Home Run Cheat Sheet - HR Data, Stats, Matchups and More - Thursday, August 17

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Home Run Cheat Sheet - HR Data, Stats, Matchups and More - Thursday, August 17

Welcome to the Home Run Cheat Sheet! If you’re a regular Dimers user, you know there’s not much more we love to bet on than home runs, especially in the dog days of summer dominated by baseball. We use our cutting-edge predictive analytics machine to find both the best value and most likely home run hitters on any given day. Powered by our A.I. models, we run 1000s of simulations on every game in every slate to find out when the sportsbooks are wrong and how you can use that to your advantage to turn a long-term profit.

However, even though we love our DimersBOT, a savvy bettor has no shortage of tools in their arsenal and knows that the more resources and data you can use to back up your bets, the stronger they’ll be. While nothing is ever a guarantee in sports betting, you’ll find yourself hitting your wagers more often than not when making full use of the resources available to you. Hopefully, this article will give you a little insight into how we arrive at our final decisions when putting together our HR Round Robins and two-leg HR Parlays.

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Home Run Cheat Sheet

For ease of use, this article will be broken into four main sections as follows:

  • Today’s Starting Pitchers and their HR allowed data
  • Hot hitters – most HR over last # of days
  • The worst bullpens in terms of HR allowed
  • Historical matchups – the hitters with the best HR and batting history

Be sure to cross-reference these lists with our Best Home Run Props which continuously update throughout the day!

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🎯 Dinger Targets

Today’s starting pitchers with their total home runs and home runs per 9 allowed this season. Based on scheduled starters and subject to change.

PITCHER OPPONENT HR ALLOWED IP HR/9
L. Lynn (LAD) MIL Brewers 32 137.2 2.09
P. Corbin (WSH) BOS Red Sox 24 137.1 1.57
R. Hill (SD) ARI D-Backs 18 125.1 1.29
C. Burnes (MIL LA Dodgers 16 145.0 0.99
G. Kirby (SEA) KC Royals 15 144.2 0.93
Z. Gallen (ARI) SD Padres 15 155.2 0.87
A. Wainwright (STL) NY Mets 14 66.2 1.89
C. Sale (BOS) WSH Nationals 9 63.2 1.27
X. Curry (CLE) DET Tigers 8 69.0 1.04
A. Zerpa (KC)
*stats from AAA*
SEA Mariners 5 34.2 1.30
T. Skubal (DET) CLE Guardians 1 32.1 0.28
J. Quintana (NYM) STL Cardinals 0 29.2 0.00

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🔥 Hot Hitters 

These hitters have mashed a notable amount of home runs in recent weeks.

BATTER LAST # OF DAYS HR
M. Olson (ATL) Last 30 13
A. Riley (ATL) Last 30 13
P. Alonso (NYM) Last 30 10
K. Tucker (HOU) Last 30 10
C. Seager (TEX) Last 30 9
S. Torkelson (DET) Last 30 9
C. Raleigh (SEA) Last 30 9
Z. Gelof (OAK) Last 30 8
G. Sanchez (SD) Last 30 8
J. Soto (SD) Last 30 8
D. Swanson (CHC) Last 30 8
M. Wallner (MIN) Last 30 8
B. Reynolds (PIT) Last 15 5
J. Soler (MIA) Last 15 5
C. Walker (ARI) Last 7 5
T. Edman (STL) Last 7 4
K. Carpenter (DET) Last 7 4
 

💥 Down Bad Bullpens

Starting pitcher yanked early or threw a gem? Not to worry, these bullpens give up plenty of late-game dingers!

TEAM RANK HR ALLOWED
OAK Athletics 1st 66
WSH Nationals 2nd 65
NY Mets 3rd 63
TB Rays T-4th 60
CHI White Sox T-4th 60
CIN Reds T-5th 59
DET Tigers T-5th 59
ARI D-Backs 6th 57

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🤝 Hello, Old Friend

These hitters have some reliable history against the starter they’ll be facing. Players with just one home run will require a minimum of 10 PAs and a .250 batting average unless otherwise noted. Sample sizes will vary.

BATTER PITCHER PLATE APPEARANCES HR BATTING AVG
T. Story (BOS) P. Corbin (WSH) 36 3 .333
P. Goldschmidt (STL) J. Quintana (NYM) 19 3 .647
N. Arenado (STL) J. Quintana (NYM) 16 2 .133
C. Yelich (MIL) L. Lynn (LAD) 15 2 .200
F. Tatis Jr. (SD) Z. Gallen (ARI) 18 2 .333
A. Duvall (BOS) P. Corbin (WSH) 37 2 .343
S. Marte (NYM) A. Wainwright (STL) 67 2 .246
J. Turner (BOS) P. Corbin (BOS) 48 2 .381
L. Urias (BOS) P. Corbin (BOS) 10 1 .333
T. Pham (ARI) R. Hill (SD) 10 1 .333
X. Bogaerts (SD) Z. Gallen (ARI) 9 1 .375
J. Heyward (LAD)   13 1 .333
J. Cronenworth (SD) Z. Gallen (ARI) 26 1 .273
M. Machado (SD) Z. Gallen (ARI) 21 1 .300
O. Narvaez (NYM) A. Wainwright (STL) 27   .375

*Designates potential starters not yet confirmed

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Dave Garofolo, a seasoned fantasy sports and betting enthusiast with a special affection for the NFL and MLB, crafts insightful game previews and betting props for the NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, NCAAM and PGA TOUR tournaments.

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