570) | Lucky Rebel
Weather in Kansas City today looks immaculate and I just can't ignore it. The Texas Rangers will send out Kumar Rocker for this game against the Royals and the guy has struggled against left handed bats this year.
Rocker's allowing lefties to hit .254 on the year with a 52.5% HH and 4 home runs allowed. His ERA jumps from 3.54 to 4.66 on the road, where he's also allowing 1.4 HR/9 and letting batters hit .260.
Jac Caglianone has been on fire this month and even more so here at Kauffman Stadium. Jac's got 3 home runs this month, he's hitting .538 with a .962 SLG.
Caglianone has 8 home runs this year, 5 have come at home and he's got a 57.3% HH rate on the year. Five of his 8 home runs have come against right handed pitchers and Caglianone's HH jumps to 64.3% against righties.
With winds blowing out toward center field at nearly 20 mph, I'm looking for a lefty in this lineup and one that's been making hard contact with the ball. Jac's BRL jumps to 24.5% against righties and all of this is exactly what I'm looking for in Kansas City today.
Riley Greene Home Run (+390) | Lucky Rebel
Riley Greene hit 36 home runs last year. He lead the Tigers last year in home runs, RBI, runs scored and finished the year with a .258 batting average.
This year he's seeing the ball incredibly well, the ball just isn't flying like it was last year though. Greene's batting .301 this year with a .451 SLG and 51.2% HH. The problem is that he's only got 7 home runs through 68 games this year.
Greene's making great contact this year. He's got a 16.1% BRL and he's been even better against right handed pitchers. Greene's hitting .313 against righties this year, with a 53.6% HH and 17.6% BRL. Five of his 7 home runs have come against right handed pitching and 3 have come at home.
At Comerica Park, Greene's hitting .313 with a 59.2% HH and 21.1% BRL. He's been good and he feels incredibly due for more home runs.
The Minnesota Twins will send out Zebby Matthews for this day time game against the Tigers. Matthews has a 8.71 ERA on the road this year and he's allowing 3.6 HR/9 away from Minnesota.
Matthews is allowing lefties to a 17.4% BRL with a 41.3% HH. Both significantly worse than against right handed bats. Lastly, Matthews has struggled during the day. He's got a 5.19 ERA in three day time games, with 4 of the 5 home runs he's allowed being during the day.
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