Best Home Run Predictions Today: MLB Odds, Picks & Prop Bets for Thursday, May 8

We have three tasty home run picks that feature players from the afternoon games right up until you go to bed, headlined by Freddie Freeman in tonight's late game.

Andrew Brennan

Last updated: May 8, 2025 3:35 PM EDT • 3 min read

Home Run Predictions Today: Best MLB Odds, Picks & Prop Bets for May 8 — Pictured: Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman looks to the dugout during a game against the Atlanta Braves. Photo by Brett Davis via Imagn Images.

MLB MVP odds dark horse Freddie Freeman headlines our best home run predictions today, and he's quietly off to the best start of his legendary career.

💰 Best MLB home run predictions & odds today: May 8

Here are my best MLB home run predictions and odds today, with my pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale. You can also check out our MLB player prop odds tool for the latest MLB odds at the best legal sportsbooks in your region.

🧨 Kyle Schwarber player prop pick: To hit a home run (+265 via bet365) vs. Rays ⭐⭐⭐
🧨 Freddie Freeman player prop pick: To hit a home run (+450 via FanDuel) vs. Diamondbacks ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🧨 Wilyer Abreu player prop pick: To hit a home run (+470 via FanDuel) vs. Rangers ⭐⭐⭐

💣 Best home run prediction today: MLB expert picks & prop bets

Here's a breakdown of my best home run prop prediction today. Check out the rest of our MLB picks along with our guide on how to bet on MLB.

⚾ Freddie Freeman (Dodgers) to hit a home run ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Best odds: +450 via FanDuel (bet $10 to win $45)

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Despite all the buzz around the various MVP front-runners, it's Freeman who's the NL's best hitter, with his 212 wRC+ and .362/.435/.713 slash line. Freeman missed nearly two weeks of action after reaggravating his ankle injury, yet he's still clubbed eight home runs already.

The first baseman is hitting the ball harder than he ever has in his career, and Freeman's launch angle is also a career-high 18.2 degrees. What do you get while hitting more fly balls than ever while smacking the ball harder than ever? A lot of home runs.

That's why Freeman is getting one of the best home run projections today. It's only slightly worse than Ohtani's projection, and yet we're getting +450 odds here. Meanwhile, the longest odds at our best sports betting sites for the Dodgers DH are just +215.

While you're betting on Freeman to homer today, go take a look at his +8000 odds to win NL MVP, with that price being available at DraftKings.

📊 Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks odds

💰Best MLB home run parlay picks

Here is our best MLB home run parlay for Thursday's baseball action; use our parlay calculator to get the best odds for any parlay.

💣 Kyle Schwarber to hit a home run (+230)
💣 Freddie Freeman to hit a home run (+430)

🚀 Parlay odds: +1649 via FanDuel ($10 to win $164.90)

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Andrew Brennan

Andrew Brennan is a publishing editor for Sportsbook Review. He also heads the website’s MLB coverage, from the various futures markets to daily picks. Andrew believes a math-based approach is the best way to enjoy long-term success in sports betting, and he’s spent the better part of the last year fine-tuning his own process for MLB, NBA, and NFL picks. Andrew uses eight different sportsbooks to find the best odds available and various projection models to gather as much information as he can. His most used sportsbooks are bet365, FanDuel, and theScore Bet. When it comes to daily projection models, he regularly references NumberFire across all sports, as it’s one of the best free tools available. In terms of which daily markets Andrew attacks, he almost exclusively bets on pitcher strikeouts for baseball. When the winter rolls around, you’ll see him providing more variety when it comes to the NBA (points, assists, rebounds) and NFL (almost any offensive-based player prop). He used these tools to go +150 units in 2023. Andrew is also a passionate fantasy sports player. He’s played fantasy football, fantasy Premier League, and fantasy baseball for the last decade. He graduated from Durham College with his diploma in journalism after earning his degree in law from Carleton University. He’s worked in sports media since early 2017, first contributing at FanSided before moving to theScore. He joined SBR in 2022.