Top MLB Home Run Picks Today on PrizePicks – Tuesday, June 9

All 30 MLB teams take the field on Tuesday evening and night, opening the door for plenty of excitement across the league. Which players could deliver the most noteworthy highlights by way of a home run?

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 Tuesday, June 9, including what makes each player a potential target for home run predictions. 

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Top Home Run Picks Today – Tuesday, June 9

It’s one thing to dream about hitting a home run. It’s a whole different ballgame when it comes to actually doing it.

There’s so much that goes into swatting a ball out of the yard. First and foremost, how hard does the hitter swing? Where on his bat does the ball make contact, and what trajectory does it leave at? What are the park dimensions? Is the weather suitable for such a prime event?

That’s just the beginning of the laundry list, making it fun to dive into which players could be in better positions for homers than others. 

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. Yankees 1B Ben Rice
2. Twins CF Byron Buxton
3. Astros DH Yordan Alvarez
4. Braves 1B Matt Olson
5. Orioles 1B Pete Alonso
6. Mariners CF Julio Rodriguez
7. Pirates CF Oneil Cruz
8. Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber
9. Cardinals RF Jordan Walker
10. Mets LF Juan Soto

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.

Yankees 1B Ben Rice

Yankees vs. Guardians – 6:40 p.m. ET

Guardians Starting Pitcher: Slade Cecconi

MLB Weather Report: 80 degrees, 38% chance of rain, 10 mph south wind

• Rice’s career year shows no signs of slowing down, as he has personal bests in ISO (.336), SLG (.641), wRC+ (184), and much more.
• New York’s star slugger is hitting fewer fly balls in 2026 than in 2025 (39.0% to 41.2%), but his home-run-to-fly-ball ratio has improved by a whopping 11.9%.
• The young first baseman has maintained a consistent launch angle between 14.2 and 14.3 degrees in the aforementioned two-season stretch.
• Rice sits in the 95th percentile in both barrel rate (16.7%) and launch angle sweet-spot clip (42.3%). 
• Cecconi resides in the middle of the pack in barrel rate ceded at 7.9% (47th percentile). 

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Braves 1B Matt Olson

Braves vs. White Sox – 7:40 p.m. ET

White Sox Starting Pitcher: Brandon Eisert

MLB Weather Report: 83 degrees, mostly clear skies, 6 mph north wind

• Olson’s age-32 campaign comes with a bounceback in the power department, as his .271 ISO is his best figure since 2023 (.321) when he clubbed 54 home runs.
• The veteran infielder’s 18.7-degree launch angle is the highest it’s been since the COVID-shortened 2020 season (19.7). 
• Olson has posted a hard-hit rate of 50% or greater in four of the last five seasons.
• The Braves’ standout first baseman is in the 96th percentile in average exit velocity (93.7 mph) and hard-hit rate (53.1%). 
• Eisert has surrendered a lot of loud contact in limited action this year, giving up a career-worst 43.6% hard-hit percentage on 39 batted ball events. 

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Mariners CF Julio Rodriguez

Mariners vs. Orioles – 6:35 p.m. ET

Orioles Starting Pitcher: Trevor Rogers

MLB Weather Report: 79 degrees, clear skies, 10 mph south-southeast wind

• The J-Rod show might be snapping out of his usual early-season funk. Since the start of May, he has a 137 wRC+ to go with a .285 ISO and 11 of his 13 home runs on the year.
• Rodriguez maintains amazing bat speed at 76.7 mph, slotting into the 95th percentile. His 67.7% fast-swing rate is also up from 2024 (63.4%) and 2025 (63.9%). 
• Could the fifth-year man be due for some positive regression? His .463 xSLG is in the 75th percentile. 
• Rogers hasn’t fared well through 11 starts, as his 1.33 HR/9 allowed is his most since a 28-inning cup of coffee from his debut campaign in 2020 (1.61). 
• The Orioles’ Tuesday starter has a career-high 18.6-degree average launch angle and a 116.8-mph max exit velocity. 

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With star RF Aaron Judge out of the lineup due to injury, there may be more pressure placed on Rice to get the job done on Tuesday. Fortunately for baseball fans, he’s just one of many players with home run projections available on the PrizePicks MLB board.

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