In the round, his longest home run traveled an estimated 466 feet, with a 110 mph exit velocity. He pulled off seven homers in the final minute, and four in the final 30 seconds to pull off the come-from-behind win and advance. Alonso pulled off a dramatic, last-second win against Santana with 14 homers, even though he got off to a slow start thanks to some errant tosses from his appointed pitcher, his cousin Derek Morgan. Santana had the hometown crowd on his side, but it was not enough to propel him to victory over the rookie first baseman. mlb.com ROUND 1Īlonso, who had 30 home runs heading into the break in 2019, came in as the two seed and was matched up against Cleveland first baseman and not-the-famed-guitarist Carlos Santana, who had 19 homers up to that point in the season.
Each player gets four minutes on the clock, and the goal is simply to hit more home runs than the player you are matched up against in the allotted time to advance into the next round. The 2019 derby was the fifth year of the updated format, which features a bracket that ranks competitors from one through eight and has them go head-to-head. It’s been a while since the last Home Run Derby, and a lot has happened since then, so we’re here here to catch you and preview what you can expect tonight.
Now, just over two years later, Polar Bear Pete is back to defend his title. With All Star activities cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, Alonso retained his crown for an additional year.
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It was a memorable moment in a season full of them for the slugger, who broke the single-season rookie home run record (53) while setting a single-season franchise benchmark for home runs. On Jat Progressive Field in Cleveland, Mets first baseman Pete Alonso became only the second player in franchise history to claim victory in MLB’s Home Run Derby, and the first since Darryl Strawberry earned a tie atop the 1986 derby leaderboard.
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