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MLB Home Run Picks Today: Predictions, Props for Yankees vs Rays for Monday, October 5

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Pictured: New York Yankees designated hitter Ben Rice. (Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

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For today’s American League Division Series Game 2 action, I’ve got two home run picks dialed into the Yankees vs. Rays matchup.

We’ve also got the White Sox taking on the Guardians in their ALDS Game 2 clash today, but my focus is strictly on St. Petersburg.

Read on for my 2 MLB Home Run Picks Today.


MLB Home Run Picks Today

The team logos in the table below represent each of the matchups that our MLB betting staff is targeting from today's slate of games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article and download the Action Network app for more picks and analysis.

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8:00 PM
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Yankees vs Rays HR Prediction, Pick

New York Yankees Logo
46300
8:00 PM ET
TBS/truTV/Max
Tampa Bay Rays Logo
Junior Caminero Home Run
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By Grant Neiffer

This isn't a great spot, but these odds are a bit too high.

Cam Schlittler has been great this season, but he's allowed a 0.81 HR/9 to righties and is due for some negative regression, as he grades out as a pitcher with close to a 1.00 HR/9.

Caminero is one of the best HR hitters in the league, and I have the true odds here around +350.

Pick: Junior Caminero Home Run (+375)



Yankees vs Rays HR Prediction, Pick

New York Yankees Logo
46300
8:00 PM ET
TBS/truTV/Max
Tampa Bay Rays Logo
Ben Rice Home Run
bet365 Logo

By Grant Neiffer

Freddy Peralta has been having an off year, and he's been a great matchup for lefty power this season (1.42 HR/9).

This ballpark is a downgrade for Rice, but he was still one of the best HR hitters in the league this season.

I have the true odds here around +350.

Pick: Ben Rice Home Run (+375)



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