Dinger Tuesday is back, and we're here for it

It's Tuesday, and in the summer that can mean only one thing: Dingers. FanDuel offers us a Dinger Tuesday promotion each and every week, where in you bet $25 on a home run prop from each game and receive a $5 bonus bet for every single homer hit in that game, up to $25. Essentially, it offers up an opportunity to receive your bet back in full, and if you win your pick, you still bring home those winnings too. The weather in Colorado suggests a +25% boost to homers tonight, and the Cincinnati forecast is even more favorable at +27% lift to HRs.

For the purposes of this promo, the teams in these spots also open up opportunity for plenty of offense. Los Angeles leads the MLB in homers per game, and San Francisco comes in at seventh. 

With our targets established, it's time to find us the players we like best.

J.D. Martinez: +330 FD (LAD-CIN)

J.D. Martinez has been rolling as of late for the Dodgers, knocking a home run in five of his last seven games. We'll gladly follow the hot bat here tonight. Martinez has gone to the plate against the Reds' Luke Weaver twice in his career, and while that isn't much of a sample size, it's worth noting that one of those two at-bats resulted in a HR.

Martinez hits righties far better, and 12 of his 14 long-bombs have come off the hands of a RHP, which Weaver is. That's enough for us to roll with Martinez here.

Blake Sabol: +480 FD (SF-COL)

Blake Sabol has been a solid spark for the Giants lately, hitting two homers in his last six games, compiling seven hits and five RBIs during that stretch.

Sabol and San Francisco will begin tonight against Dinelson Lamet, and it's the first time Sabol will see the righty. All seven of Sabol's homers this season have come off RHP, and every HR that Lamet has allowed has been to a left-handed batter. To us, that seems like a solid intersection and worth a look. Sabol has been the most productive with the long-ball recently for the Giants, so we'll hope he extends that momentum later this evening.

In the news ...

PGA Tour merging with LIV Golf — In a surprise, it's been reported that the PGA Tour and LIV Golf plan to merge, ending all pending litigation between the two. As part of the deal, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will be combining their commercial businesses and rights into a new, yet-to-be-named company. This news comes shortly after LIV member Brooks Koepka won the US Open, and it appears the year-long battle and separation between LIV Golfers and the PGA Tour is over.

Vegas takes 2-0 lead in Stanley Cup Final — Two straight dominating wins for the Golden Knights has Vegas squarely in the driver's seat to bring home the franchise's first Stanley Cup. Monday night saw Vegas dominate Florida en route to a 7-2 win. The Panthers have been sloppy, and the long layoff between the Eastern Conference Final and Stanley Cup Final seems to have dried up goalie Sergei Bobrovsky's momentum. The Golden Knights are now -500 to win the series and +100 to win Game 3 on Thursday night.

Coco Gauff to meet Iga Swiatek in French Open quarters tomorrow — The top American left, Coco Gauff has advanced to the women's quarterfinals at the French Open, and with it, a date with top-ranked Iga Swiatek, a rematch of last year's final. Swiatek is 6-0 all-time against Gauff, and the 19-year old American is +800 to advance to the semis.

Alcaraz, Djovokic top men left in French Open — The men's quarterfinals got underway this morning, with Novak Djokovic taking on Russian Karen Khachanov. Djovokic is +200 to win the French Open, with top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz of Spain currently +100. Keep an eye on Norway's Casper Ruud, who made the final last year and has dropped just two sets up to this point. Ruud is +1500 to win his first French Open.

Today's Bark Bets is written by Griffin Carroll