Rosters expanded around the majors Tuesday when the calendar flipped to September, and back in the day that would mean a bunch of minor-league arms being called up and a lot of September home runs off inexperienced pitchers. Alas, that's no longer the case. Rosters only expand now from 26 to 28, and teams aren't allowed to have more than 14 total pitchers.
Regarding homers, I'm all about Pete Crow-Armstrong winning the big-league crown as a Cubs batter hasn't led the majors or National League since Sammy Sosa in 2000 -- and that comes with an obvious asterisk. A few weeks ago, PCA was a major longshot on this prop, but he has been raking and now sits at 39 homers, one shy of Kyle Schwarber's big-league lead. Crow-Armstrong, the runaway -3000 NL MVP favorite (-1600 entering Thursday) and poised for a rare 40-40 season, is +300 for the home run title, behind only the former Cub Schwarber (-190).
I don't generally care about such things, but I do with those two involved. I don't love PCA tonight in Miami, though, for MLB prop betting. Shoot, maybe I should drive over for one of those Cubs-Marlins matchups.
Not exactly hard to get good seats in Miami. Bet home run props at DraftKings, where new users get $200 in bonus bets with a $5 wager: Those who want to get into MLB betting, particularly home run prop betting, need to take a look at what I'm playing for Friday's games. Over the past four MLB seasons, I'm up $1,681 on MLB picks.
You can find more of my picks at SportsLine, and in the member-exclusive SportsLine Discord server, a community of sports betting enthusiasts and SportsLine experts. Last Friday, my home run picks were the Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. at +350 and Reds' JJ Bleday at +495. Remember, all my HR plays mean I like Over 1.5 total bases even better at the best sports betting apps -- Witt did have a double at Cleveland but didn't go yard.
Cincinnati scored 10 runs at Wrigley Field last Friday but Bleday only managed a single in five at-bats. Bet home runs at BetMGM Sportsbook, where new users can get up to $1,500 in bonus bets here: A huge NL East series between the Braves and Phillies at Citizens Bank Park starts at 6:40 ET, and Philadelphia probably has to sweep this to have any shot at winning the division for a third straight year. No weather concerns tonight.
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