Matt Musico, Author at MLB Daily Dingers

2026 Yordan Alvarez Home Run Tracker (Stats & Videos)

The 2025 season featured a lot of interesting home run moments. But you know what it was missing? Some good old-fashioned Yordan Alvarez home run action. After putting together four straight seasons of 30-plus homers for the Houston Astros from 2021-24, Alvarez slugged just six taters in 2025, thanks to being limited to just 48…
2026 Oneil Cruz Home Run Tracker (Stats & Videos)

Every Oneil Cruz home run is appointment viewing, mostly because you never know what the left-handed slugger is about to do in the batter’s box. Could it be an absolute tank, or will it have an exit velocity that’ll make your jaw drop? Anything goes for the 27-year-old when he’s feeling good and gets a…
Top 21 Longest Home Runs in 2026 (…So Far)

I love admiring a good old-fashioned tank just as much as the next baseball fan. With another season upon us, we need to have an answer readily available for the most important question: Which hitters have slugged the longest home runs in 2026? This post will serve as a running list for some of the…
2026 Home Run Derby: Location, Tickets, Competitors, History

In case it wasn’t already obvious, we love home runs here. So, you better believe that the All-Star week event I’m most looking forward to this season is the 2026 Home Run Derby. It’d be weird if that wasn’t the case, right? To properly channel that excitement, I’m collecting information about the event as it becomes…
2026 Shohei Ohtani Home Run Tracker (Stats & Videos)

Shohei Ohtani is entering 2026 chasing his third straight 50-homer season and his fourth straight MVP Award (fifth overall). The Dodgers’ superstar hit 55 home runs in 2025, which set a new franchise single-season record and a new career-high mark for the left-handed slugger. With another monster season expected, the 2026 Shohei Ohtani Home Run…
33 MLB Players Hit 30-Plus Home Runs in 2025 — How Many Will in 2026?

What’s the baseline for an elite power season in the big leagues? The answer to that question likely depends on who you ask. But to me, watching an MLB player slug at least 30 home runs with 100-plus RBI in a single campaign is the floor when it comes to having a huge year in…
Projected 2026 Home Run Leaders For All 30 MLB Teams

Which sluggers could be the 2026 home run leaders for each MLB team? Let’s see what the projections say. Key Takeaways: Shohei Ohtani leads all projections (52 HR) Only four players are projected for 40-plus homers Red Sox have the lowest team leader (18 HR) Aaron Judge’s 42 HR projection would be his fourth such…
MLB’s 10 Hardest-Hit Home Runs in 2025 (No. 1 Is a New Statcast Record)

While home runs count the same whether they’re sent to the upper deck or a wallscraper, it’s always fun to look at all the different shapes and sizes they come in. We’ve already talked about the longest homers of the year and the shortest homers of the year. Naturally, the next thing on my mind…
MLB’s 10 Shortest Home Runs of 2025 — No. 1 Didn’t Leave the Building

Each season, we give a lot of attention to the longest home runs. And that’s understandable — watching tanks is extremely fun. But it’s also important to give some love to the shortest home runs each year. I mean, wall-scrapers count the same as the ones that are still in orbit. You’ll find information on…
2025 MLB Home Run Leaders: Each Team’s HR King

The 2025 MLB regular season delivered exactly what we hoped for: moonshots, breakout stars, and milestones. Now that the dust has settled on another interesting year of baseball, let’s celebrate the sluggers who led their respective squads in taters. The 2025 MLB home run leaders by team tell a fascinating story of veteran resurgence, rookie…
2026 Kyle Schwarber Home Run Tracker (Stats & Videos)

The final campaign of Kyle Schwarber’s four-year, $79 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies was a doozy. It included 56 home runs, 132 RBI, and a new five-year, $150 million deal to remain in Philly. With more taters expected to be launched, we had to fire back up the Kyle Schwarber home run tracker for…
2026 Aaron Judge Home Run Tracker (Stats & Videos)

Aaron Judge is entering 2026 aiming for his fifth career 50-homer season, along with his third straight AL MVP Award. The Yankees’ captain hit 53 home runs last season, winning his second consecutive MVP and third overall since 2022. With another season here, our 2026 Aaron Judge Home Run Tracker is ready to log every…
MLB Immaculate Grid Answers for 11 Statistical Categories

MLB players are creatures of habit. That’ll happen when you embark on a 162-game marathon over six months. But for many baseball fans, we now have a new daily ritual that won’t stop once the final out of the World Series is recorded. While Sports Reference has created the Immaculate Grid for multiple sports, the…
40 Home Run Seasons: A Look at 374 Occurrences, Team-by-Team

What qualifies as a special performance in the home run department? If we use the Immaculate Grid game as part of making that determination, it’s 40 home run seasons. Professional baseball has been around for more than 150 years. Compared to that huge sample size, there have only been a handful of single-season performances that…
3 Home Runs in a Game: Each MLB Team’s Most Recent Occurrence

While it’s not the rarest feat in baseball, it’s still awfully fun to watch a hitter slug 3 home runs in a game. Below, you’ll see the most recent three-homer game for each club (thanks to Statmuse), along with a video of the performance to enjoy (thanks to YouTube). I also listed out the other…
6 MLB Players With 40 Home Runs & 40 Steals in a Season

As you can tell, we’re big fans of home runs here at MLB Daily Dingers. But we do understand that there’s more to life than hitting a home run (sometimes). You know, like when you combine all those dingers with a bunch of stolen bases. That power-speed combination has been coveted for as long as…
Ken Griffey Jr.’s Prime Leads to One of Baseball’s Greatest ‘What If?’ Scenarios

I was fortunate to watch many great pro baseball players while growing up in the 1990s and early 2000s. But the first non-Mets player that always comes to mind is someone who I could typically only watch highlights of on SportsCenter each morning: Ken Griffey Jr. Many afternoons were spent in my room and backyard…
Munetaka Murakami’s Rookie Power vs. Past and Present MLB Greats

Editor’s Note: It wasn’t too long ago when I discussed Munetaka Murakami and how noteworthy of a start his MLB career was getting off to, but it’s still happening, folks. Sure, a hamstring injury will keep him on the shelf for multiple weeks, but his first two months of 2026 were so good, we had to…
5 Awesome 1960 Topps Baseball Cards (& What They’re Currently Worth)

The 1960 Topps baseball cards release came out right in the middle of baseball’s golden age. It was close to the end of the Mickey Mantle era, the rise of guys like Roberto Clemente and Roger Maris, and the dawn of players who would go on to define entire franchises for decades. If you’ve ever…