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Lance Berkman is the only other one to even make the finals, in 2004. • A third title for Alonso would be notable for the Mets, too. It’d be the fourth HR Derby title in Mets history, along with Darryl Strawberry’s as a co-champ in 1986. That would tie the Yankees for the most titles of any franchise. MT, putting the backdrop for the evening's event as the setting sun in Denver. Angels two-way talent Shohei Ohtani leads the majors in home runs with 30 as of July 4 after he clobbered two against the Orioles on Friday as he has continued to put together his most extraordinary campaign to date.
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• Gallo hits some of the most extreme dingers in the game. He owns two career homers that have traveled 490-plus feet, including a 495-footer on July 20, 2018, that is tied for fifth longest in the Statcast era. Since 2017, Gallo’s 51 homers of 110-plus mph rank second in MLB behind the Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton, while his 16 homers of 450-plus feet are tied with Stanton for the most. Gallo is also tied for first with eight moonshots struck with a launch angle of 40-plus degrees. Alonso is trying to become the first player to win the derby three straight times. He tops the majors with 78 RBIs and has hit 24 home runs this season for the NL East-leading New York Mets.
He tossed three scoreless innings in two outings for Japan against the U.S. in the Olympics last year, allowing one hit and striking out six with two walks. By doing so, the 26-year-old successfully defended the crown he captured as a rookie in and winning himself another $1 million in prize money. DENVER — Even if he isn’t lighting the baseball world on fire as he did two years ago, Pete Alonso reminded everyone Monday night that he remains a platinum-level showman. The fubo Elite package is $79.99 per month, and offers more than 170 channels, including Showtime channels, extra sports channels and extra news and entertainment channels. The derby will be at Dodger Stadium, which has symmetrical distances to the outfield fences. An injury-plagued season for Sale got worse for the seven-time All-Star when he was hit by a line drive off the bat of Aaron Hicks at Yankee Stadium on Sunday.
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"I've heard that you have way more time than you think you do, and you should not rush," Olson said. "You keep the smooth swings going. Chappy said you don't have to try to lift the ball." Former Angels general manager Billy Eppler guessed that Ohtani might go with Mike Ashman, the Angels' regular batting practice pitcher who has drawn raves from Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and others.
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Shohei Ohtani
Now, Soto is looking to get past his NL East counterpart and lift the Home Run Derby trophy. The Phillies first baseman will make his Home Run Derby debut on Monday before participating in his second straight All-Star Game on Tuesday. The Cardinals first baseman was named a “special selection” for the 2022 All-Star Game along with Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera. He will also be in the spotlight on Monday, as he enters his fifth Home Run Derby and chases his first win.
The winner of Schwarber-Pujols will face the winner of Soto-Ramirez in the semifinals. The other semifinal matchup will be between the winner of Seager-Rodriguez and the winner of Alonso-Acuna. Rodriguez, 21, is doing things that haven’t been done at his age since Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. – who won the Derby three times with Seattle. With 15 home runs and 21 steals this year, Rodriguez is on his way to a potential season. Like Acuña, Soto’s first Home Run Derby ended in the semifinals against Alonso, this time in 2021.
Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads the majors with 33 home runs and will start Tuesday in the All-Star Game, but isn’t taking part in the longball event. A few years later, Martins shifted from scouting to player development and worked with Olson as a coach in the Oakland farm system. Now Martins is Oakland's assistant hitting coach, and he will throw to Olson in the Derby.
Story knows Coors Field better than the others in the competition and is very familiar with the angles. "Straightaway left field is probably the easiest route" for a home run, Story said, "and it gets really deep to left-center. ... I'm not going to go straight down the line, but I'll go to left. "Ohtani. Man, honestly, it is amazing what he's doing. ... He's Babe Ruth. I thank God that he gave me the opportunity to see a player like him. To me, he's the best player in the game." Morgan struggled to throw strikes, but Alonso managed to reassure him, coax him along in the moment and hit enough home runs to win. Alonso's rounds of 2019 are reminders that the Home Run Derby participants can only be as good as their chosen pitchers allow them to be.
• That 114.2 mph, 460-foot blast on May 4 -- which splashed down in the Kauffman Stadium fountains -- is the hardest-hit and longest homer Perez has hit in the Statcast era. • Olson has been a home run machine since the A’s called him up for good on Aug. 8, 2017. Only three players (Nelson Cruz, J.D. Martinez and Eugenio Suárez) have gone deep more times since that date than Olson . • Somehow, this is Gallo’s first big league Derby, and he has a chance to be the first Ranger to win the event since Juan Gonzalez in 1993. The former Los Angeles Dodger and current Texas Rangers shortstop became the eighth player to enter this year’s Derby. He was also named an All-Star replacement on Thursday, taking the spot of injured Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer.
It's the last time a Philly competed in the Home Run Derby, but it wasn't the runner-up Schwarber or the winner Bryce Harper -- it was Rhys Hoskins, whom Schwarber knocked out in the second round. Bryce Harper, of course, injured his thumb earlier this season. The Phillies are hoping to get him back by the postseason, but he will not be involved in All-Star week festivities. Yordan Alvarez hadn't made a decision about the Home Run Derby as recently as July 6, but he was forced to the IL with a hand injury suffered in a collision with his teammate Jeremy Peña.
The Home Run Derby is back, and the stage is set for a hard-hitting, high-flying, mile-high event. Seeding was determined based on the number of homers each player has on the season as of Thursday. One of baseball’s hottest hitters will look to keep things going in the Home Run Derby.
While the ball ended up selling for a lucrative price, the ball's selling price fell short of the $3.05 million record set by Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball in 1998. The highest price paid at auction for a baseball is $3 million. It was for one hit by Mark McGwire on Sept. 27, 1998, to reach 70 for the season.
"I promised him back then -- half-serious, half-joking -- that he could throw to me if I was ever in the major league Home Run Derby," Mancini recalled in a Streamyard call the other day. The left-handed batter has pulled about two-thirds of his career homers. • No doubt it'll be fun for Olson to participate in the All-Star festivities at Coors Field, which ranks as MLB’s most offense-friendly stadium, and the sixth most in terms of home runs, per Statcast park factors. The Oakland Coliseum ranks near the bottom of the league in both categories. In his career, Olson has hit 67 homers on the road, compared with 59 at home. • Even with the pandemic-shortened 2020 and a couple of injuries, Soto is the 18th player in AL or NL history to hit at least 80 home runs by the end of his age-22 season.
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