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Everyone digs the long ball.
Major League Baseball 2022 Home Run Derby he is Monday night in Los Angeles on the eve of the 92nd All-Star Game. This year’s derby features some of baseball’s best players, including two-time champion Pete Alonso, who will be the first player in history to win three majors in a row.
Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber, who leads the National League with 29 first-half hits, is the top seed and number one face. 42-year-old Albert Pujols In the first round. Pujols, who played his last season, participated in the derby four times in his career – 2003, 2007, 2009 and 2015.
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No. 1 Kyle Schwarber (Pheles) vs No. 8 Albert Pujols (Cardinals)
- Pujols – 13 Hours – Longest 434 Feet: In his latest home derby, the 42-year-old showered with love from the fans and his fellow players, who all came to embrace him before bonus time.
- Schwarber – 13 hours – Longest 470 feet: The 2018 runner-up struggled throughout his tour and couldn’t get past the fence in his extra minute of time. We’ll have a tie breaker!
- PUJOLS WINS TIEBREAKER, 20-19: The Pujols found a groove in the extra one-minute round while Schwarber rebounded too late. What a disappointment!
No. 4. Juan Soto (Nationals) defeats No. 5 Jose Ramirez (Guardians)
- Ramirez – 17 Hours – Longest 421 feet: The Cleveland star hit with his right hand, constantly digging balls into the left-field stands, but that probably wouldn’t be enough to hold off Soto.
- Soto – 18 hours – Longest 482 feet: Made it look easy and didn’t even need a full minute of bonus time, as it was left with 1 second left in the system.
No. 2 Pete Alonso (Mets) defeats No. 7 Ronald Acuña Jr (Braves)
- Akuna – 19 hours – Longest 472 feet: He couldn’t find his foot early and only hit Homer one at 440 feet to gain 30 seconds of overtime. The gas was clearly running out at the end, but a massive effort from a man tore up the AFC Champions League days before last year’s All-Star Game.
- Alonso – 20 hours – Longest 480 feet : It wasn’t great for Alonso about a minute ago, but as it is, he got hot when it mattered and got him out about halfway to a minute bonus time.
No. 6 Julio Rodriguez (Marines) defeats No. 3. Cory Seeger (Rangers)
- Rodriguez – 32 hours – Longest 463 feet: The 21-year-old rookie was locked up and hit 14 home runs before taking a break in the middle of the three-minute round. He got a pep talk from Mookie Betts before bonus time and added seven more in the extra minute.
- Seager – 24 Hours – Longest 451 Feet: With his dad on the hill, the ex-Dodger would poke through the right stands with his teammates and be late on the Tour, but he didn’t have enough to catch Rodriguez. Despite that, fans loved it
No. 2 Pete Alonso (Mets) vs No. 6 Julio Rodriguez (Marines)
No. 4 Juan Soto (Nationals) vs Kyle Schwarber / Winner Albert Pujols
The “polar bear” carries some special timber.
Last year, the two-time defending champion named Mets coach Dave Goose to the bench as captain at Derby Home Run. Although Gauss is now a consultant with the Nationals organization, he will cast Alonso on Monday in Los Angeles.