(7/24) MLB | The Daily Dinger Report — Friday Dingers
Written by: Varun Sharma
Published: Fri Jul 24, 2026, 12:31 pm ET
Read Time: 3 minutes
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Happy Friday. We made it to the weekend and we've got a huge MLB slate to dive into. I've got my eyes on two more big time hitters tonight, so 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; +16.95 units
Today's Dingers
James Wood Home Run (+300) | Lucky Rebel
Shop around for this one, because I've seen this line range from +300 all the way down to +240 in some places. James Wood has been one of the best hitters in the MLB this year and the kid's been going through a bit of a slump.
At just 23-years old, Wood's hitting .270 on the year, with a .551 SLG and 58% HH. Wood leads the league in HH, BRL (27%), runs scored and did lead the league in home runs; at one point.
Wood's been a lot better at home this year. He's hitting .294 in D.C. this year, his SLG jumps to .639 and 18 of his 28 home runs have come inside Nationals Park.
The Nationals are back in Washington D.C. after a week long road trip and despite a tough matchup, Wood feels incredibly due.
Byron Buxton Home Run (+230) | Lucky Rebel
Byron Buxton's back in the lineup after a short 10-day stint on the IL and he's about to play in his first home game since the end of June.
Buxton's hitting .304 at home this year, he's got a .655 SLG and he's hit 14 of his 25 home runs here in Minnesota. He's crushing the ball in front of the home crowd and today he gets to do it against a lefty.
Jacob Lopez will take the mound for the Athletics. He's got a 6.91 ERA this year and he's allowing 1.7 HR/9. Lopez has allowed 11 total home runs, 9 of which came against right handed bats. He's allowing lefties to hit .307 with a .536 SLG.
Buxton's been crushing left handed pitchers this year. He's hitting .276 against lefties with a .460 SLG and 56% HH. He's hit a home run in 6 of the L11 games he's played against a left handed starter.
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