Happy Dinger Tuesday, baseball fans! The day when every home run matters that much more, at least for some of us.
For the uninitiated, Dinger Tuesday is a promotion offered by FanDuel in which a user can get up to $25 in bonus funds ($5 per home run in the game) if their player doesn’t hit a home run. For example, if you bet on a player to hit a home run and he doesn’t. But if the two teams combine for five (or more) home runs in the game, you’ll get the full $25 back in the form of bonus bets.
Dinger Tuesday: Home Run Player Props For Tuesday, June 27th
Dinger Tuesday Strategy & Optimization
In prior years, users could bet as many games as they’d like to rack up free bets. However, in 2023, most users are now limited to a max of $50 in bonus bets on the day. It’s still a worthy promotion, but your bets should be more selective.
Ideally, you’d like to target three or four games expected to be higher-scoring (and/or with a lot of home runs) to maximize the bonus bets. If you hit on one of your bets, you likely profit overall and get some bonus bets. Everything else is gravy. The worst-case scenario is that you go 0-for-4 on your bets. Even then, you get $5 in bonus bets for every home run hit in those games.
Let’s get into the home run player props for Dinger Tuesday on, June 27th!
Home Run Picks
SDP @ PIT: Ha-Seong Kim (+520)
Ha-Seong Kim is quietly putting together a solid season in San Diego. The infielder has eight home runs on the season, including one in three of his last four games.
Kim has yet to face Rich Hill in his career, but he is much better against left-handed starters than right-handed hurlers. He has a .828 OPS with four home runs in 85 at-bats vs. LHP with those same four home runs in 150 at-bats vs. RHP.
CIN @ BAL: Jake Fraley (+560)
The Reds are a fun team this year, and Fraley is a part of that. The lefty slugger has 11 home runs in 196 at-bats this season, all coming in his 172 at-bats against right-handed pitchers.
Fraley homered in three straight games prior to going 1-for-5 on Sunday. He has six home runs in his last 11 games (eight starts).
MIL @ NYM: Joey Wiemer (+540)
Brewers rookie Joey Wiemer supplied Milwaukee’s only two runs on Monday night with a two-run home run to beat the Mets 2-1. Wiemer is a right-handed bat that crushes left-handed pitching, including the Mets starter.
Wiemer has already homered off David Peterson this season in two at-bats. In total, he has five home runs in 62 at-bats vs. LHP and six home runs in 172 at-bats vs. RHP.
