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MLB Home Run Picks: How to Bet Thursday’s Small Slate (Sept. 14)

Updated September 14, 2023 | 1:53 pm CDT by Isaiah Sirois

After cashing a +450 ticket on Christopher Morel on Monday, we had a weird Wednesday — Aaron Judge’s game got rained out, and Ryan Mountcastle suffered an injury early and was subbed out by the third inning. Anyway, I want action on one member of the Giants today, and OddsShopper’s model wants action on one member of the Orioles, so let’s dive into today’s best MLB home run picks and bets for Giants-Rockies and Rays-Orioles. We’re trusting Mike Yastrzemski at Coors Field today.

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Best MLB Home Run Bets & Picks Today for Thursday, September 14

Giants-Rockies Home Run Pick

When: 8:40 p.m. ET
Where: Coors Field, Denver

Isaiah’s Target: Mike Yastrzemski at DraftKings

Sometimes you can’t overthink it. The San Francisco Giants and LHB Mike Yastrzemski are in Coors Field today, and the Colorado Rockies will trot out RHP Chase Anderson. This will mark Yaz’s 28th star at Coors Field, and across 126 plate appearances and 109 at-bats here, the slugger has 10 home runs and is slashing .312/.397/.679. He is yet to clear the fences — or record a hit, for that matter — in Coors Field this year despite starting twice and making nine trips to the plate. That should change tonight if the Giants and Rockies can get this game in, which appears uncertain.

Yaz draws a great matchup against Anderson. The 35-year-old RHP has not been good this year — he owns a 5.46 xERA (10th percentile) and a .472 xSLG. he has coughed up 17 actual and 14.6 expected home runs across 68 innings pitched. Eight of those home runs have come in his home park. Yaz hasn’t just been fantastic at Coors Field, he has been effective against Anderson and other RHPs. He has 11 home runs and is slashing .273/.367/.528 against RHPs this year alone. He is also slashing .429/,429/.714 against Anderson through nine plate appearances.

Even if this game isn’t played on Thursday, Yaz will be a fantastic target in whichever game Anderson ends up starting. He owns a .445 xSLG, which is in the 67th percentile, to go with an average exit velocity of 90.6 mph, the highest of his career, which is in the 72nd. It’s a relatively tiny MLB slate tonight as football typically dominates the airwaves on Thursday, so we don’t have a ton of fades on the mound (except for RHP Jose Urena). Consider pairing this with a wager on Yaz to record multiple bases at odds of +100 (50%) via DraftKings, which you can boost up to +150 (40%) for the first $25.

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Rays-Orioles Home Run Pick

When: 7:15 p.m. ET
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore

OddsShopper’s Target: Adley Rutschman at FanDuel

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The Rays will start RHP Aaron Civale tonight, who has been effective for them but is overperforming. His 2.96 ERA is much better than his 3.62 xERA, and his .336 SLG is much better than his .369 xSLG. Civale has coughed up only eight actual and 6.9 expected home runs this season, half of which have gone to LHBs, who are slashing .233/.288/.367 against him. Rutschman has yet to face Civale, but it’s worth noting that 13 of his home runs have come against RHPs. He is also slashing .262/.353/.408 against them.

The Our model thinks a fair price is +695 (12.6%), so we’re beating the market and getting some value by playing this MLB home run pick at +750 (11.8%) via FanDuel Sportsbook. This number may not remain on the market forever, so if you want to tail one of the model’s top home run picks today, get your action down soon!

Best MLB Home Run Bet: Adley Rutschman +750 at FanDuel

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Isaiah Sirois is a sports betting analyst at OddsShopper specializing in basketball, football and motorsports. Basketball is Isaiah’s favorite sport to handicap, and he has covered NBA, WNBA, NCAA and FIBA markets for OddsShopper and other sites. However, Isaiah’s favorite sport to follow is auto racing, and you can usually find him watching NASCAR or IndyCar on Sundays. He will be a fan of Team Penske and Ford Performance until the end of time. Isaiah graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history from Emory University and briefly attended Vanderbilt Law School before dropping out to work at OddsShopper.

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