Today’s MLB Home Run Prop Bets For May 8
WagerTalk content contributor Kyle Kargel provides his daily home run prop picks and predictions for Monday, May 8 with odds provided by FanDuel.
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Home Run Prop Prediction 1: Yasmani Grandal (+750)
AL Central foes Royals and White Sox go at it for the first time this season tonight where yesterday Chicago put up a whopping 17 runs against Cincinnati.
I expect them to keep their hot bats going facing off against Zach Greinke. White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal has tons of experience facing Greinke in his career going 16-55 with two home runs.
Grandal is a switch hitter with much more success hitting left-handed this season. He hits .304 while batting left-handed with two of his three home runs and only hitting .174 while hitting right handed with one home run.
He's also had much more success hitting on the road this season batting .321 with two home runs compared to only hitting .217 at home.
You can get Grandal at a valuable +750 with other White Sox hitters who could hit a home run include Luis Robert +600 and Gavin Sheets (+680).
Home Run Prop Prediction 2: Dansby Swanson (+560)
Cardinals starting pitcher tonight Miles Mikolas has already given up five home runs on the road this season in only 16.2 innings pitched.
One Cubs hitter who could take advantage of this matchup is shortstop Dansby Swanson who hasn't been having the best first year in a Cubs uniform he had hoped for.
He only has nine RBIs and two home runs as the Cubs #2 hitter but does have mild success against Mikolas with three hits in 13 at-bats including a home run. Last year Swanson hit a home run against right-handed pitching once every 25 at-bats but has yet to hit one this year in 97 at-bats!
This streak has to come to an end soon so why not tonight against a pitcher like Mikolas who is prone to give up a home run or two.
Another metric that supports this is Mikolas allowed two home runs in 11.2 innings pitched in his two starts at Wrigley Field last season. Get Swanson to hit a home run at +560 with a couple other Cubs hitters who could hit one include Patrick Wisdom (+440) and Ian Happ (+500).