Brent Rooker is the highlight of the red-hot Oakland offense and our best bet for the BetMGM Grand Slam Jackpot tonight, while the Yankees and Braves are teams you may want to target over the weekend.
There’s no better way to spend your weekend of MLB betting than cheering for home run props, and BetMGM’s Grand Slam Jackpot has made hitting your dinger bets potentially even more profitable.
Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, if your first bet (of $10 or more) on a player to hit a home run hits a grand slam that day… you win a share of a $50,000 bonus bet jackpot — in addition to BetMGM having among the best MLB player prop odds for homers in the industry.
BetMGM Grand Slam Jackpot picks for tonight:
– From the start of the 2022 season through July 2024, the highest percentage of all plate appearances with the bases loaded was the No. 6 spot (13.54%), followed by the No. 7 hitter (11.63%). The cleanup spot is third at 10.94%, just barely ahead of the No. 5 spot (10.79%).
– The No. 3 spot — traditionally a team’s best hitter — unsurprisingly has the best home run rate with the bases loaded (3.93%, just ahead of Nos. 2, 4, and 5), but the three-hole actually has the third-fewest PAs with the bases loaded in that span — while the bottom of the order (Nos. 8/9) have two of the three worst HR rates of all lineup spots.
– The only spots with fewer grand slam chances than No. 3? That would be the leadoff hitter and No. 2 spot, both of which had less than 10% of all bases-loaded PAs.
BetMGM Grand Slam Jackpot – Saturday preview:
The Oakland cleanup hitter posted a .391 average with 11 HR and a 49% flyball rate in July. He hit .386 with eight of his HR coming against right-handed pitchers, which is important as he will face Dodgers righty Gavin Stone, who has surrendered a homer in four straight games and six of his last eight outings.
