Daily Dinger: Best Home Run Picks Today (Bet on Tampa Bay's Bats to Get to Taylor Hearn)

May 20, 2022; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Tampa Bay Rays catcher Mike Zunino (10) hits a three-run
May 20, 2022; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Tampa Bay Rays catcher Mike Zunino (10) hits a three-run / Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports
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The BetSided team is back with a handful of home run props spanning Thursday's MLB action.

The group of editors have spread out their bets, ranking from likely home run hitters to long shots as far down the board as +800. Keep reading to see how the team is attack Thursday, June 2nd home run market.

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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Best Home Run Picks for Thursday, June 2

  • Cedric Mullens (+700)
  • Jorge Soler (+285)
  • Ronald Acuña Jr (+225)
  • Kevin Kiermaier (+850)
  • Mike Zunino (+350)

Cedric Mullins (+700) - Baltimore Orioles vs. Seattle Mariners

I’m taking a chance on Baltimore Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins on Thursday, as he’s facing the Seattle Mariners and Chris Flexen, who has allowed nine homers already this season.

Mullins isn’t the biggest power hitter, but he does have five homers this season and I like him as a lefty bat to pull the ball at the new-look Camden Yards where left field is a much tougher homer than it used to be. – Peter Dewey

Jorge Soler (+285) - Miami Marlins vs. San Francisco Giants

Jorge Soler has already hit 11 home runs this season, and I think he has a good shot to hit his 12th tonight. He and the Marlins will be taking on Alex Wood and the Giants. Wood is allowing an average of 1.0 home runs per nine innings, but his ERA (4.81) and WHIP (1.465) tell me that we might see that number start to rise. I think we're going to see some positive regression from the Marlins soon, and that could get started off with a Soler home run against the Giants tonight. – Iain MacMillan

Ronald Acuña Jr (+255) - Atlanta Braves at Colorado Rockies

The matchup could not be more perfect for the Braves young slugger. He’s at Coors Field in great hitting weather against a left-hander that struggles to miss bats.

Austin Gomber has a 5.51 ERA in nine starts, averaging just 6.65 strikeouts per nine innings. Acuña mashes vs. lefties with a .408 weighted on-base-average and an isolated power (ISO) of .279.

He’s due to leave the yard, not taking a pitcher deep since May 7. This is the perfect opportunity to grab him at a solid price point. – Ben Heisler 

Kevin Kiermaier (+850)  - Tampa Bay Rays at Texas Rangers

Taylor Hearn, the Rangers pitcher, is going to give up a home run today and I’m betting on Kiermaier to be the one to knock it out of the park. Just last week, he found his swing and hit three home runs over a five-day period. He leads the Rays in home runs this season and has a good matchup against a pitcher that has had trouble with control this year. – Donnavan Smoot

Mike Zunino (+350) - Tampa Bay Rays at Texas Rangers

Zunino doesn't hit very well, he's a .200 hitter for his career, but he is adept at going deep. This season he is at the Mendoza line, but has 4 homers to his name. He slugs north of .430 against left handed pitching for his career and I like his chances of catching Rangers starter Taylor Hearn on Thursday.

Hearn generates a low 40% groundball rate, and allows homers on more than 16% of fly balls. I think Zunino can catch for a big fly on Thursday afternoon. -- Reed Wallach