Mets' Pete Alonso wins 2021 MLB Home Run Derby

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• Julio Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners
• Who's ready to bash? Meet the eight Home Run Derby competitors
• Shohei Ohtani
• Aaron Judge's 62nd home run ball sells for $1.5 million at auction
• New York Yankees News
• 'Everybody's jaw dropped': Shohei Ohtani's teammates share their best stories about his legendary power1yAlden Gonzalez

Pujols is making his final All-Star appearance an eventful one. Limited tickets are still available for the 2022 T-Mobile Home Run Derby. "Everybody can pull the ball. Let’s see how far you hit the ball oppo," Soto said. • With a win, Seager would become just the third shortstop to win the Home Run Derby. Before that, Cal Ripken Jr. was the first shortstop to win the contest in 1991.

"I've had seven All-Star Games, and I told myself that if ever had the chance to do this, I'd want to. It looks fun." Perez simulated a regular Derby round last week, applying the timing so he would get a feel for how tired he might be, and when he might call timeouts. Ohtani's interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, will serve as the catcher for Brown in Ohtani's Derby rounds. Reportedly, Mizuhara has never played organized baseball.

Julio Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners

According to Shi Davidi at SportsNet, Guerrero turned down an invite as he nurses a wrist injury he doesn't want to see flare up. Here are the eight participants in this year's Home Run Derby and the number of homers they've hit this season. 'OSM leadership fully understand the genuine sadness, anger and frustration at what happened last night. The events which transpired, although uncontrollable, happened under our watch, and we take full responsibility for that. A vital element of the campaign against the APL decision, was that the walkout and protest remained peaceful, so as not to take away and distract from our argument,' the group said in a statement.

The Cubs' Javier Baez has also confirmed that he will not be participating, according to ESPN's Jesse Rogers. Catchers don't often appear in the Home Run Derby, but the Royals standout backstop Salvador Perez will take his hacks in this year's contest. Corey Seageris the eighth and final addition to the Home Run Derby bracket, meaning the longtime Dodger will be swinging for the fences in his former home ballpark. Pete Alonso is the two-time defending champion, and his status is in his question. He said he would participate if he was voted the NL starter in Los Angeles, but the Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt ultimately beat him in the second round. The allure of a potential three-peat, however, was too much for Alonso to resist.

Who's ready to bash? Meet the eight Home Run Derby competitors

The Braves outfielder missed the team’s 2021 World Series run after suffering a torn ACL last July. He made his 2022 debut in late April and has returned to All-Star form, contributing eight homers, 22 RBIs and 18 stolen bases in 56 games. Fans showed how much they wanted to see Acuña in the All-Star Game, making him the NL’s leading vote-getter. Major League Baseball’s All-Star festivities will take place at Dodger Stadium next week. The full All-Star Game rosters have been revealed, and now the field for Monday’s Home Run Derby has been finalized.

He's participated in four Home Run Derbies in his career (2003, '07, '09 and '15), the first three as a Cardinal, but has yet to win one. Pujols reached the finals in his first Derby, but lost to Garret Anderson, 9-8. His 71 total Home Run Derby home runs are eighth-most in the history of the contest. It has been a storybook season for Orioles first baseman Trey Mancini. A year after beating cancer, Mancini has enjoyed a productive season in the middle of Baltimore's lineup and now will get to show off his power at the Home Run Derby. Mancini has established himself as a premier power hitter, and at 531 games earlier this year, became the fastest Oriole in franchise history to reach 100 home runs.

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The ball deflected into right field for an RBI single that gave New York a 3-0 lead. The Red Sox hope for good news as lefty Chris Sale heads to see a specialist in Boston about the broken pinkie finger on his pitching hand. The 2022 MLB Home Run Derby, where the greatest hitters in the world will compete in a home run competition, takes place on Monday, July 18, 2022 (7/18/22) at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Veteran Albert Pujols showed us why at 42-years-old he's still playing in the league. Pujols announced last week that this will be his last season in The Show.

Soto finished with a total of 53 home runs in the derby. Last week, Soto turned down a 15 year, $440 million contract from the Washington Nationals. Gallo explained that when Beasley throws batting practice, "He's got good velocity -- not too soft, not too hard. Keeps it pretty straight, a cutter or two in there." Olson spoke about the Derby with Matt Chapman, a former participant.

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Comic book creator and artist Todd McFarlane bought the ball. The home run ball was consigned to Goldin in November by Cory Youmans. He was sitting in the front row of section 31 in left field at Globe Life Field on Oct. 4 when Judge led off the second game of a doubleheader between the Yankees and Rangers and connected. — The ball New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit for his American League-record 62nd home run has sold for $1.5 million at auction. Alonso had finished regulation with 17 homers, and he didn’t need half of his extra minute to get the job done. Like nearly all of his shots, his clincher went to left field, and Alonso dropped his bat and thrust both arms forward before hugging Jauss in triumph.

He participated in the 2019 Home Run Derby and reached the semifinal round, where he lost to Alonso 20 home runs to 19. Juan Sotowill make his second consecutive in the Home Run Derby, according to Talkin' Baseball. Soto knocked out Shohei Ohtani during the 2021 first round, but lost to Alonso in the semifinal. Byron Buxtonhas declined to appear in the Home Run Derby, according to 5 Eyewitness News' Darren Wolfson. Mariners' rookie All-StarJulio Rodriguezhas been confirmed for the Home Run Derby, per Jeff Passan.

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• 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.

If Soto can hit 10 more after the break, he will be just the 11th to reach 90 by that point. There is a recent history of rookies winning the Derby, as Aaron Judge did it for the Yankees in 2017 and Alonso did it in 2019. Rodriguez is hoping to become the third rookie in history to claim the title. Soto earned his second straight All-Star appearance as a reserve. The 23-year-old outfielder has been a bright spot for the last-place Nats, hitting 19 homers to go along with 41 RBIs so far.

Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover was struck by the object filled with sand after it was flung by a spectator at AAMI Park, in Melbourne, on Saturday. Bidding on the ball opened on Nov. 29 and ended Saturday. The price is the second highest paid for a baseball auction, according to Goldin Executive Chairman and Founder Ken Goldin.

He then turned down a $3 million offer and decided to put the ball up for auction on @GoldinCo. New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge during an at bat against the Houston Astros during the first inning in game one of the ALCS for the 2022 MLB Playoffs at Minute Maid Park. Judge said in a conference call before the auction that he was not going to bid on the ball. After completing one of the greatest seasons and winning the AL MVP, Judge agreed to a nine-year, $360 million contract with the Yankees. Roger Maris, a former Yankee, set the old record of 61 in 1961. Juan is the person employees go to when knowledge of a topic was needed.

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"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.