The 2019 MLB Home Run Derby will take place at Progressive Field. Here is what you need to know about the Home Run Derby.
Where to watch
TV: ESPN
Stream: Hulu and WatchEspn
Time and date
8 pm EST on Monday, July 9th
Home Run derby rules and format
Single elimination bracket with three rounds and eight players in the tournament. The seeds are base on how many homers you have in total this season. Christian Yelich who leads the league in home runs is the first seed and he will go up against someone who has the least amount of homers in the tournament.
Each player will have four minutes in each round to hit as many home runs as they can. They will also get an additional 30 seconds if they hit two runs that travel for more than 440 feet.
Participants
Christian Yelich, Pete Alonso, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Ronald Acuna Jr, Carlos Santana, Josh Bell, Alex Bregman, Joc Pederson
Favorites to win (odds via Draftkings)
Josh Bell, +300: Bell is the favorite to win this tournament. This season he has 27 home runs and this month he has hit five home runs. Bell leads the league with seven home runs that have gone for more than 440 feet. His longest home run he has hit was 474 feet against the Reds on April 7th. Bell has the ability to get multiple bonus times in the tournament which make him the favorite to win this tournament.
Christian Yelich, +375: Yelich is the leads the league in home runs this season with 31. Yelich has the ability to smack the ball out of the stadium. This season Yelich has hit multiple homers that went 114 mph and his average exist velocity is 95.1 mph. We will see if Yelich has the ability to break the curse. In the last four years, the number one seed has never been in the championship round.
Sleepers
Carlos Santana,+1000: Santana might not win the tournament but he is a sleeper to make a deep run. Santana has hit 18 home runs this season and he has hit 97 home runs in Progressive Field. With home-field advantage, you can expect him to have a nice run in the tournament.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr, +600: Vlad Jr has hit eight home runs this season. He may not have the numbers as the rest of the participants do in this tournament but this rookie has the power to win it all. The hardest homer he has hit this season went 113 mph on May 14, against the Giants. The hardest ball he has hit was a single against Ivan Nova and the ball went 118 mph, which was the second hardest ball hit this season.
Here are the rest of the odds to win the tournament.
Pete Alonso, +475
Joc Pederson, +900
Ronald Acuna Jr, +1100
Alex Bregman, +1100
Update on the story Christian Yelich pulled out from the derby because of an injury Matt Chapman is his replacement. Chapman odds to win the derby +800
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