Top MLB Home Run Picks Today on PrizePicks – Monday, June 1

After an action-packed slate of Sunday excitement, MLB returns on Monday with just under two-thirds of the league playing. Don’t get that confused with a lack of firepower, however, as there could still be plenty of highlights produced at the plate this evening. 

Here at PrizePicks, we have plenty of home run projections on the board to add to your MLB picks today. Many hitters have already been singled out by users as popular home run picks for the day’s action.

Let’s dive into some of the most-picked MLB home run projections for Monday, June 1, including what makes each player a potential target for home run predictions. 

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Top Home Run Picks Today – Monday, June 1

It’s one thing to have the strength to muscle a ball out of the ballpark. It’s another to understand timing, angles, weather, and so much more.

There’s a lot that goes into hitting a home run. First and foremost, players must strike the ball at the right trajectory from the optimal part of the bat. Bat speed is also critical, as are the conditions in the sky and the dimensions of the park. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, which adds plenty of underlying intrigue to predicting which players will hit home runs each day.

Daily home run projections are listed as Demons on PrizePicks, coming with higher payouts as a result. With that said, home runs can only be selected as “More” than 0.5. 

Let’s take a look at the most popular home run picks today on PrizePicks. Picks are listed at time of writing.

1. Mets LF Juan Soto
2. Nationals OF James Wood
3. Twins CF Byron Buxton
4. Giants DH Casey Schmitt
5. Nationals SS CJ Abrams
6. Dodgers 3B Max Muncy
7. Diamondbacks RF Corbin Carroll
8. Angels CF Mike Trout

Three home run picks stand out as potential targets today. Let’s dive into the list, including a weather report from RotoGrinders.

Unless otherwise noted, data used in this article is from Baseball Savant or FanGraphs.

Mets LF Juan Soto

Mets vs. Mariners – 9:40 p.m. ET

Mariners Starting Pitcher: Emerson Hancock

MLB Weather Report: Played in a dome

• Soto’s .292 ISO and .597 SLG are his highest marks since the COVID-abbreviated 2020 campaign.
• The star outfielder’s 15-degree launch angle is the highest of his career, and his 18.5% barrel rate occupies the No. 2 spot.
• The month of May saw Soto post a .615 SLG with 10 home runs, and his .640 xSLG indicates that some continued success could be coming his way. 
• Hancock is sitting in the 26th percentile in hard-hit rate (42.9%) and the 31st percentile in average exit velocity (89.8 mph). 
• The veteran hurler could be getting fortunate, as evidenced by his .259 BABIP and his 4.07 xERA being higher than his actual mark of 2.78. 

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Giants DH Casey Schmitt

Giants vs. Brewers – 7:40 p.m. ET

Brewers Starting Pitcher: Shane Drohan

MLB Weather Report: Played in a dome

• Schmitt’s breakout year rolls on for San Francisco, seeing him match his home run total from a year ago (12) in 44 fewer games.
• The ascending DH owns personal bests in exit velocity (89.8 mph), barrel rate (14.6%), hard-hit rate (45.2%), and more.
• Schmitt’s barrel rate and xSLG (.523) both reside in the 90th percentile leaguewide.
• Drohan has pitched just 27.1 innings in his MLB career and while he owns a 0.33 HR/9, he’s right down the middle in exit velocity (88.9 mph, 50th percentile).
• Opponents are slugging .571 against Drohan’s cutter. That’s the pitch Schmitt has done the most damage on this season (1.154 SLG). 

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Nationals SS CJ Abrams

Marlins vs. Nationals – 6:45 p.m. ET

Marlins Starting Pitcher: Sandy Alcantara

MLB Weather Report: 76 degrees, clear skies, 6 mph north-northeast wind

• Abrams is experiencing significant year-over-year jumps in ISO (+.072) and SLG (+.109). 
• The fifth-year man has cracked a double-digit barrel rate (10.8%) for the very first time, also matching his previous career high in hard-hit clip (40.7%). 
• Hitting more line drives (21.3%) and getting the ball in the air more often (41.3% fly ball rate) is doing wonders for the exciting young shortstop. 
• This is the first time Alcantara has owned a double-digit average launch angle since 2019. 
• The four-seam fastball hasn’t been kind to Alcantara in 2026, yielding a .607 SLG. Abrams is destroying that offering to the tune of a .773 SLG. 

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As the weather continues to warm up, many of MLB’s best sluggers are doing the same. How many home runs will we see get hit on Monday night? 

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