MLB Home Run Props and Best Bets for Today, August 29th

Derek Mountain Sports Betting Expert

8 minute read

These are the two best home run props for today, August 29, 2025:

• Byron Buxton
• Cody Bellinger

As College Football Week One kicked off last night, that means the MLB regular season is coming to a close, with fans turning their attention to the postseason. Generally speaking, the weather looks solid across the board in terms of some home run production this Friday.

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Home Runs Odds

Time	Bet365	BetMGM	Caesars	FanDuel	HardRock
	›	›	›	›	›
Michael Busch	o0.5 +325	o0.5 +325		+370
Jackson Chourio	o0.5 +450	o0.5 +450		+460	+400
Ian Happ	o0.5 +525	o0.5 +500		+630	+475
Seiya Suzuki	o0.5 +500	o0.5 +500		+500	+425
Kyle Tucker	o0.5 +525	o0.5 +500		+450	+450
Andrew Vaughn	o0.5 +550	o0.5 +550		+480	+500
William Contreras	o0.5 +575	o0.5 +575		+460	+425
Christian Yelich	o0.5 +600	o0.5 +600		+680	+525
Pete Crow-Armstrong	o0.5 +500	o0.5 +650		+600	+475
Dansby Swanson	o0.5 +750	o0.5 +775		+700	+650
Brice Turang	o0.5 +800	o0.5 +825		+830	+800
Caleb Durbin	o0.5 +850	o0.5 +875		+800	+800
Carson Kelly	o0.5 +850	o0.5 +875		+900	+750
Blake Perkins	o0.5 +1000	o0.5 +1050		+1000	+1000
Andruw Monasterio				0
Sal Frelick	o0.5 +1000	o0.5 +1100		+1200	+1100
Isaac Collins				0
Matt Shaw	o0.5 +1200	o0.5 +1200		+1100
Danny Jansen				0
Nico Hoerner	o0.5 +1250	o0.5 +1250		+1060	+1000
Jake Bauers				0
Justin Turner				0
Joey Ortiz	o0.5 +1300	o0.5 +1300		+1000	+1000
See All

Byron Buxton to Hit a Home Run (+310 | bet365) vs. (SP: Nestor Cortes)

Let’s go to Target Field and pinpoint one of the lone remaining Twins, Byron Buxton.

After the team had a fire sale of their best players this past trade deadline, Byron Buxton elected to enact his no-trade clause to stay in Minnesota. Although the Twins are out of the playoff hunt, Buxton is turning in one of his best years in his age-31 season.

He gets a great matchup against lefty Nestor Cortes, who has been prone to allowing the long ball over the years. Cortes has allowed four home runs in four starts since joining San Diego at the trade deadline.

This has been a constant over the years, but especially true this year: Buxton is one of the league’s best against southpaws. He has a ridiculous 175 wRC+ with a .679 SLG, 1.053 OPS, and eight home runs in just 78 at-bats. 

Bet365 Sportsbook’s +310 number is a great value.

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Cody Bellinger to Hit a Home Run (+540 | FanDuel) vs. (SP: Yoendrys Gomez)

For our final pick, we’ll go to one of the hottest hitters in baseball, Cody Bellinger.

Belly has been a nice addition for the Bronx Bombers with 26 long balls. He’ll draw Yoendrys Gomez, who the White Sox are attempting to stretch out from the bullpen. Gomez has been susceptible to hard contact (12.1 Barrel%), but even with the short leash, Bellinger has been even better in his reverse split against lefties, so he is a non-pinch hit threat.

With home runs in his last two and six home runs throughout August, the +540 number at FanDuel Sportsbook is too good to pass up.

Derek Mountain

Derek Mountain works in the Boston area as an SEO Performance Associate for Better Collective. Derek is a recent graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA where he played football for five years as well as walking on the basketball team his freshman year. Derek has experience writing and editing casino content for nearly four years. More from Derek Mountain