Tonight will be one of the more enjoyable spectacles in sports – the home run derby. There are no Cincinnati Reds in the event this year, but we can all still enjoy watching guys try to hit a baseball to the moon, right? Right.
There are eight players in the Home Run Derby tonight and it’s led by Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners. He leads Major League Baseball with 38 home runs. That’s more than any two combined totals of the four players in the derby with the least amount of home runs.
He’ll be joined by the following players:
- James Wood – Washington Nationals – 24 home runs
- Junior Caminero – Tampa Bay Rays – 23 home runs
- Byron Buxton – Minnesota Twins – 21 home runs
- Brent Rooker – Sacramento Athletics – 20 home runs
- Matt Olson – Atlanta Braves – 17 home runs
- Jazz Chisholm Jr. – New York Yankees – 17 home runs
- Oneil Cruz – Pittsburgh Pirates – 16 home runs
I will pick James Wood to win the entire thing. But I’m picking Oneil Cruz to put on a show in one of the first two rounds and hit the longest home run of the night. If you are going to watch tonight, who is your pick to win it?
Fun Fact: The MLB home run leader has participated in the home run derby 27 times. They have only won three times.
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