Yesterday’s hardest homer
Lazaro Montes
116.1 mph474 ft24° launchoff Cal Quantrill
Wednesday, September 9
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Updated Sep 9 · performance data through Sep 8
Roster moves to know
Seattle Mariners optioned RHP Troy Taylor to Tacoma Rainiers.
Washington Nationals recalled RHP Zak Kent from Rochester Red Wings.
Arizona Diamondbacks optioned RHP Jose Cabrera to Reno Aces.
St. Louis Cardinals optioned 3B César Prieto to Memphis Redbirds.
San Francisco Giants recalled 3B Brett Harris from Sacramento River Cats.
Pittsburgh Pirates recalled LHP Brandon Eisert from Indianapolis Indians.
San Francisco Giants optioned C Zach Morgan to Sacramento River Cats.
Arizona Diamondbacks recalled RHP Kade Strowd from Reno Aces.
Arizona Diamondbacks optioned RHP Gerardo Carrillo to Reno Aces.
Tampa Bay Rays selected the contract of 3B Nick Madrigal from Durham Bulls.
Tampa Bay Rays designated RHP Hunter Bigge for assignment.
St. Louis Cardinals activated SS Masyn Winn from the 10-day injured list.
Seattle Mariners activated LHP Hoby Milner.
Seattle Mariners designated CF Stuart Fairchild for assignment.
Tampa Bay Rays placed SS Taylor Walls on the 10-day injured list retroactive to September 6, 2026. Right hip flexor strain.
Washington Nationals placed RHP Matt Waldron on the 15-day injured list retroactive to September 5, 2026. Chest inflammation.
Seattle Mariners activated RF Victor Robles.
Arizona Diamondbacks activated RHP Corbin Burnes from the 60-day injured list.
Pittsburgh Pirates placed RHP Isaac Mattson on the 15-day injured list. Right hip impingement.
Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Garrett Acton to St. Paul Saints.
105+ mph home runs
- Lazaro Montes SEA116.1 mph
- Kyle Teel CWS112.4 mph
- Brett Baty NYM111.7 mphHOT.530 xwOBA over 30 balls in play in the last 21 days.
- Junior Caminero TB110.2 mph
- Jackson Chourio MIL109.8 mph
- Elly De La Cruz CIN109.4 mphHOT.601 xwOBA over 55 balls in play in the last 21 days.
- Juan Soto NYM108.2 mphHOT.405 xwOBA over 33 balls in play in the last 21 days.
- Yandy Díaz TB107.8 mph
- Christian Walker HOU107.7 mph
- Travis Bazzana CLE107.5 mph
- Wyatt Langford TEX107.3 mph
- Pete Alonso BAL107.1 mphHOT.515 xwOBA over 54 balls in play in the last 21 days.
- Corey Seager TEX106.9 mphHOT.472 xwOBA over 58 balls in play in the last 21 days.
- Kazuma Okamoto TOR106.2 mphHOT.522 xwOBA over 50 balls in play in the last 21 days.
Projected starter board · Sep 9
Full slate Three starters to watch today
Cristopher SánchezPHI vs HOUProj. Malli56.0Ace chance43%Expected line6.0 IP · 6.8 K
Yoshinobu YamamotoLAD vs CINProj. Malli52.4Ace chance34%Expected line6.0 IP · 6.9 K
Jake BennettBOS vs LAAProj. Malli50.1Ace chance26%Expected line5.2 IP · 5.4 KTrending up
89.7% of the season processedSkills moving in the right direction.
This refreshes daily: the last 21 days are compared with each player's earlier season. Green numbers show the change.
Hitters
Cal Raleigh
SEAHard-hit rate is up 21.9 points.
Barrel28.6%+16.2xwOBA0.570+0.210Bat speed73.2+0.7
42 BBE in the last 21 days
Tristan Peters
CWSHard-hit rate is up 20.7 points.
Barrel11.8%+7.0xwOBA0.422+0.088Bat speed69.4+3.9
51 BBE in the last 21 days
Carter Jensen
KCxwOBA has climbed +0.195.
Barrel18.2%+8.3xwOBA0.542+0.195Bat speed72.4+0.8
44 BBE in the last 21 daysStarting pitchers
Cristian Javier
HOUSwinging-strike rate is up 8.0 points.
SwStr21.4%+8.0Called strikes12.9%+0.7Chase35.5%+3.8
248 pitches in the last 21 days
Andrew Painter
PHIThe changeup is up 18.2 usage points.
SwStr16.2%+5.2Called strikes14.4%-1.1Chase44.0%+12.1
388 pitches in the last 21 days
Chris Bassitt
BALSwinging-strike rate is up 3.2 points.
SwStr12.2%+3.2Called strikes18.7%+2.8Chase28.1%+3.5
386 pitches in the last 21 daysLeague snapshot
Season leaders, one category at a time.
Choose one measure at a time. Scroll each list for more season leaders.
Batting
- 1
Kyle SchwarberPHI43 - 2
Pete Crow-ArmstrongCHC41 - 3
Junior CamineroTB39 - 4
Yordan AlvarezHOU38 - 5
Hunter GoodmanCOL37 - 6
Matt OlsonATL37 - 7
Ben RiceNYY36 - 8
Rafael DeversSF35 - 9
Pete AlonsoBAL34 - 10
Colson MontgomeryCWS31 - 11
Sal StewartCIN31
Pitching
- 1
Sonny GrayBOS17 - 2
Cristopher SánchezPHI16 - 3
Chase BurnsCIN15 - 4
Foster GriffinCLE15 - 5
Eduardo RodriguezAZ15 - 6
Braxton AshcraftPIT14 - 7
Jesús LuzardoPHI14 - 8
Nick MartinezTB14 - 9
Jacob MisiorowskiMIL14 - 10
Drew RasmussenTB14 - 11
Chris SaleATL14
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