Dinger Tuesday Picks — August 25, 2026
The graded receipt for 2026-08-25: what the model ranked, what actually happened. Not gambling advice.
The record, in public
Home runs, graded · August 25, 2026
| Rank | Batter | Vs pitcher | Model score | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #10 | Hunter Goodman | Andrew Alvarez | 63 | C+ Value |
| #12 | Luis García Jr. | HOU Bullpen Proxy | 65 | C+ Value |
| #15 | Oneil Cruz | Michael King | 59 | C BelowAvg |
| #21 | Pete Alonso | Matthew Liberatore | 58 | C BelowAvg |
| #24 | Jake Burger | Anthony Kay | 56 | C BelowAvg |
| #33 | Cal Raleigh | Aaron Nola | 54 | C BelowAvg |
| #35 | Rafael Devers | Brady Singer | 53 | C BelowAvg |
| #38 | Justin Foscue | Anthony Kay | 53 | C BelowAvg |
| #48 | Christian Encarnacion-Strand | Matthew Liberatore | 51 | C BelowAvg |
| #53 | Ian Happ | Brandon Pfaadt | 50 | C BelowAvg |
| #65 | Heriberto Hernández | Payton Tolle | 48 | D Below |
| #66 | Jeremy Peña | Will Warren | 48 | D Below |
| #78 | Sal Stewart | Adrian Houser | 46 | D Below |
| #79 | Tristan Peters | Jacob deGrom | 46 | D Below |
| #84 | Daylen Lile | COL Bullpen Proxy | 49 | D Below |
| #87 | Luis Robert Jr. | Kyle Harrison | 45 | D Below |
| #92 | Carlos Cortes | Taj Bradley | 45 | D Below |
| #108 | Francisco Lindor | Kyle Harrison | 43 | D Below |
| #119 | Yainer Diaz | Will Warren | 42 | D Below |
| #126 | Mickey Gasper | Tyler Phillips | 41 | D Below |
| #127 | Danny Jansen | Anthony Kay | 41 | D Below |
| #133 | Cody Bellinger | HOU Bullpen Proxy | 44 | D Below |
| #138 | Jarren Duran | Tyler Phillips | 40 | D Below |
| #188 | Vaughn Grissom | Gavin Williams | 33 | D Below |
| #202 | Nathan Church | Chris Bassitt | 31 | D Below |
| #209 | Ryan Waldschmidt | Clay Holmes | 30 | D Below |
| #212 | Max Clark | Casey Legumina | 29 | D Below |
Outside the top 50
Ian Happ, Heriberto Hernández, Jeremy Peña, Sal Stewart, Tristan Peters, Daylen Lile, Luis Robert Jr., Carlos Cortes, Francisco Lindor, Yainer Diaz, Mickey Gasper, Danny Jansen, Cody Bellinger, Jarren Duran, Vaughn Grissom, Nathan Church, Ryan Waldschmidt, Max Clark
How we approach a home run promo
A recurring home run promotion turns one day a week into a single-question day: which bat do you put the credit on? TheHomeRuns.org answers it the same way every other day — every MLB batter is scored on 30+ signals (barrel-rate matchup, the opposing starter's home-run rate, park factor, weather, recent form) and the board is ranked by home run probability. The model score you see on each pick is that composite, 0–100.
Two things we do not do. We do not publish promo terms — amounts, boosts, eligibility and availability are the sportsbook's, they change without notice, and we have no way to verify them, so check the book's own promotions page. And we do not hide bad days: every board is graded the next morning against real results, misses included, on the track record and in the dated archive. The whole reason this page is worth reading on a promo morning is that you can check what it said the last time.
Questions
Dinger Tuesday is the name used for a recurring sportsbook promotion on home run props — books such as FanDuel have run recurring home run promos. The terms, eligibility and availability are set by the sportsbook and change without notice, so TheHomeRuns.org does not publish them: check the book's own promotions page for what is live today. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any sportsbook. What we publish is the model's ranked home run board for the day, and the graded result of every past board.
This page is the graded record for August 25, 2026, not a live board. Today's ranked picks are at https://thehomeruns.org/dinger-tuesday-picks. Every board on this site is graded in public the next morning, hits and misses. Not gambling advice.
Across 149 graded slates this season, 15.3% of our top-50 picks homered against a 10.7% league field rate — about 1.4x the field. Every board is graded in public the next morning, hits and misses, and the dated archive on this site stays up.
Graded promo-day archive
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