(6/19) MLB | The Daily Dinger Report — Friday Dingers
Written by: Varun Sharma
Published: Fri Jun 19, 2026, 4:45 pm ET
Read Time: 4 minutes
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We're going through a little bit of a slump, but we're going to power through it. Today's slate looks great and weather looks even better. Let's jump right into this Friday MLB slate.
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: 5-13; +1.2 units
Today's Dingers
Dillon Dingler Home Run (+390) | Lucky Rebel
Dillon Dingler's got 16 home runs this year, he's batting .256 on the year with a .524 SLG and 50% HH.
Against right handed pitchers, Dingler's batting average jumps to .285 and his SLG to.570. Twelve of his 16 home runs have been against right handed pitchers and today he matches up against a struggling Erick Fedde.
Fedde's got a 6.18 ERA on the road this year and he's allowing 1.9 HR/9 on the season. He's got a 56% fly ball rate this year and he's giving up 2.6 HR/9 to right handed bats.
Fedde's allowing rightis to hit .286 on the year with a .571 SLG and 11 home runs allowed.
Temperature is in the mid 70s in Detroit, winds are blowing out toward left field at 13 mph and Dingler's got a great looking matchup. Fedde relies on heavy mix of his sinker/cutter combo against right handed bats and both are pitches Dingler's been smashing.
Ben Rice Home Run (+280) | Lucky Rebel
With no Aaron Judge, all eyes are on Ben Rice in New York. He's struggled in his absence, batting .236 with 3 home runs, 5 RBI and 9 runs scored across 14 games.
The Yankees have still managed to go 9-5 without their Captain, averaging 5.4 runs scored per game and recording 24 home runs in the process. Rice has struggled, but after a big start to the year, a slump was on it's way.
Tonight the Yankees host the Cincinnati Reds at Yankee Stadium and it'll be Rhett Lowder on the bump for the Reds.
Lowder's got a 4.60 ERA this year in 10 starts and that balloons to 5.84 on the road. He's allowing a HH of 40% to left handed bats and he's giving up a 51% fly ball rate.
Winds blowing out at 14 mph at Yankee Stadium with the temperature in the low 80s. Lowder also relies heavily on his sinker/4-seam/slider against lefties and all three are pitches Rice hits for power.
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