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Posted by DavidGreen
Jul 13, 2021

Introduction

The 2021 Major League Baseball T – Mobile Home Run Derby is currently scheduled for Monday, July 12th, 2021 from Coors Field, located in Denver Colorado. It will be nationally broadcast on ESPN, and is set to start at 6 p. m. Mountain Time. Below details all of the necessary details to enjoy this Major League Baseball mid – season tradition.

This should make for some great summertime fun as the ball really carries far in the thin air and the high altitude of Coors Field, which sits approximately a mile high above sea level. Although some of the big – league’s best home run hitters throughout the first half of the 2021 MLB season will not be participating such as Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Kyle Schwarber, Ronald Acuna Jr., Jared Walsh, Javier Baez, and others, it will still be a star – studded event that is riveting as well as interesting to even the casual baseball fan.

2021 MLB Home Run Derby Bracket

First Round First Round

Shohei Ohtani (1) Joey Gallo (2)

  1. vs.

Juan Soto (8) Trevor Story (7)

Salvador Perez (4) Matt Olson (3)

  1. vs.

Pete Alonso (5) Trey Mancini (6)

Participants Background

1.) Shohei Ohtani has 32 home runs throughout the 2021 Major League Baseball season as of now. Ohtani isn't only on pace to smash the Los Angeles Angels' franchise record of 47 home runs in a season, but Shohei has a possibility of crushing 60 deep ones after crushing 13 home runs over the month of June and 4 thus far in July. He owns the MLB season's longest home run of 470 feet.

Shohei Ohtani’s Baseball Career Achievements, Honors, and Awards

NPB

  • Japan Series Champion (2016)
  • 5 Time NPB All – Star (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Pacific League MVP (2016)
  • 2 Time Pacific League Pitcher Best Nine (2015, 2016)
  • Designated Hitter Best Nine (2016)
  • Pacific League ERA leader (2015)
  • Pacific League Battery Award with Shota Ono (2015)
  • 2 Time Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (2016, 2018)
  • WBSC Player of the Year (2015)

MLB

  • MLB All – Star (2021)
  • American League Rookie of the Year (2018)
  • Hit for the Cycle (June 13, 2019)

2.) Joey Gallo has 23 home runs throughout the 2021 Major League Baseball season as of now. Joey is well known for his prodigious power when he connects the barrel of the bat with the ball, and baseball fans have long demanded for Gallo to participate in the official Major League Baseball Home Run Derby. Joey has been very hot of late, as he hit 2 more home runs on Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 to give him 10 HRs in his last 10 ball games. His season long home run equated to 462 feet.

Joey Gallo’s Baseball Career Achievements, Honors, and Awards

  • 2 Time MLB All – Star (2019, 2021)
  • Gold Glove Award (2020)

3.) Matt Olson has 21 home runs throughout the 2021 Major League Baseball season as of now. Olson hit 36 bombs in only 127 games back in 2019, and Matt is currently on track to surpass that career high this MLB season. Olson also has enhanced his performance at the plate quite significantly after carrying a batting average of .195 in 2020, and he cut his strikeouts almost by half while raising his average to .283 in 2021. Olson’s season long home run measures out to 445 feet.

Matt Olson’s Baseball Career Achievements, Honors, and Awards

  • MLB All – Star (2021)
  • 2 Time Gold Glove Award (2018, 2019)
  • 3 Time Fielding Bible Award (2018, 2019, 2020)

4.) Salvador Perez has 20 home runs so far during the half – way point of the 2021 Major League Baseball season. Salvador will be making his 6th MLB All – Star starting appearance behind the dish, and he should easily surpass his career high of 27 home runs in 2021, which he has already accomplished twice before. His power is no fluke or accident as he ranks 9th in the big – leagues in average exit velocity with his mark of 93.0 miles per hour. Salvador’s longest home run of the season exited the park at 460 feet.

Salvador Perez’s Baseball Achievements, Honors, and Awards

  • 7 Time MLB All – Star (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021)
  • All – MLB First Team (2020)
  • World Series Champion (2015)
  • World Series MVP (2015)
  • 5 Time Gold Glove Award (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)
  • 3 Time Silver Slugger Award (2016, 2018, 2020)
  • American League Comeback Player of the Year (2020)

5.) Right now, the New York Mets’ big – name slugger ,Pete Alonso, only has 15 home runs throughout the 2021 Major League Baseball season, but he has the stroke to demolish baseballs that he is presented at Coors field this Tuesday, July 12th, 2021 during the official T- Mobile MLB Home Run Derby. He hasn't been able to match his home run rate of 2019, although that year he set a rookie record with 53 dingers, but very few other players hit the ball as hard in Major League Baseball as Alonso ranks 11th in average exit velocity. Pete should enjoy swinging the bat in Denver, CO as 14 of his 15 home runs have come on the road, and Coors Field is a home run hitter’s dream ball park. His longest home run hit in 2021 is 443 feet.

Pete Alonso’s Baseball Career Achievements, Honors, and Awards

  • MLB All – Star (2019)
  • All – MLB First Team (2019)
  • National League Rookie of the Year (2019)
  • MLB Home Run Leader (2019)

6.) Trey Mancini has 15 home runs over the course of the 2021 MLB season at the moment. Trey is one of the Major League Baseball’s best stories of the season as he had missed all of 2020 MLB season while undergoing treatment in order to battle colon cancer. Mancini hit 35 home runs in 2019, and he started off extremely hot in 2021. Trey’s season best hit long ball measured a towering 451 feet.

Trey Mancini’s Baseball Career Achievements, Honors, and Awards

  • Has played for the Baltimore Orioles from 2016 – 2019 and 2021 as well.

7.) Trevor Story has 11 home runs throughout the 2021 Major League Baseball season as of now. Story is the hometown hero as this Home Run Derby will take place from his home ball park in Coors field located in Denver, Colorado. Trevor’s home run stats may be down from the 37 he hit in 2018, and the 35 he slugged in 2019, but nobody doubts his absolute power with his bat. This might also be a send – off of sorts for him in Colorado, as he is quickly approaching free agency following this Major League Baseball season, and the Colorado Rockies could look to trade him following the upcoming 2021 MLB All – Star break. Story’s longest home run so far this year was a 466 – foot shot.

Trevor Story’s Baseball Career Achievements, Honors, and Awards

  • 2 Time MLB All – Star (2018, 2019)
  • 2 Time Silver Slugger Award (2018, 2019)
  • National League Stolen Base Leader (2020)

MLB Record:

  • Fastest Shortstop to Reach 100 Home Runs

8.) Juan Soto has 11 home runs throughout the 2021 Major League Baseball season as of now. Juan's numbers on offense are overall somewhat disappointing after he led the National League in batting average, on base percentage, as well as slugging back in 2020 last year, but he has the youthful enthusiasm that could work well during this 2021 MLB T – Mobile Home Run Derby. Soto’s longest home run of the year at this point was hit 437 feet long.

Juan Soto’s Baseball Career Achievements, Honors, and Awards

  • MLB All – Star (2021)
  • All – MLB First Team (2020)
  • All – MLB Second Team (2019)
  • World Series Champion (2019)
  • Silver Slugger Award (2020)
  • National League Batting Champion (2020)

Media Statements

"I always wanted to see a Japanese player participate in the derby, and it happens to be me," the Los Angeles Angels’ superstar slugger as well as starting pitcher, Shohei Ohtani, expressed through his very expensive translator. "It's really exciting for me."

"Anytime I'm in the box, that's my mentality," the New York Mets’ first baseman, Pete Alonso, explained to Joon Lee of ESPN. "Even though I'm outnumbered nine to one, I'm in my little area, like when the Spartans defended, only 300 of them defended against all odds. That's how I describe how I play."

Current MLB Standings (as of Wednesday, July 7th, 2021)

American League East

Boston Red Sox 54 – 33 0 Games Behind

Tampa Bay Rays 51 – 36 3 Games Behind

Toronto Blue Jays 43 – 40 9 Games Behind

New York Yankees 43 – 41 9.5 Games Behind

Baltimore Orioles 28 – 57 25 Games Behind

American League Central

Chicago White Sox 51 – 35 0 Games Behind

Cleveland Indians 42 – 42 8 Games Behind

Detroit Tigers 40 – 47 11.5 Games Behind

Kansas City Royals 36 – 49 14.5 Games Behind

Minnesota Twins 35 – 50 15.5 Games Behind

American League West

Houston Astros 53 – 33 0 Games Behind

Oakland Athletics 49 – 38 4.5 Games Behind

Seattle Mariners 45 – 41 8 Games Behind

Los Angeles Angels 43 – 42 9.5 Games Behind

Texas Rangers 34 – 53 19.5 Games Behind

National League East

New York Mets 45 – 37 0 Games Behind

Philadelphia Phillies 41 – 42 4.5 Games Behind

Atlanta Braves 42 – 44 5 Games Behind

Washington Nationals 41 – 43 5 Games Behind

Miami Marlins 37 – 47 9 Games Behind

National League Central

Milwaukee Brewers 51 – 36 0 Games Behind

Cincinnati Reds 44 – 41 6 Games Behind

St. Louis Cardinals 43 – 44 8 Games Behind

Chicago Cubs 42 – 44 8.5 Games Behind

Pittsburgh Pirates 32 – 54 18.5 Games Behind

National League West

San Francisco Giants 53 – 32 0 Games Behind

Los Angeles Dodgers 53 – 33 0.5 Games Behind

San Diego Padres 51 – 37 3.5 Games Behind

Colorado Rockies 37 – 49 16.5 Games Behind

Arizona Diamondbacks 24 – 63 30 Games Behind

Sources:

Schoenfield, David. “Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani is No. 1 seed in MLB's Home Run Derby bracket”, ESPN. July 7, 2021.

“Shohei Ohtani”, Baseball Reference. July 8, 2021.

“Joey Gallo”, Baseball Reference. July 8, 2021.

“Matt Olson”, Baseball Reference. July 8, 2021.

“Salvador Perez”, Baseball Reference. July 8, 2021.

“Pete Alonso”. Baseball Reference. July 8, 2021.

“Trey Mancini”, Baseball Reference. July 8, 2021.

“Trevor Story”, Baseball Reference. July 8, 2021.

“Juan Soto” Baseball Reference. July 8, 2021.

“MLB Standings 2021”, ESPN. July 7, 2021.

“United States, MLB Futures, MLB 2021 World Series: To Win Outright”, Bovada Sportsbook. July 7, 2021.

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