FanDuel Sportsbook’s Dinger Tuesday is the talk of sportsbook deals — if you bet a $25-plus wager on a player to hit a home run, you get $5 in bonus bets for each home run hit by both teams in the game! If you’re yet to sign up for FanDuel, you can get a no-sweat first bet worth up to $1,000! Remember, FanDuel DOES NOT void batters who are not in the lineup. We advise you to wait until lineups are announced to make your Dinger Tuesday picks.
On this full 15-game slate, there are four dome games and wind blowing out at multiple stadiums on the East Coast. Ballpark factors are extremely important when targeting games, especially if you have a $50 limit, which some bettors have.
According to OddsShopper’s tools, there are plenty of +EV spots to target on FanDuel for home run bets, including speedy shortstop Trea Turner, listed at +630. Meanwhile, DraftKings and Caesars Sportsbook have Turner at +450 and +420.
Best Home Run Picks Today: FanDuel’s Dinger Tuesday
Elly Da La Cruz +600 | Cincinnati Reds vs. Kansas City Royals
The hottest thing in baseball at the moment makes his first appearance on the Dinger Tuesday board. Elly Da La Cruz offers exceptional speed and power from the plate and a rocket of an arm at shortstop. But since it’s all about the home runs today, let’s stick with him at the plate. The No. 1 prospect for the Cincinnati Reds ranks in the 96th percentile in max exit velocity already in just 32 plate appearances. He drove one out 458 feet in just his second major league game.
Da La Cruz meets veteran Jordan Lyles tonight in Kansas City. Lyles has been known to give up the long ball. Last season, he surrendered 26 home runs, which were the 13th most in the MLB. It hasn’t gotten much better. Through 13 games, Lyles has allowed 18 home runs, tied for the most in baseball with Toronto Blue Jays southpaw Yusei Kikuchi.
Beautiful weather by first pitch mixed with a young and fierce Reds lineup facing a lollipop thrower makes this game a must-bet. Royals catcher Salvador Perez is another great option for this game if Da La Cruz sits. He has homered in back-to-back games, and even though he’s facing a lefty, he’s always a threat at the plate.
Francisco Alvarez +470 | New York Yankees vs. New York Mets
The battle of New York takes place tonight. The two teams will battle it for just two games, but all that matters is that it falls on Dinger Tuesday. Like Da La Cruz for the Reds, Francisco Alvarez is the No. 1 player in the Mets farm system. He ranks in the 90th percentile in max exit velocity, with 11 of his 12 home runs coming off right-handed pitchers. He goes head-to-head with Luis Severino, who was lit up by the Dodgers and White Sox in his last two starts.
Eleven mph winds are expected to be blowing out by the first pitch, which offers even more value for Alvarez. Even with Aaron Judge and Pete Alonso sidelined due to injuries, we could rack up the free bets with Giancarlo Stanton and Francisco Lindor alone.
J.D. Martinez +430 | Chicago White Sox vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Here’s your late-night sweat. The Dodgers host the White Sox to conclude the loaded slate. J.D. Martinez is the best option to target in the powerful Dodgers offense. Martinez and the Dodgers face off against Lance Lynn and his career-high 6.72 ERA.
Lynn has almost surpassed his home runs allowed from last season. He currently sits at 16 allowed this season in only 13 starts, and he and Martinez have faced off multiple times in years past. Lynn has the advantage of holding Martinez to just three hits in 23 at-bats, but Martinez is on a tear at the moment and is seeing the baseball the best he’s seen all season. He has hit 14 of his 16 home runs against righties and four in his last 10 games.
Looking at the other side, Luis Robert and Jake Burger look like the best options for the White Sox. Burger has hit nine home runs off righties, while Robert has gone yard 12 times against righties. The Dodgers and their 113 home runs hit this season are an easy choice to make on Dinger Tuesday.
