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Go Yard: Top Home Run Picks for FanDuel’s MLB Dinger Tuesday (9/09)

Paul Connor

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Batter up! It’s MLB Dinger Tuesday over on FanDuel Sportsbook, and SportsGrid has your best home run bets ready for the occasion!

Leading off: Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy in the second game of a three-game series against the lowly Colorado Rockies.

Note: All odds are subject to change after the publication of this article.

1. LAD Max Muncy (+330) vs. Colorado Rockies

Muncy, who was activated from the IL yesterday, has hit 17 home runs in 90 games.
Over his past 15 contests, the veteran has slashed a red-hot .304/.458/.717 with six homers.
Muncy is 8-for-34 with four home runs in his career against Rockies starter German Marquez (3-12, 6.19 ERA). He’s also walked six times.
Over his last seven starts, Marquez has posted a 6.35 ERA while giving up nine home runs.
Across 56.0 IP, left-handed batters are slashing a robust .316/.388/.532 with ten home runs against Marquez (1.61 HR/9).
Marquez is yielding a 42.7% hard-hit rate and a 40.9% fly ball rate to LHBs.
Muncy is slugging .546 with a .927 OPS and a .261 ISO against RHP.
Muncy boasts a 47.6% fly ball rate and an 18.8% home run to fly ball ratio against RHP.
Much like their season, Colorado’s bullpen has been a disaster, allowing an MLB-worst 89 home runs and ranking 29th in ERA (5.27).

Castellanos (16 HR) has had success against Mets left-handed starter Sean Manaea (1-2, 5.60 ERA), going 5-for-17 (.294) with three home runs lifetime.
Manaea has been struggling mightily, posting a 6.89 ERA and surrendering six home runs in his last seven starts.
Manaea is allowing 2.06 HR/9 to right-handed batters.
Against RHBs, Manaea is posting a 41.8% fly ball rate and a 21.1% home run to fly ball ratio.
Castellanos boasts a 43.1% fly ball rate against LHP.