Daily Dinger: Best Home Run Prop Bet Picks Today (Count on Cardinals' Bats at Home vs. Snell, Padres)
Tuesdays have been kind to the BetSided crew for our "Daily Dinger" home run prop bet pick selections in the month of May.
We'll be sad to see it go! In every Tuesday of the month, our team has hit on a play, including three weeks with two players going yard on the same day.
Can "Oppo-Taco Tuesday" continue on a full slate in the Majors? Let's dive in.
Throughout the 2022 MLB season, the BetSided team shares our best home run prop bet picks each day in our "Daily Dinger" plays.
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Here are our top home run prop bet picks for Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
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Best Home Run Picks for Tuesday, May 31
- Pete Alonso (+240) - available at WynnBET
- J.D. Martinez (+445) - available at WynnBET
- Nolan Arenado (+370) - available at WynnBET
- Paul Goldschmidt (+330) - available at WynnBET
Pete Alonso (+240) - New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals
I LOVE Mets slugger Pete Alonso against the Washington Nationals and starting Patrick Corbin to hit a homer for the second straight game.
Alonso is absolutely mashing this season, hitting .286 with 13 homers in the first two months. Now, he gets to face Corbin, who has been horrible (6.30 ERA), allowing the most runs in the NL so far this season. In 32 career at bats against Corbin, Alonso is 11-for-32 (.344 BA) with four homers and he is slugging an impressive .781.
This is a matchup he thrives in, and with Corbin struggling out of the gate, I think he can take advantage on Tuesday night. -- Peter Dewey
J.D. Martinez (+445) - Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles
Martinez is leading baseball in batting average, just absolutely crushing the ball to a .369 clip. However, he only has five home runs, I think we are going to see him put together a more complete resume soon as we head into June.
Martinez finds himself in an advantageous spot against Luis Castillo of the Reds, who allows homers on 11% of fly balls and has seen his fly ball rate increase this season to just about 48%. Not to mention if Castillo struggles, a porous Reds pen takes over in the hitter friendly Fenway Park. I love the Red Sox to stay hot from the plate and put up another big offensive output.
I'll side with Martinez at this number considering he also has hit all five home runs against righties and is slugging .575 against them. -- Reed Wallach
Nolan Arenado (+370) - St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres
Nolan Arenado is going to hit his 10th dinger of the season tonight against the San Diego Padres. Book it.
Blake Snell gets the start for the Padres, and he's given up six earned runs and two home runs in just nine innings pitched this season. Arenado has also hit four of his nine home runs against lefties this season, so I think tonight's a good chance for him to hit his 10th. -- Iain MacMillan
Paul Goldschmidt (+330) - St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres
Goldschmidt continues to mash in the month of May; adding another hit to his current 21-game streak, while also smashing another baseball over the fence in the Cardinals' 6-3 Memorial Day win vs. the Padres.
This month, Goldschmidt hit .406 with 10 home runs and an isolated power (ISO) of .416. Considering that league average is .140, that's just under 300% higher!
As Iain mentioned above, the matchup against Snell is a favorable one. Goldschmidt is hitting .515 (not a typo) vs. left-handers with three of his eight home runs coming vs. southpaws in just 33 at-bats. Furthermore, nine of his 11 long balls have come at home.
I can't think of anyone I'd want to back more to end the month than Goldschmidt; especially vs. a left-hander in his own ballpark that's prone to serving up bombs. -- Ben Heisler
