{"id":36449,"date":"2025-08-01T08:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=36449"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:18:09","slug":"best-home-run-prop-bets-today-hr-prop-picks-for-friday-august-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/mlb\/best-home-run-prop-bets-today-hr-prop-picks-for-friday-august-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Home Run Prop Bets Today &#8211; HR Prop Picks For Friday, August 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2025 MLB season is here, and who doesn&#8217;t love home run prop bets? Tons of home runs have already been hit this season and we&#8217;re ready to pick more winners in 2025! Free home run prop picks each day come at you compliments of WagerTalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We cashed our home run prop pick on Thursday with Elly De La Cruz at +290 odds<\/strong>! Let&#8217;s see if we can beat the books with home run prop bets on Friday! You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\/mlb\">free MLB picks<\/a> every day at WagerTalk! Here are the best home run prop bets to make for <strong>Friday, August 1!<\/strong><\/p>\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\">Nick Castellanos (PHI) +520<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Castellanos has hit nine of his 14 total home runs at home this season as we\u2019ll go with him to hit his home run prop tonight against his former team in the Tigers at Citizens Bank Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Castellanos only has 14 home runs this season but he has hit 23+ home runs in each of the last two seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Flaherty gets the start today for Detroit sporting a 6.28 road ERA compared to a 3.38 home ERA on the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has allowed 19 home runs this season although he hasn\u2019t allowed one in his last two starts (9 IP). So, we think there is a little regression to the means tonight, especially playing against a Phillies team that\u2019s tied for second across the MLB in most home runs hit since the all-star break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Phillies outfielder has two home runs across his last six games played and four in total for the month so let\u2019s take <strong>Castellanos to hit his home run prop with odds listed at +520<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other Phillies hitters to take advantage of for a home run prop includes <strong>Kyle Schwarber (+220)<\/strong> and newest Phillies member <strong>Harrison Bader (+520)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB HR Props Best Bet of the Day #2: Jordan Beck (COL) +440<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pirates and Rockies are arguably the two worst teams in the National League this season as they go head-to-head in Colorado tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lefty Andrew Heaney takes the mound for Pittsburgh who has given up 20 home runs on the season with 13 of those coming on the road while posting a 6.45 ERA away from PNC Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re going to take a shot on outfielder Jordan Beck to hit his home run prop tonight batting .315 against lefties while sporting a .584 slugging percentage compared to a .414 slugging percentage against righties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beck is batting .314 at home compared to a .224 average on the road and is slugging .485 at Coors Field as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July Beck batted .314 with Heaney giving up six total home runs across four starts in July while posting a 9.00 ERA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rockies are tied with the fifth most home runs hit since the all-star break so take <strong>Beck at +440 to hit his home run prop<\/strong> tonight with other Rockies to target for a home run include <strong>Hunter Goodman (+300)<\/strong> and <strong>Ezequiel Tovar (+440)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_61332\"  width=\"870\" height=\"489\"  data-origwidth=\"870\" data-origheight=\"489\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j5UL8L_tJOs?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;hl=en_US&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Friday MLB Predictions Today | MLB Top Picks Today for August 1, 2025 | Drew\u2019s Daily Diamond\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/j5UL8L_tJOs\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j5UL8L_tJOs\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Friday MLB Predictions Today | MLB Top Picks Today for August 1, 2025 | Drew\u2019s Daily Diamond\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\u26be\ufe0f Friday MLB Predictions Today | MLB Top Picks Today for August 1, 2025 | Drew\u2019s Daily Diamond: Get MLB best bets, predictions, picks, and daily baseball betting tips from expert handicapper Drew Martin on Drew&#039;s Daily Diamond! 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Free home run prop picks each day come at you compliments of WagerTalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We cashed our home run prop pick on Thursday with Elly De La Cruz at +290 odds<\/strong>! Let's see if we can beat the books with home run prop bets on Friday! You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\/mlb\">free MLB picks<\/a> every day at WagerTalk! Here are the best home run prop bets to make for <strong>Friday, August 1!<\/strong><\/p>\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\">Nick Castellanos (PHI) +520<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Castellanos has hit nine of his 14 total home runs at home this season as we\u2019ll go with him to hit his home run prop tonight against his former team in the Tigers at Citizens Bank Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Castellanos only has 14 home runs this season but he has hit 23+ home runs in each of the last two seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Flaherty gets the start today for Detroit sporting a 6.28 road ERA compared to a 3.38 home ERA on the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He has allowed 19 home runs this season although he hasn\u2019t allowed one in his last two starts (9 IP). 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