Analyzing Giancarlo Stanton’s Home Run Derby Dominance

Stanton won the exhibition among eight hitters by beating the defending champion, White Sox 3B Todd Frazier, 20-13 in the final round. Former Philadelphia Phillies teammates Bobby Abreu and Ryan Howard went back-to-back in 2005 and 2006.

“For sure being on the West Coast and taking the flight out here just for this, you know”.

That doesn’t mean the Marlins’ marketing department wouldn’t still capitalize on the fact that Stanton hit 61 homers. The ball began to carry a bit more, a few drifted toward center field, and 15 cleared the fences once his time was up. He not only hit a lot of home runs, he hit them long – 64% them (39) traveled over 440 feet. His longest homers were two marked at 497 feet and he averaged 447 feet per blast.

He blasted 24 homers in four and a half minutes, burying first-round opponent Robinson Cano seemingly before Cano took a single swing.

“It was so tiring a year ago, and my dad was exhausted, too”, he said.

That set up for an intriguing final between Stanton and last year’s champion Todd Frazier.

Baltimore Orioles right fielder Mark Trumbo, baseball’s home run leader with 28, beat Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager 16-15 in the first matchup of the derby.

Usually Roger Maris comes to mind, with 61 homers in 161 games in 1961. Well, for the most part. He was not selected to the National League All-Star team, but was invited to the 2016 Home Run Derby nonetheless.

Wil Myers of the San Diego Padres tried to become the second hometown player to with the Derby. Since then, however, the young slugger has yet to regain his MVP-caliber form.

An update added Tuesday, under Home Run Derby Offer, specifies that the 25-percent discount can be obtained for “the game of your choice and enter coupon code HRDERBY”.

In a world where virtually nothing can exist without some sort of counterpart, the general sporting public has paired the Home Run Derby with basketball’s Slam Dunk Contest, and it’s pretty obvious why. Now with the White Sox, Frazier said he had less to do this time around and felt a little fresher going into the last round. The way the Marlins slugger was hitting, Yellowstone Park could not have stopped him. Cueto, 30, who left Kansas City last offseason, tops NL pitchers in victories.

He says “I chewed tobacco from 2007 until the day he passed away”. “No pressure. They just asked me if I wanted to and I said ‘probably not'”. He showed why he is the strongest hitter in the entire league.