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Best MLB Home Run Bets: Lock In This Expert's Best MLB Player Prop Bets for Monday

Looking for more MLB player prop bets for Monday that you can profit on? Jason Radowitz provides his best MLB home run bets for August 5th. Read on find out which players can go yard today.

Best MLB Home Run Bets: Lock In This Expert's Best MLB Player Prop Bets for Monday

The 5-day home run streak came to an end yesterday. Matt Wallner came close, earning a triple, but didn't hit a home run.

We'll look to begin a new streak starting today!

August 5 Best MLB Home Run Props

Seiya Suzuki to Hit a Home Run (+600) CLICK HERE TO SEE WHICH SPORTSBOOK HAS THE BEST ODDS

The Chicago Cubs will face David Festa of the Twins. Festa is a right-handed pitcher who has allowed a .333 ISO and wOBA of .419 to his first 38 righties faced this year.

Festa has also given up 41.7% of line drives to righties over the last 30 days and has allowed 75% of hard contact. Additionally, Festa has earned only 16.7% of ground balls against righties in the last 30 days.

The one righty in the Chicago lineup who has been consistent against other righties is Seiyz Suzuki. Suzuki has nailed a .253 ISO and wOBA of .418 against his last 84 righties. He's also hit 59.6% of hard contact against righties with an 11.5% barrel percentage.

Let's grab Suzuki to go deep tonight.

Bobby Witt Jr. to Hit a Home Run (+330) CLICK HERE TO SEE WHICH SPORTSBOOK HAS THE BEST ODDS

Bobby Witt Jr. has been on a tear against left-handed pitching over the last 30 days. He's slugged a .353 ISO and wOBA of .477 with only 11.1% of strikeouts. Even better, he's walked no times against lefties over the last 30 days.

He'll take on James Paxton, who typically walks a lot of righties. But if he's not walking righties, he's allowing a high ISO to righties. Over the last month, Paxton has given up a .214 ISO and wOBA of .378 to his last 66 righties.

He's also given up 54.8% of hard contact to his last 66 righties. while inducing just 26.2% of ground balls.

Meanwhile, Witt has been above average in basically every category against lefties over the last month, including fly balls, line drives, and hard contact. Let's give Witt a chance tonight.

Brent Rooker to Hit a Home Run (+400) CLICK HERE TO SEE WHICH SPORTSBOOK HAS THE BEST ODDS

The White Sox vs. Athletics should be a series for the ages.

The Athletics are actually the better team in this series, which nobody would've ever imagined before the season began.

That said, Jonathan Cannon will get the start for the White Sox. He's succeeded against lefties but has watched his last 62 righties hit a .167 ISO and wOBA of .378 over the last 30 days.

Cannon has allowed 51.1% of hard contact to righties and has given up 29.8% of line drives over the last month. He's also struck out righties below 13% of the time over the last month.

Tonight, he'll face one of the best power sluggers in the American League, Brent Rooker. Rooker has smashed a .406 ISO and wOBA of .496 against his last 73 righties as a right-handed batter. He's also hit more than 39% of fly balls against righties, including 56.9% of hard contact and a 25.5% barrel percentage.

Let's back Rooker to launch one.

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