After back-to-back home run wins from Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto, Wednesday’s Daily Dinger card turns to three more big bats with real pop: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Jackson Chourio and Yordan Alvarez.
Home run props are a volatile game, and that’s exactly why the recent run matters. Still, the appeal is obvious when the right matchup lines up, and that’s the lane here on July 8.
Crow-Armstrong is the headliner. The Chicago Cubs outfielder has been one of MLB’s best in 2026, batting .293 with 19 home runs.
He’s been scorching lately, too, with eight homers over the last four weeks while hitting .416 with a 1.312 OPS. Over the last week, he’s been even better at .471 with a 1.277 OPS.
That hot streak gets a test against the Baltimore Orioles and right-hander Dean Kremer, who has allowed five home runs in three appearances in 2026. Crow-Armstrong has 14 home runs against righties this season, and Kremer’s ground-ball rate sits in the bottom half of MLB in 2026. That’s enough to keep PCA at the top of the list.
Chourio is another name worth circling. The Milwaukee Brewers star has 13 home runs in 57 games, with 54 starts, and he draws the St.
Louis Cardinals and right-hander Michael McGreevy on Wednesday. McGreevy has surrendered 13 home runs in 17 appearances this season, along with an expected ERA in the seventh percentile and an expected BAA in the third percentile.
He’s carrying a 3.12 ERA, but the numbers underneath point to regression. Chourio is also 1-for-2 against him in his career, has nine home runs against right-handed pitching in 2026, and has gone deep three times in the last two weeks.
At +518, he’s priced like a live underdog in this divisional matchup.
Then there’s Alvarez, who is chasing 30 home runs before the All-Star break. The Houston Astros slugger gets the Washington Nationals and left-hander Foster Griffin, who has allowed 17 home runs in 18 outings this season despite a sub-3.00 ERA. Alvarez has a .905 OPS and eight home runs against lefties this season, and he’s also hitting .308 with three home runs over the last week.
Even if Griffin doesn’t stay in long, the setup still looks favorable. The Washington bullpen ranks 27th in ERA and has given up 65 home runs in the 2026 campaign.
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