Best Home Run Picks Today: MLB Player Prop Bets & Odds for March 28

We're off to a soaring start in our daily search for baseballs that sail into the far reaches of upper decks. Tyler O'Neill (+375) continued his Opening Day power surge, and Kyle Schwarber (+425) contributed a solo blast during the Philadelphia Phillies' extra-innings win over the Washington Nationals.
Now, after hitting those two to open the campaign, we'll try to keep rolling with our best home run prop bets today on Day 2 of a fresh baseball season.
The overarching focus of today is capitalizing on lefty mashers in appealing matchups. It's irresistible with so many, including Max Muncy, Yordan Alvarez, and Kyle Tucker.
π° Best MLB home run prop bets & odds tonight: March 28
Here are my best MLB home run prop bets and odds tonight with my pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale. You can also check out our MLB player prop odds tool for the latest MLB odds at the best legal sportsbooks in your region.
𧨠Max Muncy player prop pick: To hit a home run (+425 via BetMGM) βββ
𧨠Kyle Tucker player prop pick: To hit a home run (+425 via BetMGM) βββ
𧨠Corbin Carroll player prop pick: To hit a home run (+600 via FanDuel) ββ
𧨠Yordan Alvarez player prop pick: To hit a home run (+360 via BetMGM) βββ
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βΎ Max Muncy (Dodgers) to hit a home run βββ
Best odds: +425 via BetMGM (bet $10 to win $42.50)
Immediately we encounter the importance of looking for the best price, which can be especially critical when you're shopping for sluggers in this market, as they get comparatively shorter odds. FanDuel's offering for Max Muncy tonight is much worse at +390 next to the +425 through BetMGM.
Muncy's approach is beyond established at this point. His career .228 batting average and OPS of .826 (which sat at .852 last year) show he's very much in the modern baseball mold while selling out to do damage.
He faces Jack Flaherty today, and Muncy unsurprisingly pounces on righties. He hit 12 of his 15 home runs last year against right-handed starters, with an .893 OPS compared to .725 against lefties.
π Tigers vs. Dodgers home run odds
βΎ Kyle Tucker (Cubs) to hit a home run βββ
Best odds: +425 via BetMGM (bet $10 to win $42.50)
Tucker draws Merrill Kelly during his second regular-season game with the Chicago Cubs. Kelly has given up 20-plus home runs in all of his fully healthy MLB seasons so far, including a high of 29.
The outfielder and lefty laser-beam producer also napalms righties, and does so in an even more eye-popping way than Muncy. Tucker is a quality all-around hitter, but both his batting average (.262 to .305) and OPS (.840 to a whopping 1.082) rose significantly last year against righties.
π Cubs vs. Diamondbacks home run odds
βΎ Corbin Carroll (Diamondbacks) to hit a home runβββ
Best odds: +600 via FanDuel (bet $10 to win $60)
Jameson Taillon has been a human homer launchpad in general. He's averaged 24.5 homers allowed over the past four seasons, and the righty is just one season removed from a career high of 27.
But lefties particularly blow up Taillon, with a slugging percentage last year that sat at .428 versus .343 against righties.
Enter the lefty Caroll, who struggled immensely during the first half of last year before significantly turning his season around. He registered a .919 OPS in the second half after putting up a putrid .635 in the first half.
We're also throwing ourselves at an extreme outlier price here, as several of our other best MLB betting sites are at +425 or below for the same wager on Carroll, including BetMGM.
βΎ Yordan Alvarez (Astros) to hit a home run βββ
Best odds: +360 via BetMGM (bet $10 to win $36)
New York Mets starter Tylor Megill was giving up home runs by the bucket before an injury-plagued 2024 season. That includes 18 over a modest 126 1/3 innings in 2023, and 19 across just 89 2/3 innings as a rookie in 2021.
Air Yordan is yet another monster from the left side, and he clubbed 25 of his 35 homers last year against righties. His hard-hit percentage also sat in the 93 percentile, and Alvarez's average exit velocity was in the 97th.
π Mets vs. Astros home run odds
π°Best MLB home run parlay picks today
Here is our best MLB home run parlay for Friday's baseball action; use our parlay calculator to get the best odds for any parlay:
π£ Max Muncy to hit a home run (+425)
π£ Kyle Tucker to hit a home run (+400)
π£ Corbin Carroll to hit a home run (+630)
π£ Yordan Alvarez to hit a home run (+370)
π Best parlay odds: +68409 via FanDuel ($10 to win $6,840.98)
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