Stanton can defend his title at home next year when the Marlins host the All-Star Game.
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“In the year we lost Muhammad Ali, down goes Frazier”, Berman said in an unusual toned-down voice as Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton outlasted Todd Frazier of the Chicago White Sox in the final round. Frazier tied it up and took his time to hit his final homer to meet up with Stanton in the final.
MLB’s Statcast technology has made it much easier over the past two seasons to measure how hard and how far players hit the ball – and Stanton has been routinely among the best in the major leagues. “But most the time I stuck at 80-90 percent”.
Neither Stanton nor Frazier were not selected to participate in the All-Star Game, but flew across the country in order to compete in the Home Run Derby. His longest launch of the night was 497 feet in the first round, which is 39 feet longer than the longest homer hit during the first 12 1/2 seasons of baseball at the downtown home of the San Diego Padres.
The Home Run Derby, like the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest, doesn’t always attract the best of the best.
Before the 2013 season, in an attempt to move away from being a run-suppressing park, the distances to the outfield fences at Petco were shortened by an average of 10 feet in right field and left center field. “Maybe some kids are watching me. I like to return the favor”.
Stanton is baseball’s highest-paid player with a $325 million, 13-year deal.
This year, Seager is seeded eighth out of eight contestants, who were ranked on their home run totals through last Wednesday. His new hitting coach is home run king Barry Bonds. The White Sox Chris Sale has been named the starting pitcher for the American League, while San Francisco’s Johnny Cueto gets the ball for the National League. Then, he followed it up by smacking 17 home runs in a winning effort over the top-seeded Mark Trumbo from Baltimore. Seager earned himself a 30 second bonus for two home runs traveling more than 440 feet.
Frazier hit 13 in the first round to beat Carlos Gonzalez (12) of the Colorado Rockies, and 16 in the semifinals to eliminate Adam Duvall (15) of the Cincinnati Reds.
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Beau Myers even hit his brother with a pitch early in the four-minute period, and almost nicked him another time.
