What is Dinger Tuesday?

Dinger Tuesday is a promotion that FanDuel offers every Tuesday. If you opt-in and place a $25 pre-game bet on a player to hit a HR, you will get $5 back for every HR hit in that game (max $25) regardless of whether your player hit a HR.

So, for example, if we take Kris Bryant +300 to hit a HR in a Cubs-Cardinals game ($25 to win $75) and he doesn’t HR but the game has a total of 3 HR, we would get $15 back for a net loss of $10.

If, in the hypothetical scenario described above, Kris Bryant did have one of the 3 HR we would win $75 on the Bryant HR plus get the $15 back for a net total of $90.

Last Week Recap

What a monster night! +$299 with dingers in 4 of the 5 games! Let’s hope to stay hot this week.

Stats Referenced Below

HR = Home Runs
Barrel % = Barrel Percentage (Percentage of batted balls hit on the barrel of bat)
Hard Hit % = Hard Contact Percentage (Percentage of hard-hit batted balls)
FB% = Fly Ball Percentage (% of balls in play that are fly balls)
HR/FB = Home Run to Fly Ball Rate (% of fly balls that go for Home Runs)
HR/9 = Home Runs per 9 innings (# of HR a pitcher allows per 9 innings)

The pitching stats I gather are from the past month and the hitting stats I gather are from the past three weeks*.

*Please note that some of the hitting stats may not have included stats from the past 1-2 days as I need to start my research on Sunday-Monday to get it all done on time.

Chicago (NL) (Davies) @ Colorado (Freeland)
Pre-Game Total: 11.5
Pitcher we are targeting: Freeland, LHP (Colorado) – 5.4% Barrel, 39.1% Hard Hit, 39.6% FB, 5.6% HR/FB, 0.60 HR/9
Official Pick: Willson Contreras (+360) $25 to win $90 – 5 HR, 10.4% Barrel, 50.0% Hard Hit, 42.6% FB, 25.0% HR/FB

Baltimore (Wells) @ New York (AL) (Cole)
Pre-Game Total: 10
Pitcher we are targeting: Wells, LHP (Baltimore) – 12.1% Barrel, 54.5% Hard Hit, 48.5% FB, 18.8% HR/FB, 2.53 HR/9
Official Pick: Aaron Judge (+210) $25 to win $52.50 – 0 HR, 0.0% Barrel, 69.2% Hard Hit, 30.8% FB, 0.0% HR/FB

Boston (Richards) @ Detroit (Peralta)
Pre-Game Total: 10
Pitcher we are targeting: Richards RHP (Boston) – 14.7% Barrel, 39.7% Hard Hit, 39.7% FB, 18.5% HR/FB, 2.29 HR/9
Official Pick: Eric Haase (+350) $25 to win $87.50 – 5 HR, 23.1% Barrel, 53.8% Hard Hit, 46.2% FB%, 27.8% HR/FB

Seattle (Kikuchi) @ Tampa Bay (Patino)
Pre-Game Total: 8
Pitcher we are targeting: Kikuchi, LHP (Seattle) – 16.4% Barrel, 52.5% Hard Hit, 36.1% FB, 27.3% HR/FB, 2.57 HR/9
Official Pick: Nelson Cruz (+270) $25 to win $67.50 – 2 HR, 15.0% Barrel, 55.0% Hard Hit, 35.0% FB, 28.6% HR/FB

Los Angeles (AL) (Suarez) @ Texas (Lyles)
Pre-Game Total: 8.5
Pitcher we are targeting: Lyles, RHP (Texas) – 11.0% Barrel, 41.8% Hard Hit, 50.0% FB, 20.0% HR/FB, 2.70 HR/9
Official Pick: Shohei Ohtani (+230) $25 to win $57.50 – 4 HR, 20.7% Barrel, 48.3% Hard Hit, 34.5% FB, 40.0% HR/FB

Official Plays – 8/3 Dinger Tuesday (FanDuel)

Willson Contreras (+360) to HR: $25 to win $90
Aaron Judge (+210) to HR: $25 to win $52.50
Eric Haase (+350) to HR: $25 to win $87.50
Nelson Cruz (+270) to HR: $25 to win $67.50
Shohei Ohtani (+230) to HR: $25 to win $57.50