Wednesday’s MLB slate comes with plenty of ways to attack the home run market, and three bats stand out above the rest: Yordan Alvarez, Brandon Marsh and Junior Caminero.
The appeal here is simple. Each hitter draws a pitcher who has been giving up too many balls over the fence, and in home run props, that’s usually the clearest path to a swing worth betting on.
Alvarez has been one of the biggest forces in baseball this season, batting .329 with 35 home runs in 2026 and putting himself squarely in the AL MVP conversation. He gets Toronto’s Jameson Taillon, and the matchup looks tailor-made for power. Taillon has allowed 25 home runs in 15 appearances this year, including five over his last two starts.
There’s also a track record to lean on. Alvarez has hit .357 (5-for-14) against Taillon in his career with a .971 OPS and one homer.
Against right-handed pitching this season, he’s hitting over .350 and has already left the yard 26 times. That makes him a strong target in a spot where the opposing starter has been especially vulnerable.
Marsh is the more volatile name of the group, but the setup is hard to ignore. The Phillies outfielder has gone quiet lately, with just one homer in his last 22 games, including 19 starts. Even so, he draws Washington’s Jake Irving, who led MLB in home runs allowed in the 2026 season and has surrendered nine homers in 12 starts.
Irvin also just returned from a long stay on the injured list, and it did not go smoothly. On July 30, he gave up two home runs and five runs over five innings.
Marsh has handled him well in their head-to-head meetings, going 3-for-12 with a double, a homer and a .891 OPS. And if Marsh doesn’t get it done early, Washington’s bullpen leaves the door open; it ranks in the bottom five in ERA and has allowed 78 homers.
Caminero brings the hottest form of the three. The Rays slugger is batting .284 with 32 home runs on the season, and the last month has been even louder: .381 with six homers over his last 24 games. Since the All-Star break, he’s been on a tear, and his OPS has climbed to .926.
He now faces Colorado and Tomoyuki Sugano, who has given up 21 home runs in 19 outings this season. Sugano also led the American League in homers allowed in 2025 as a member of the Baltimore Orioles. Caminero has done most of his damage against right-handers, with 25 of his 32 home runs coming in those matchups, which only adds to the appeal here.
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