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

Can’t complain about a positive night. Now 4-for-4 on positive Dinger Tuesdays.

Overall

7/6: +$27.50
7/20: +$60
7/27: +$299
8/3: +$13
TOTAL: 4-0, +$299.50

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.

Toronto (Stripling) @ Los Angeles (AL) (Suarez)*
*7 inning game
Pre-Game Total: 7.5
Pitcher we are targeting: Stripling, RHP (Toronto) – 12.9% Barrel, 45.2% Hard Hit, 45.9% FB, 21.4% HR/FB, 2.66 HR/9
Official Pick: Shohei Ohtani (+290) $25 to win $72.50 – 3 HR, 17.2% Barrel, 55.2% Hard Hit, 24.1% FB, 42.9% HR/FB

Detroit (Mize) @ Baltimore (Akin)
Pre-Game Total: 10
Pitcher we are targeting: Mize, RHP (Detroit) – 14.1% Barrel, 43.8% Hard Hit, 39.7% FB, 16.0% HR/FB, 1.74 HR/9
Official Pick: Cedric Mullins (+440) $25 to win $110 – 4 HR, 15.4% Barrel, 42.3% Hard Hit, 39.2% FB, 20.0% HR/FB

St. Louis (Happ) @ Pittsburgh (Brault)
Pre-Game Total: 9
Pitcher we are targeting: Happ, LHP (St. Louis) – 9.8% Barrel, 36.6% Hard Hit, 38.8% FB, 16.1% HR/FB, 2.14 HR/9
Official Pick: Bryan Reynolds (+550) $25 to win $137.50 – 2 HR, 8.2% Barrel, 51.0% Hard Hit, 34.7% FB%, 11.8% HR/FB

Oakland (Manaea) @ Cleveland (McKenzie)
Pre-Game Total: 9.5
Pitcher we are targeting: McKenzie, RHP (Cleveland) – 10.0% Barrel, 38.6% Hard Hit, 49.3% FB, 20.6% HR/FB, 3.00 HR/9
Official Pick: Matt Olson (+185) $25 to win $46.50 – 4 HR, 12.8% Barrel, 55.3% Hard Hit, 46.8% FB, 18.2% HR/FB

Colorado (Gray) @ Houston (Odorizzi)
Pre-Game Total: 8.5
Pitcher we are targeting: Odorizzi, RHP (Houston) – 15.8% Barrel, 40.4% Hard Hit, 54.4% FB, 25.8% HR/FB, 4.41 HR/9
Official Pick: Charlie Blackmon (+550) $25 to win $137.50 – 2 HR, 5.1% Barrel, 37.3% Hard Hit, 30.5% FB, 11.1% HR/FB

Chicago (AL) (Keuchel) @ Minnesota (Jax)
Pre-Game Total: 10.5
Pitcher we are targeting: Keuchel, LHP (White Sox) – 15.4% Barrel, 52.3% Hard Hit, 35.4% FB, 30.4% HR/FB, 2.82 HR/9
Official Pick: Jorge Polanco (+330) $25 to win $82.50 – 8 HR, 12.5% Barrel, 33.9% Hard Hit, 41.8% FB, 34.8% HR/FB

Texas (Allard) @ Seattle (Gilbert)
Pre-Game Total: 7.5
Pitcher we are targeting: Allard, LHP (Texas) – 15.4% Barrel, 37.4% Hard Hit, 38.9% FB, 22.9% HR/FB, 2.96 HR/9
Official Pick: Mitch Haniger (+250) $25 to win $62.50 – 3 HR, 7.3% Barrel, 36.4% Hard Hit, 40.0% FB, 13.6% HR/FB

Official Plays – 8/10 Dinger Tuesday (FanDuel)

Shohei Ohtani (+290) to HR: $25 to win $72.50
Cedric Mullins (+440) to HR: $25 to win $110
Bryan Reynolds (+550) to HR: $25 to win $137.50
Matt Olson (+185) to HR: $25 to win $46.25
Charlie Blackmon (+550) to HR: $25 to win $137.50
Jorge Polanco (+330) to HR: $25 to win $82.50
Mitch Haniger (+250) to HR: $25 to win $62.50