{"id":30425,"date":"2024-08-05T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=30425"},"modified":"2024-08-05T10:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T14:10:30","slug":"best-home-run-prop-bets-monday-august-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/mlb\/best-home-run-prop-bets-monday-august-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Home Run Prop Bets Today &#8211; HR Prop Picks For Monday, August 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2024 MLB season is flying by, and who doesn&#8217;t love home run prop bets? Home runs have been flying so far this season, and we continue picking winners.  Free home run prop picks each day come at you free compliments of WagerTalk.  Here are the best home run prop bets to make for Monday, August 5th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 Football GoldSheet Newsletter Pre-Sale!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Early-bird pricing<\/strong>&nbsp;is now available for the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/add-special-offer-to-cart?data_specialOfferID=6376\">2024 Football GoldSheet newsletter<\/a><\/strong>. Take advantage of our best offer and&nbsp;<strong>lock in the 2024-25 Football GoldSheet newsletter<\/strong>&nbsp;at the lowest available price, which will increase on the first of each month until the college football season kicks off in late August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wt.buzz\/tgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/wt.buzz\/tgs<\/a><br>2) Add the 2024 Football GoldSheet Newsletter Pre-Sale to your cart. No promo code or coupons are needed.<br>3) Enjoy weekly coverage of the NFL and college football with in-depth analysis, stat comparisons, proprietary power ratings, key releases and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/add-special-offer-to-cart?data_specialOfferID=6376\">GET IT NOW!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best Home Run Prop Bets &#8211; MLB Free HR Props Picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael Conforto (SF) +425<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The struggles of Patrick Corbin have carried over into the 2024 MLB season as he heads into his home start against the Giants sporting a 5.88 ERA and 2-11 record on the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One Giants batter with tons of success against the Nationals lefty include Michael Conforto who is 12-34 against Corbin with five home runs in his career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally we wouldn\u2019t advocate for a lefty vs lefty matchup but this is a special circumstance with Conforto having general success against left handed pitching on the season batting .294 compared to just .211 vs right handed pitching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He only has 11 home runs on the season hitting one every 17 at-bats against lefties and one every 32 at bats vs righties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conforto is also a much better hitter away from Oracle Park with a .241 average and nine home runs compared to just a .217 average and two home runs at home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It does hurt that Conforto is currently hot as well with a .417 average and a home run already in August. 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The Astros outfielder has had much more success on the road this season batting .356 with a home run every 16 at bats compared to playing at home with a .249 batting average and a home run every 25 at bats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alvarez also bats .367 against left handed pitching and sits top 15 among all players in slugging percentage and OPS against lefties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take <strong>Alvarez to hit a home run at +320<\/strong> with another Astros hitter to consider for a home run includes <strong>Alex Bregman at +475<\/strong> who is 14-41 all time vs Heaney with two home runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another tasty one of our home run prop bets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enjoyed the Home Run Prop Bets? Find More MLB Bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WagerTalk has many daily and monthly packages, starting as low as $2, from expert MLB handicappers.  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Home runs have been flying so far this season, and we continue picking winners.  Free home run prop picks each day come at you free compliments of WagerTalk.  Here are the best home run prop bets to make for Monday, August 5th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 Football GoldSheet Newsletter Pre-Sale!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Early-bird pricing<\/strong>&nbsp;is now available for the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/add-special-offer-to-cart?data_specialOfferID=6376\">2024 Football GoldSheet newsletter<\/a><\/strong>. Take advantage of our best offer and&nbsp;<strong>lock in the 2024-25 Football GoldSheet newsletter<\/strong>&nbsp;at the lowest available price, which will increase on the first of each month until the college football season kicks off in late August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>1) Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wt.buzz\/tgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/wt.buzz\/tgs<\/a><br>2) Add the 2024 Football GoldSheet Newsletter Pre-Sale to your cart. No promo code or coupons are needed.<br>3) Enjoy weekly coverage of the NFL and college football with in-depth analysis, stat comparisons, proprietary power ratings, key releases and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best Home Run Prop Bets - MLB Free HR Props Picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael Conforto (SF) +425<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The struggles of Patrick Corbin have carried over into the 2024 MLB season as he heads into his home start against the Giants sporting a 5.88 ERA and 2-11 record on the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>One Giants batter with tons of success against the Nationals lefty include Michael Conforto who is 12-34 against Corbin with five home runs in his career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Normally we wouldn\u2019t advocate for a lefty vs lefty matchup but this is a special circumstance with Conforto having general success against left handed pitching on the season batting .294 compared to just .211 vs right handed pitching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He only has 11 home runs on the season hitting one every 17 at-bats against lefties and one every 32 at bats vs righties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Conforto is also a much better hitter away from Oracle Park with a .241 average and nine home runs compared to just a .217 average and two home runs at home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>It does hurt that Conforto is currently hot as well with a .417 average and a home run already in August. Take <strong>Conforto to hit a home run at +425<\/strong> with the Giants playing at Washington at 6:45pm ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/45HPoiwbSz0?origin=https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB HR Props Best Bet of the Day #2: Yordan Alvarez (HOU) +320<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Heaney could have his hands full tonight taking on an Astros team with tons of experience against him including Yordan Alvarez who is 11-21 all time against the Rangers lefty with a home run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Heaney has struggled across his last two starts allowing ten earned runs and allowed two home runs in a July start against Houston in five innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Alvarez has a hit in five of his last six games, but hasn\u2019t hit a home run since July 21st. The Astros outfielder has had much more success on the road this season batting .356 with a home run every 16 at bats compared to playing at home with a .249 batting average and a home run every 25 at bats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Alvarez also bats .367 against left handed pitching and sits top 15 among all players in slugging percentage and OPS against lefties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Take <strong>Alvarez to hit a home run at +320<\/strong> with another Astros hitter to consider for a home run includes <strong>Alex Bregman at +475<\/strong> who is 14-41 all time vs Heaney with two home runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Another tasty one of our home run prop bets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enjoyed the Home Run Prop Bets? Find More MLB Bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>WagerTalk has many daily and monthly packages, starting as low as $2, from expert MLB handicappers.  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