After cashing Freddie Freeman (+330) to go deep on Thursday, SBR's Sean Tomlinson is back with his best home run predictions for Friday, August 22nd:
Corey Seager to hit a home run (+290 via BetMGM)
Brent Rooker to hit a home run (+500 via FanDuel)
Ketel Marte to hit a home run (+500 via bet365)
Teoscar Hernandez to hit a home run (+450 via bet365)
Parlay odds: +45715 via FanDuel ($10 to win $4,571.50)
Best Bet: Corey Seager (Rangers) to hit a home run (+290 BetMGM)
"Seager's temperature has been steadily rising, with the star shortstop recording seven hits in his last four games. Even better, four have gone for extra bases, with two leaving the yard.
Zoom out a touch further, and we see Seager smoldering with a .370 batting average and 1.137 OPS over the past week (seven games). That comes after a 1.040 OPS during July, and it all adds up to a slugger who has very much returned to form after a dip in June.
In hindsight, that outcome wasn't hard to anticipate. The process was always there with Seager this season, even if the results were lacking, and his Baseball Savant page that's coated with red tells the tale. Most notably, Seager ranks among the top 8% in average exit velocity, expected slugging percentage, and hard-hit percentage.
He'll take all that tonight against the Cleveland Guardians' Slade Cecconi, who's regularly getting walloped while posting an average exit velocity and hard-hit rate both in the bottom 4% leaguewide.
Be sure to make this bet through BetMGM, as its +290 betting odds are far more appealing than what's found elsewhere among our best MLB betting sites, with FanDuel sitting at +240."
Corey Seager to hit a home run (+290 via BetMGM)
Brent Rooker to hit a home run (+500 via FanDuel)
Ketel Marte to hit a home run (+500 via bet365)
Teoscar Hernandez to hit a home run (+450 via bet365)
Parlay odds: +45715 via FanDuel ($10 to win $4,571.50)
Best Bet: Corey Seager (Rangers) to hit a home run (+290 BetMGM)
"Seager's temperature has been steadily rising, with the star shortstop recording seven hits in his last four games. Even better, four have gone for extra bases, with two leaving the yard.
Zoom out a touch further, and we see Seager smoldering with a .370 batting average and 1.137 OPS over the past week (seven games). That comes after a 1.040 OPS during July, and it all adds up to a slugger who has very much returned to form after a dip in June.
In hindsight, that outcome wasn't hard to anticipate. The process was always there with Seager this season, even if the results were lacking, and his Baseball Savant page that's coated with red tells the tale. Most notably, Seager ranks among the top 8% in average exit velocity, expected slugging percentage, and hard-hit percentage.
He'll take all that tonight against the Cleveland Guardians' Slade Cecconi, who's regularly getting walloped while posting an average exit velocity and hard-hit rate both in the bottom 4% leaguewide.
Be sure to make this bet through BetMGM, as its +290 betting odds are far more appealing than what's found elsewhere among our best MLB betting sites, with FanDuel sitting at +240."