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Homerun derby predictions

7/10/2017

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Last year, I watched the home run derby live from the right field bleachers. Unfortunately, no left-handers got out of the first round and I never saw a ball come all that close to me. Fortunately, the derby was amazing, and totally worth the ludicrous amount of money I paid to sit there. This year's derby participants are arguably more exciting than last year's. Here are my predictions:

1. Stanton will repeat. I know we all want to believe that Judge and Bellinger will destroy the world, and I think they will, but this world still belongs to Stanton. Last year, I watched the batting practice before the derby (yes, that exists) and saw Stanton hit about ten balls deep into the stands. That was immediately before the derby. I was immediately betting on Stanton, and I still am.

2. Sano will surprise. The top four will be Giancarlo, Sano, Bellinger and Judge. I think that Sano will shine, but he won't get past the hometown homerun hero.

3. There will be a semifinal between Judge and Bellinger, and Twitter might explode and die.

4. The hometown fans will go insane.

​5. You will all have creepy dreams of that giant outfield monstrosity chasing you after watching the derby.




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David Ramsey
7/10/2017 01:25:32 pm

That guy in the stop bunting shirt needs to work on his abs. Also, he's ugly...

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