MLB Best Home Run Bets For June 15, 2026—Happ And Alvarez

LifestyleVicesMLB Best Home Run Bets For June 15, 2026—Happ And AlvarezByJosh Shepardson,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Josh Shepardson is a sports betting analyst, focused on player props.Follow AuthorJun 15, 2026, 01:21pm EDTIan Happ can muscle up for a home run tonight.Getty ImagesThe MLB best home run bets got back in the winner’s circle on Friday night. While Jackson Chourio didn’t go deep and added salt to the wound by homering twice on Saturday and once on Sunday, Bryce Eldridge hit a home run at +551 odds.The long-shot nature of home run bets makes it difficult to rack up successful wagers, leaving the season’s ledger at 11-40, with three no-bets for players who didn’t start on the night their home run prop was suggested. Still, since home runs are hard to hit, and the wagers are long-shot bets, the odds are long, too. Taking a careful and calculated approach to picking home run bets can turn a tidy profit, as evidenced by the MLB best home run bets yielding a profit of $704 for anyone who has bet each suggested one at the listed odds. A switch-hitting outfielder with favorable hitting conditions has a good opportunity to hit a home run tonight. In addition, a left-handed slugger among MLB’s home run leaders also has a great chance to homer tonight.MLB Best Home Run BetsIan Happ (Chicago Cubs - OF)MORE FOR YOUOver 0.5 Home Runs (+344) at DraftKings SportsbookIan Happ is on pace for a career year in home runs, swatting 16 through 68 games and 300 plate appearances this year, putting him on pace to hit 30 homers for the first time in a season in his career. Happ has a few career-high marks in his profile this year, namely his barrel rate (15.0%) and his fly-ball rate (47.5%). In addition, he is logging his second-highest pull rate (44.4%), and his 21.1% home run per fly-ball rate (HR/FB) is his highest since 2021 while he’s also hitting more fly balls.Happ’s overall batted-ball profile is stellar. Among 254 qu...