Daily MLB Home Run Prop Picks
Patrick Corbin, Yusei Kikuchi, Alex Wood among others face teams they tend to struggle against setting up for some juicy matchups with good chances for power hitters to smack one out tonight. Sportsmemo content contributor Kyle Kargel provides his home run prop predictions and picks for Tuesday, May 10 with odds provided by FanDuel.
Home Run Prop Prediction 1: Nelson Cruz (TBD)
Carlos Carrasco is projected to get the start for the Mets tonight in which DH Nelson Cruz is salivating over. The power slugger is only hitting .157 so far on the season with only three home runs. In his career against Carrasco, Cruz is 12-32 with five home runs.
I see no better spot for Cruz to pick things back up as he did hit one of his three home runs a few days ago. He’s on a modest three game hitting streak and the Nationals as a whole have won four of their past seven games after losing 8-straight before that.
If Cruz has a poor showing against a pitcher he’s had much success against, it could make for a long season for him, but I don’t see that happening.
*As of this writing Carrasco is the scheduled starter, but that could change to Tylor Megill.
Home Run Prop Prediction 2: Charlie Blackmon (+750)
We’re going with a long shot here but Charlie Blackmon posts superb numbers against Giants starter Alex Wood tonight going 13-27, but the thing is he only has one extra base hit total against Wood.
So far, Blackmon’s season has been streaky with only four hits in the team’s first six games. Between April 18 – April 26 he raised his average from .212 to .281 and all four of his long balls were hit during that span.
Since then his average has dropped from .281 back to .235. This looks like the perfect spot for Blackmon to turn it back around and what better way to kick that off than with a home run tonight.
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