Saturday’s MLB slate offers plenty of home run angles, and three bats stand out for Daily Dinger: Pete Alonso, Rafael Devers and Hunter Goodman.
Alonso is the biggest swing on the board, and it comes with a price. The Baltimore Orioles star has been scorching, and the matchup against the Athletics makes him hard to ignore despite the premium.
Jack Perkins is set to pitch for Oakland, and he has given up 17 home runs in 31 appearances while posting a 6.68 ERA. That number is especially ugly with the Athletics’ bullpen also sitting dead last in MLB with a 5.61 ERA.
Alonso has 32 homers in the 2026 season and has lifted his batting average to .272 during this recent run. Over his last 25 games, he has piled up nine home runs, 22 runs batted in, a .358 average and an OPS of 1.093. He’s also done plenty of damage against right-handers this year, hitting .279 with an OPS over .900 and 24 of his 32 homers coming in those matchups.
Rafael Devers brings a hotter price than usual, too, but the San Francisco Giants slugger has been rolling. He has homered three times in the last week and is batting .308 over that stretch. For the season, Devers is up to 29 home runs, and his work against right-handed pitching has been strong all year: a .284 batting average, a .948 OPS and 24 home runs.
That makes him an appealing play against Arizona and Merrill Kelly, who has allowed 26 home runs in 24 appearances this season and carries a 5.35 ERA. Kelly’s expected ERA is 7.18, which ranks in the first percentile in MLB, and Devers has already handled him in the past with a home run and two doubles.
The value play here is Hunter Goodman, who has wasted no time getting going after missing time and returning to the Rockies’ lineup. Since coming back, the Colorado catcher has homered twice in four games, including three starts. Over his last 12 games, he’s batting .289 with five home runs, and since returning he’s hitting .375 for Colorado.
Goodman gets a tougher opponent in the Atlanta Braves, but the left-handed Martin Perez has given up 12 home runs this season. Goodman has hit .278 with nine home runs and an .884 OPS against lefties this year, and the +330 price makes him an interesting Saturday afternoon option. Perez has also allowed eight runs over his last two starts, which only adds to the appeal.
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