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Daily Dinger: Best Home Run Picks for Friday, June 17 (Don't Detour from Devers at the Dish)

By Ben Heisler, Donnavan Smoot

Boston Red Sox infielder Rafael Devers gets a high five returning to the dugout. The 25-year old has 16 home runs this season for Boston.
Boston Red Sox infielder Rafael Devers gets a high five returning to the dugout. The 25-year old has 16 home runs this season for Boston. / Paul Rutherford/GettyImages
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There weren't any Daily Dinger winners between the three BetSided editors in Donnavan Smoot, Iain MacMillan and Ben Heisler on Thursday, but Friday features some hot, sticky weather around the Big Leagues with a ton of stadiums seeing the wind blow straight out.

You can read up on which ones make for the best hitting conditions in our daily MLB weather report here, but it's safe to say that almost every ballpark is a hitter's park tonight. All the more reason to take a swing with us in today's "Daily Dinger" home run prop picks.

Friday's MLB odds are available via WynnBET Sportsbook.

Don't forget, you can always follow along with our daily standings in the BetSided "Daily Dinger" game HERE.

Best Home Run Picks Today

  • Rafael Devers (+300)
  • Christian Walker (+320)

Rafael Devers (+300) - Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals

It's easy to forget that Devers is just 25 years old, but the Red Sox slugger is still entering the prime of his career and putting himself in the thick of the AL MVP race with AL East rival Aaron Judge.

After an explosive 2021 season; hitting a career-high 38 bombs, Devers is on pace to breeze by it this year, improving both his average, slugging percentage, isolated power (ISO) and weighted on-base average (wOBA) by a wide margin.

He gets 40-year old Adam Wainwright tonight at Fenway with the wind howling out to right-center field at 16-plus mph. Not that he needs the bump to his bat, but he'll certainly take it. Wainwright has been terrific, and pitching to a 2.84 ERA in his 40's is no easy task, but he's still giving up a lot of hard contact and Devers has demolished right-handers with a .329 ISO in 2022.

Take the value, and don't devert from Devers tonight. -- Ben Heisler

Christian Walker (+320) - Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Minnesota Twins

Walker has been one of the best home run hitters this year and now he gets a favorable matchup tonight.

The right-handed sluggers goes up against Devin Smeltzer, who’s had a rough last two starts. He’s given up five home runs in that span while combining for only four strikeouts.

If Smeltzer continues to pitch the way he has, Walker can set the tone and send one out the park. -- Donnavan Smoot

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