Picking the right player to hit a home run in a given MLB game can be tough, but with the Saturday Slugger promotion at bet365, bettors can earn bonus bets for every home run in a given game. The promo is available to any customer who places a qualifying same-game parlay on the MLB contest that bet365 designates each Saturday. More details are available below.
This weekend, the high-scoring Arizona Diamondbacks are at Fenway Park to take on the Boston Red Sox. The hot-hitting Houston Astros and Baltimore Orioles do battle at Camden Yards, and the slugging New York Yankees host the vulnerable pitching staff of the Colorado Rockies.
Bet365 may offer the Saturday Slugger promotion for one of those matchups, but the book also typically offers boosted parlays to apply to any MLB game on the slate, providing an option to get long odds on same-game parlays involving home run bets.
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What is the bet365 Saturday Slugger promo?
Customers qualify for the Saturday Slugger promo by placing a bet of $50 or more on a same-game parlay or standard parlay with odds of +100 or greater that involves a specific game that bet365 Sportsbook designates. Wagers must be placed before 7 a.m. ET on Saturday to qualify.
Even if the parlay doesn’t hit, bettors receive $10 in bonus bets for each home run hit by any player in the game. If there are no home runs in the game, bettors still receive $10 in bonus bets.
There is an option to scale down the parlay wager to anywhere between $20 and $50, generating $5 in bonus bets for each home run in the game.
Favorites to hit a home run this weekend
George Springer (Blue Jays vs. Angels)
The slugging outfielder started the week by terrorizing Reds pitching with three homers over three games at Rogers Centre. This weekend, Springer and his teammates host a Los Angeles Angels pitching staff that is allowing the sixth-most home runs per 9 innings (0.99) this season.
Saturday’s scheduled starter, Carson Fulmer, has given up three homers on 12 fly balls in his last two starts, including a rough outing against Toronto in which he allowed five earned runs and a pair of homers over three innings.
Joc Pederson (Diamondbacks vs. Red Sox)
While Pederson doesn’t hit for average, he has immense power from the left side of the plate. Fenway Park’s right field foul pole is only 302 feet from home plate, so lefties can sometimes lift towering fly balls for home runs.
Pederson and his teammates will take on righty Kutter Crawford, who has been crushed for 29 ER and 14 home runs over six starts since the All-Star break. Lefties have slugged 17 home runs off Crawford this season.
Aaron Judge (Yankees vs. Rockies)
The fastest player to reach 300 home runs in a career, Judge is scorching hot with a .444 average and nine homers during his first 18 games in August.
On Saturday afternoon, the Rockies will start rookie righty Bradley Blalock, who has avoided any home runs but allowed 12 hits and four earned runs over his first two MLB starts. Judge and his teammates could force the rookie into a high pitch count through the first few innings and do some damage against a Rockies bullpen that has the highest collective ERA (5.61) in MLB by a wide margin.
