Daily Dinger: Best Home Run Picks Today (Jose Altuve, Corey Seager To End Season On High Note)
After six months of baseball, we've finally reached the end of the regular season. On our way out, it's only right that the team goes for it all with some final home run picks.
We had another quiet night on Tuesday, with none of our picks going yard. However, we're clutch. It's the last day of the season, and we have several picks with odds of at least +320.
Don't forget, you can follow along with all of our picks and standings for the season HERE. We'll also have a brand-new contest ahead of the MLB Postseason!
Best Home Run Picks Today
Corey Seager (+320) - Texas Rangers vs. New York Yankees
There’s a ton of meaningless baseball on today, so it’s tough to comb through the slate and find a motivated player that is definitely playing the full nine innings. Seager is on the Rangers, who are simply playing out their season and I expect him to stay in the game for the duration. He also gets a favorable matchup against Domingo German as Seager has hit 19 of his 33 against righties and has a .777 slugging percentage this season.
There’s not much to play for, so I’ll take a natural slugger to finish the year on a high note. – Reed Wallach
Track all of Reed's bets at Betstamp HERE!
Jose Altuve (+340) - Philadelphia Phillies vs. Houston Astros
The Houston Astros will end their regular season in a matchup with the Philadelphia Phillies, who will be trotting out Bailey Falter as their starting pitcher. Falter is a lefty, which means if we want to bet on someone to hit a dinger, we should target players who have had strong stats against left-handed pitchers this season.
That’s where Jose Altuve comes in. His slugging percentage this season goes up from .487 against right-handed pitchers, to .660 against lefties. He’s also hit 10 of his 18 home runs this season against lefties, despite having around a third of his plate appearances against them.
Last night’s 10-0 performance showed that their offense isn’t taking the last couple days of the regular season off, so I’ll back Altuve to hit a dinger tonight. – Iain MacMillan
You can track Iain's bets on Betstamp here.
Eric Haase (+480) – Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners
The last time Marco Gonzales was on the mound, I faded him with success. He’s on the mound today, so that makes it much easier to back Haase – who’s been on a roll. He’s hit two home runs in the last week and five in the last 28 days. Gonzales has given up three home runs in two of his last three starts, and nine over his last five starts. Over the last month, Haase is slugging .650. He’s had a majority of his success against lefties, but Gonzales is struggling so much that this opportunity is too good to pass up. – Donnavan Smoot
You can find Donnavan Smoot’s full betting record here.