Sparrow Data

Sparrow Data

Graded prediction archive
Last night: Fernando Tatis Jr. went deep — we had him at 1 in 5.

Tonight's Three

The three biggest gaps between tonight's number and each bat's own normal — not a claim they're likelier to homer than the rest of the board.

CLE · @ LAA · 9:38 PM
19%to homer tonight
Homers in ~1 of every 10 games. Tonight: 1 in 5.
The park plays big for his side and a heavy pull hitter.
No home runs in his last 15 games
The full read

We make José Ramírez 19% to homer tonight, about 1 in 5. The market implies 18%. He faces George Klassen. He hits the ball hard below average. He goes deep in about 1 of every 10 games. The park helps. 72°F, wind 3 mph.

Percentiles are against this season's qualified population — 30+ batted balls vs that hand for the hitter, 50+ for the pitcher — computed before tonight. Weather is context; it is not a model input.

PIT · @ SD · 9:40 PM
16%to homer tonight
Homers in ~1 of every 9 games. Tonight: 1 in 6.
Barreling everything for two weeks and a career-long barrel hitter.
No home runs in his last 15 games
The full read

We make Bryan Reynolds 16% to homer tonight, about 1 in 6. The market implies 18%. He faces the fly-ball-leaning Robbie Ray. He hits the ball hard better than most of the league. He also barrels the ball better than most of the league. He goes deep in about 1 of every 9 games. The park is neutral. 70°F, wind 1 mph.

Percentiles are against this season's qualified population — 30+ batted balls vs that hand for the hitter, 50+ for the pitcher — computed before tonight. Weather is context; it is not a model input.

SD · vs PIT · 9:40 PM
18%to homer tonight
Homers in ~1 of every 7 games. Tonight: 1 in 5.
A career-long barrel hitter and a career hard-contact hitter.
6 home runs in his last 15 games
The full read

We make Fernando Tatis Jr. 18% to homer tonight, about 1 in 5. The market implies 19%. He faces the homer-prone Braxton Ashcraft. He hits the ball hard better than almost every hitter in the league. He also barrels the ball better than most of the league. He goes deep in about 1 of every 7 games. The park is neutral. 70°F, wind 1 mph.

Percentiles are against this season's qualified population — 30+ batted balls vs that hand for the hitter, 50+ for the pitcher — computed before tonight. Weather is context; it is not a model input.

The rest of tonight's board

Tonight's board — 2026-08-24

Board generated 6:38 PM ET on 2026-08-24 for the 2026-08-24 slate, from the mixed — confirmed, morning pass. These are the same picks posted before first pitch; they are graded tomorrow morning and roll into the record.

10games
33picks
Byron Buxtontop pick · 25%
BOS @ MIA6:40 PMloanDepot parkpitcher-friendly park80°F, wind 5 mph
Weather — CROSSWIND -0.6% carry
CF5 mph
Temp80°F
Humidity77%
Wind5 mph
Pressure1018 mb
Rain chance1%
Air density1.170 kg/m³

Retractable roof: state not confirmed for this game. The conditions shown assume the roof is open; if it closes, wind and air density stop applying.

6pm87°66% rh6mph1% rain
7pm85°68% rh7mph2% rain
8pm82°74% rh4mph2% rain
9pm81°75% rh3mph1% rain
10pm80°77% rh5mph1% rain

Descriptive, not a model input. The live model uses no weather feature. Carry is a stated rule of thumb: 0.3% per mph of wind out to centre, plus 0.9% per 1% that air density sits below this park's season average. Wind is drawn against the park's real compass bearing.

Connor WongBOST5 · Longshotprojected
we say 9% +2.4% over normal 1.37x barrel 8% hard-hit 50% · SLEEPERS
−park factor, −SP career HR rate
2 home runs in his last 15 games
Kyle StowersMIAT3 · Solidconfirmed
we say 16% +2.1% over normal 1.15x barrel 12% hard-hit 67% · ATS
+career barrel rate, −SP career HR rate
4 home runs in his last 15 games
TB @ DET6:40 PMComerica Parkpitcher-friendly park69°F, wind 3 mph
Weather — CROSSWIND -0.6% carry
CF3 mph
Temp69°F
Humidity62%
Wind3 mph
Pressure996 mb
Rain chance0%
Air density1.173 kg/m³

Open-air park.

6pm74°51% rh8mph0% rain
7pm72°56% rh5mph0% rain
8pm71°59% rh2mph0% rain
9pm70°63% rh3mph1% rain
10pm69°62% rh3mph0% rain

Descriptive, not a model input. The live model uses no weather feature. Carry is a stated rule of thumb: 0.3% per mph of wind out to centre, plus 0.9% per 1% that air density sits below this park's season average. Wind is drawn against the park's real compass bearing.

Jorge MateoTBT4 · The Fieldconfirmed
we say 10% +1.0% over normal 1.10x barrel 10% hard-hit 50% · ATS
−SP career HR rate, −career hard-hit rate
2 home runs in his last 15 games
Drew Rasmussenconfirmed
lineup expected to homer 0.83 times vs 0.98 normally · MOUND
strong suppression spot
COL @ WSH6:45 PMNationals Parkneutral park69°F, wind 4 mph
Weather — WINDS IN -2.9% carry
CF4 mph
Temp69°F
Humidity53%
Wind4 mph
Pressure1017 mb
Rain chance0%
Air density1.199 kg/m³

Open-air park.

6pm82°43% rh6mph5% rain
7pm77°48% rh6mph2% rain
8pm73°51% rh6mph0% rain
9pm70°54% rh6mph0% rain
10pm69°53% rh4mph0% rain

Descriptive, not a model input. The live model uses no weather feature. Carry is a stated rule of thumb: 0.3% per mph of wind out to centre, plus 0.9% per 1% that air density sits below this park's season average. Wind is drawn against the park's real compass bearing.

Dylan CrewsWSHT3 · Solidconfirmed
we say 16% +3.3% over normal 1.26x barrel 13% hard-hit 51% · ELEVATED · ATS
+SP strikeout rate, +recent barrel rate
1 home run in his last 15 games
Connor NorbyCOLT4 · The Fieldconfirmed
we say 10% +3.0% over normal 1.41x barrel 4% hard-hit 50% · SLEEPERS
+career barrel rate, +park factor
No home runs in his last 15 games
Troy JohnstonCOLT5 · Longshotconfirmed
we say 8% +1.9% over normal 1.32x barrel 1% hard-hit 46% · SLEEPERS
+pull tendency, −career barrel rate
No home runs in his last 15 games
Ryan Feltnerconfirmed
lineup expected to homer 0.81 times vs 0.69 normally · MOUND
vulnerable spot — hitters' night
TEX @ CWS7:40 PMRate Fieldneutral park65°F, wind 7 mph
Weather — WINDS IN -2.0% carry
CF7 mph
Temp65°F
Humidity63%
Wind7 mph
Pressure997 mb
Rain chance0%
Air density1.184 kg/m³

Open-air park.

7pm68°67% rh8mph0% rain
8pm66°66% rh8mph0% rain
9pm66°67% rh8mph0% rain
10pm66°63% rh7mph0% rain
11pm65°63% rh7mph0% rain

Descriptive, not a model input. The live model uses no weather feature. Carry is a stated rule of thumb: 0.3% per mph of wind out to centre, plus 0.9% per 1% that air density sits below this park's season average. Wind is drawn against the park's real compass bearing.

Brandon NimmoTEXT4 · The Fieldconfirmed
we say 12% +1.8% over normal 1.17x barrel 3% hard-hit 51% · ATS
+career hard-hit rate, +season hard-hit rate
1 home run in his last 15 games
CLE @ LAA9:38 PMAngel Stadiumhitter-friendly park72°F, wind 3 mph
Weather — WINDS OUT +0.2% carry
CF3 mph
Temp72°F
Humidity91%
Wind3 mph
Pressure1009 mb
Rain chance1%
Air density1.178 kg/m³

Open-air park.

9pm74°82% rh6mph1% rain
10pm74°83% rh5mph1% rain
11pm73°91% rh4mph1% rain
12am72°91% rh3mph1% rain
1am72°91% rh3mph1% rain

Descriptive, not a model input. The live model uses no weather feature. Carry is a stated rule of thumb: 0.3% per mph of wind out to centre, plus 0.9% per 1% that air density sits below this park's season average. Wind is drawn against the park's real compass bearing.

José RamírezCLET2 · Power Batconfirmed
we say 19% +8.3% over normal 1.80x barrel 0% hard-hit 47% · ELEVATED · ATS
+park factor, +pull tendency
No home runs in his last 15 games
Brayan RocchioCLET4 · The Fieldconfirmed
we say 10% +2.3% over normal 1.28x barrel 4% hard-hit 36% · SLEEPERS
+park factor, −career hard-hit rate
1 home run in his last 15 games
Travis d'ArnaudLAAT5 · Longshotconfirmed
we say 8% +2.1% over normal 1.36x barrel 11% hard-hit 42% · SLEEPERS
−SP career barrels allowed, +recent barrel rate
No home runs in his last 15 games
Angel GenaoCLET4 · The Fieldconfirmed
we say 12% +2.5% over normal 1.26x barrel 6% hard-hit 54% · ATS
+park factor, −recent fly-ball rate
1 home run in his last 15 games
Parker Messickconfirmed
lineup expected to homer 1.10 times vs 1.30 normally · MOUND
strong suppression spot
George Klassenconfirmed
lineup expected to homer 1.32 times vs 1.14 normally · MOUND
vulnerable spot — hitters' night
PHI @ SEA9:40 PMT-Mobile Parkneutral park63°F, wind 1 mph
Weather — CROSSWIND -0.0% carry
CF1 mph
Temp63°F
Humidity67%
Wind1 mph
Pressure1012 mb
Rain chance0%
Air density1.209 kg/m³

Retractable roof: state not confirmed for this game. The conditions shown assume the roof is open; if it closes, wind and air density stop applying.

9pm67°70% rh3mph0% rain
10pm66°68% rh3mph0% rain
11pm65°66% rh3mph0% rain
12am64°65% rh2mph0% rain
1am63°67% rh1mph0% rain

Descriptive, not a model input. The live model uses no weather feature. Carry is a stated rule of thumb: 0.3% per mph of wind out to centre, plus 0.9% per 1% that air density sits below this park's season average. Wind is drawn against the park's real compass bearing.

J.T. RealmutoPHIT4 · The Fieldconfirmed
we say 12% +3.3% over normal 1.37x barrel 2% hard-hit 51% · ELEVATED · ATS
+career barrel rate, +career hard-hit rate
No home runs in his last 15 games
PIT @ SD9:40 PMPetco Parkneutral park70°F, wind 1 mph
Weather — CROSSWIND +0.4% carry
CF1 mph
Temp70°F
Humidity95%
Wind1 mph
Pressure1014 mb
Rain chance1%
Air density1.188 kg/m³

Open-air park.

9pm72°87% rh2mph1% rain
10pm72°90% rh2mph1% rain
11pm71°93% rh3mph1% rain
12am70°94% rh2mph1% rain
1am70°95% rh1mph1% rain

Descriptive, not a model input. The live model uses no weather feature. Carry is a stated rule of thumb: 0.3% per mph of wind out to centre, plus 0.9% per 1% that air density sits below this park's season average. Wind is drawn against the park's real compass bearing.

Fernando Tatis Jr.SDT2 · Power Batprojected
we say 18% +4.2% over normal 1.29x barrel 17% hard-hit 61% · ELEVATED
+career barrel rate, +career hard-hit rate
6 home runs in his last 15 games
Bryan ReynoldsPITT3 · Solidconfirmed
we say 16% +5.0% over normal 1.45x barrel 13% hard-hit 51% · ELEVATED · ATS
+recent barrel rate, +career barrel rate
No home runs in his last 15 games
Nick YorkePITT4 · The Fieldconfirmed
we say 10% +2.7% over normal 1.36x barrel 5% hard-hit 49% · SLEEPERS
−pull tendency, +SP fly balls allowed
1 home run in his last 15 games
Nick GonzalesPITT5 · Longshotconfirmed
we say 9% +4.1% over normal 1.81x barrel 2% hard-hit 32% · SLEEPERS
+lineup slot, +platoon edge
No home runs in his last 15 games
Robbie Rayconfirmed
lineup expected to homer 0.98 times vs 0.88 normally · MOUND
vulnerable spot — hitters' night
MIN @ ATH9:40 PMSutter Health Parkhitter-friendly park65°F, wind 7 mph
Weather — WINDS OUT -1.0% carry
CF7 mph
Temp65°F
Humidity64%
Wind7 mph
Pressure1014 mb
Rain chance0%
Air density1.206 kg/m³

Open-air park.

9pm75°45% rh8mph0% rain
10pm72°47% rh8mph0% rain
11pm69°53% rh7mph0% rain
12am67°58% rh6mph0% rain
1am65°64% rh7mph0% rain

Descriptive, not a model input. The live model uses no weather feature. Carry is a stated rule of thumb: 0.3% per mph of wind out to centre, plus 0.9% per 1% that air density sits below this park's season average. Wind is drawn against the park's real compass bearing.

Royce LewisMINT3 · Solidconfirmed
we say 16% +3.3% over normal 1.26x barrel 9% hard-hit 59% · ELEVATED · ATS
+recent hard-hit rate, +career barrel rate
No home runs in his last 15 games
Lawrence ButlerATHT3 · Solidconfirmed
we say 16% +3.3% over normal 1.26x barrel 12% hard-hit 48% · ELEVATED
+park factor, +career barrel rate
4 home runs in his last 15 games
Donovan WaltonATHT3 · Solidconfirmed
we say 14% +3.7% over normal 1.35x barrel 4% hard-hit 42% · ELEVATED · ATS
+park factor, +pull tendency
1 home run in his last 15 games
Jeff McNeilATHT5 · Longshotconfirmed
we say 9% +2.9% over normal 1.47x barrel 4% hard-hit 39% · SLEEPERS
+park factor, −season hard-hit rate
2 home runs in his last 15 games
CHC @ AZ9:40 PMChase Fieldpitcher-friendly park86°F, wind 3 mph
Weather — CROSSWIND -1.3% carry
CF3 mph
Temp86°F
Humidity27%
Wind3 mph
Pressure971 mb
Rain chance1%
Air density1.110 kg/m³

Retractable roof: state not confirmed for this game. The conditions shown assume the roof is open; if it closes, wind and air density stop applying.

9pm94°20% rh4mph1% rain
10pm91°22% rh1mph1% rain
11pm90°23% rh3mph1% rain
12am88°27% rh3mph1% rain
1am86°27% rh3mph1% rain

Descriptive, not a model input. The live model uses no weather feature. Carry is a stated rule of thumb: 0.3% per mph of wind out to centre, plus 0.9% per 1% that air density sits below this park's season average. Wind is drawn against the park's real compass bearing.

Pete Crow-ArmstrongCHCT2 · Power Batconfirmed
we say 23% +3.4% over normal 1.18x barrel 18% hard-hit 70% · ELEVATED · ATS
−park factor, +season hard-hit rate
6 home runs in his last 15 games
Alex BregmanCHCT3 · Solidconfirmed
we say 14% +3.3% over normal 1.30x barrel 8% hard-hit 52% · ELEVATED
+SP strikeout rate, +park factor
4 home runs in his last 15 games
Lars NootbaarAZT5 · Longshotconfirmed
we say 8% +3.7% over normal 1.87x barrel 9% hard-hit 54% · SLEEPERS · ATS
−park factor, +pull tendency
No home runs in his last 15 games
CIN @ SF9:45 PMOracle Parkpitcher-friendly park58°F, wind 8 mph
Weather — WINDS OUT +1.2% carry
CF8 mph
Temp58°F
Humidity100%
Wind8 mph
Pressure1016 mb
Rain chance1%
Air density1.223 kg/m³

Open-air park.

9pm58°97% rh13mph0% rain
10pm58°99% rh12mph0% rain
11pm58°100% rh10mph1% rain
12am58°100% rh9mph1% rain
1am58°100% rh8mph1% rain

Descriptive, not a model input. The live model uses no weather feature. Carry is a stated rule of thumb: 0.3% per mph of wind out to centre, plus 0.9% per 1% that air density sits below this park's season average. Wind is drawn against the park's real compass bearing.

Tyler StephensonCINT3 · Solidconfirmed
we say 14% +0.8% over normal 1.06x barrel 18% hard-hit 49% · ATS
−park factor, +recent barrel rate
3 home runs in his last 15 games
Chase Burnsconfirmed
lineup expected to homer 0.81 times vs 1.02 normally · MOUND
elite suppression spot
bottom 10%10–30%middle 40%70–90%top 10%

Colour is league-relative, not slate-relative — the same percentile cuts the matchup table uses, so a green cell means the same thing every night. Everything is coloured from the hitter's point of view.

The record

Written plainly on the boards; defined exactly in how to read our numbers. The intervals below are the full technical version.

Every pick this model has published since 2026-07-09, and how each one graded. The boards are posted before first pitch and graded the next morning against what actually happened. Misses are shown exactly as prominently as hits — that is the point of publishing this.

How to read it. BASE is how often this bat homers in a normal game. PROB is tonight, given the pitcher, the park and the weather. The gap between them is the entire product — a high PROB on a slugger is not a finding, a high PROB on a bat whose BASE is low is. Ratios below compare home runs actually hit against what those same bats' baselines expected: 1.00x means the picks did exactly what ordinary bats would have.

Rolling 30 days, by section

ELEVATED

1.33x 95% CI [1.07, 1.57] · n=378 picks

Top 15 by delta (tonight's probability minus the bat's own baseline). The headline board.

SLEEPERS

0.68x 95% CI [0.12, 1.31] · n=139 picks

Top 5 by lift among bats with a LOW baseline — the ones a power list would not surface.

AROUND SLATE

1.24x 95% CI [0.96, 1.53] · n=347 picks

One bat per game, the best by delta. Broad coverage rather than concentration.

FAVORITES

0.85x 95% CI [0.66, 1.05] · n=288 picks

Top 10 by raw probability. Published for transparency; NO edge is claimed here — expect roughly 1.0x baseline.

MOUND SUPPRESS

0.77x 95% CI [0.60, 0.95] · n=98 picks (inverted — below 1.00x is the win)

The three starting pitchers whose opposing lineups project LOWEST. Graded inverted: below 1.0 is the win.

MOUND VULN

1.29x 95% CI [0.97, 1.62] · n=44 picks

The single starting pitcher whose opposing lineup projects highest.

Since 2026-07-09, cumulative

SectionPicksHome runsBaseline expectedRealized vs baseline
ELEVATED5529669.51.38x 95% CI [1.13, 1.63] · n=552 picks
SLEEPERS2081913.51.40x 95% CI [0.81, 2.08] · n=208 picks
AROUND SLATE5128057.11.40x 95% CI [1.14, 1.67] · n=512 picks
FAVORITES4318096.60.83x 95% CI [0.67, 0.99] · n=431 picks
MOUND SUPPRESS134106145.40.73x 95% CI [0.59, 0.87] · n=134 picks
MOUND VULN576654.01.22x 95% CI [0.96, 1.50] · n=57 picks

The calibration curve

Of the bats we said had a ~14% chance, did about 14% homer? This is the claim nobody else publishes, and it is the one that cannot be cherry-picked. Every graded pick on a batter board is here (1279 picks, deduplicated across sections). Buckets with fewer than 50 picks are greyed — they are too small to read.

Predicted rangePicksAvg predictedActually homered
6%–10%868.5%8.1%
10%–14%19711.8%9.6%
14%–18%38315.3%15.9%
18%–25%55821.2%18.5%
25%–101%5526.8%14.5%

Upper bar = predicted, lower = actual. A well-calibrated model has them close in every row that has enough picks to judge.

Most recent night

Full board for the most recent night: 2026-08-24. Tonight's board (2026-08-24) is published but not yet graded; grading runs the following morning. The most recent fully graded night is 2026-08-23. Every night since 2026-07-09 has its own permanent page in the daily archive.

2179 published picks across 44 nights; 1894 graded so far.

Sparrow Data — every pick published before first pitch and graded the next morning. Archive covers 2026-07-09 through 2026-08-23. Nothing here is ever edited or removed after the fact. Methodology · Raw data