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Daily Dinger: Best Home Run Prop Bet Picks Today (Lars Might Hit One to Mars in Cardinals-Reds)

By Ben Heisler, Peter Dewey, Reed Wallach

St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Lars Nootbaar has had a terrific August, hitting four home runs and driving in 21 RBI.
St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Lars Nootbaar has had a terrific August, hitting four home runs and driving in 21 RBI. / Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
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The BetSided crew kicked off the week with two Daily Dinger winners in the same game on Monday night!

Both Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the L.A. Angels cleared the fences in Anaheim yesterday night to give us a double dip winner to start things off.

For Tuesday's slate, we're going back to Cincinnati where despite the Cardinals scoring 13 runs the night before, Peter Dewey's pick of Nolan Arenado did not make it over the wall. We're also looking to tonight's Colorado Rockies vs. Atlanta Braves game, as well as an under-the-radar "Dinger" pick for the Kansas City Royals in their road matchup vs. the Chicago White Sox.

You can follow along in our team standings all season long HERE!

Best Home Run Picks Today

Lars Nootbaar – St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds 

The Cardinals as a whole have been the best offense in baseball for over a month and now get to beat up on the Reds' shaky rotation. They crushed Cincy for 13 runs on Monday and they are back for more against Justin Dunn, who has allowed six home runs in four starts. 

While there are plenty of guys scorching at the plate right now like runaway NL MVP Paul Goldschmidt, I’ll go with Nootbaar, who homered on Sunday night. The left hander hits more than 50 points higher against righties and all nine of his home runs have come against right handed pitching. He is hitting .283 with four dingers in the past two weeks, why not make it five? -- Reed Wallach

Track all of Reed's bets at Betstamp HERE!

Austin Riley – Atlanta Braves vs. Colorado Rockies

Atlanta Braves slugger Austin Riley has been fantastic this season, hitting 31 long balls, and he has arguably the best matchup you could ask for on Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies. 

The Rockies have José Ureña on the mound in this game, and he’s been one of the worst pitchers in baseball this month with a 7.88 ERA. Ureña gave up nine runs in just 1.1 innings of work in a loss to the Texas Rangers in his last start, and he’s allowed nine homers in 14 appearances this season. 

Riley should be able to tee off on Ureña, but if not he is fortunate enough to be facing the team with the worst bullpen ERA as well. I’ll roll with Riley, but any Braves player is worth a shot to go yard tonight.  – Peter Dewey

Nick Pratto - Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox

Conventional wisdom says to take a Royal like Salvador Perez, who’s hit three of his 10 hits against White Sox starter Lucas Giolito over the fence with a .750 slugging percentage.

However, I want to roll the dice a little bit with Pratto, who’s scorching hot at the dish over his last several games with a .429 isolated power, or ISO during that stretch. That’s 14th-best in baseball!

Pratto also has all four of his home runs since his call-up against right-handed pitching, and Giolito has been a disaster in Chicago this year. Away from home, his ERA comes in at a respectable 3.91, but at Guaranteed Rate Field, it’s all the way up to 6.71.

Chicago keeps losing their grasp on a winnable division, and the Royals are swinging free-and-easy with nothing to play for. I’ll back Pratto to stay hot at the dish against a struggling pitcher in a park that’s haunted him all season. – Ben Heisler

Follow all of Ben’s betting plays in real-time HERE!