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MLB Matchups · Pitcher vs Lineup

July 22, 2026 MLB Matchups

1 game · 1 matchup · Updated Jul 22, 1:19 PM ET

The Almanac's Take

Sparse slate today — one game in the data, so the read is narrow. Dean Kremer (R) faces a Boston lineup sitting at a .711 OPS with four platoon advantages in play, which lands this squarely in neutral territory; no strong lean either way. The Duran and Yoshida H2H numbers (5-for-11 and 5-for-10, respectively) are too thin to weight — call them color, not signal. With the lineup grade neutral and no away-team context in the block, the grid below is your best tool for finding where individual matchups break from that middling aggregate.

How to read this page

Primary read is the lineup strength block — season OPS, lineup K%, and platoon-edge count across the opposing lineup. When enough Statcast PA is on file, the lineup composite vs the pitcher's hand sits alongside it.

Career head-to-head reads as color, not edge. PA count travels with every H2H number on this page so a 4-for-7 sample looks like the small sample it is. The “notable H2H” highlight list is filtered to PA ≥ 10 for that reason.

@ Boston Red Sox

Dean Kremer(RHP)

vs Boston Red Sox

Neutral9 batters sampled
Lineup OPS
.711
Lineup K%
23.1%
Season HR
73
Platoon edges
4 / 9

.311 xwOBA · 0.4% Hard-Hit · 0.0% Barrel (1812 PA vs R)

Notable career H2H

Lineup detail

  • #1Masataka YoshidaDH· LHBPlatoon edge

    Season · .263/.323/.392 · 4 HR · .715 OPS

    Career vs SP · 5-for-10 · .500 AVG · 10 PA

  • #2Ceddanne RafaelaCF· RHB

    Season · .277/.312/.421 · 7 HR · .733 OPS

    Career vs SP · 1-for-8 · .125 AVG · 1 K · 8 PA

  • #3Wilyer AbreuRF· LHBPlatoon edge

    Season · .266/.340/.459 · 15 HR · .799 OPS

    Career vs SP · 1-for-8 · .125 AVG · 4 K · 8 PA

  • #4Willson Contreras1B· RHB

    Season · .291/.362/.560 · 22 HR · .922 OPS

    Career vs SP · 3-for-5 · .600 AVG · 5 PA

  • #5Caleb Durbin3B· RHB

    Season · .234/.287/.398 · 10 HR · .685 OPS

    Career vs SP · 1-for-2 · .500 AVG · 2 PA

  • #6Romy Gonzalez2B· RHB

    Season · .178/.245/.311 · 1 HR · .556 OPS

  • #7Jarren DuranLF· LHBPlatoon edge

    Season · .192/.251/.347 · 13 HR · .598 OPS

    Career vs SP · 5-for-11 · .455 AVG · 2 K · 11 PA

  • #8Connor WongC· RHB

    Season · .278/.362/.374 · 1 HR · .736 OPS

    Career vs SP · 0-for-6 · .000 AVG · 3 K · 7 PA

  • #9Tsung-Che ChengSS· LHBPlatoon edge

    Season · .278/.350/.306 · 0 HR · .656 OPS

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