In need of a win to keep their season alive Wednesday, the Toronto Blue Jays will keep their same lineup for Game 2 of their Wild-Card series against the Minnesota Twins.
In need of a win to keep their season alive Wednesday, the Toronto Blue Jays will keep their same lineup for Game 2 of their Wild-Card series against the Minnesota Twins.
The Coors Field Home Run Derby did not disappoint
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The Home Run Derby at Coors Field did not disappoint. MLB turned off the humidor and let the balls fly through the Rocky Mountain air and boy did they fly. Juan Soto hit the longest home run of the night with a 520 foot bomb that demolished the previous Home Run Derby record [VIDEO].
But the winner of the Derby isn’t the man who hits the furthest home run, it’s the man left standing at the end. In 2021 that man was Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, who crushed last night’s Home Run Derby to win back-to-back campaigns. He can take the swag chain they gave him for the 2021 Home Run Derby and put it next to the trophy he won during the 2019 competition. It will make for quite the trophy wall: