He put on a great show.
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The National League’s Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins launches a home run in the semifinals of the MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby on Monday at PetCo Park in San Diego.
Stanton took part in the 2015 Derby and hit only six homers. He was named an All-Star ambassador, then played his way into All-Star consideration by hitting 11 home runs in June. “I’ve never seen anything like that”. Though he didn’t repeat, he made some history of his own.
Cano, who won the Home Run Derby in 2011 under a different format, had little chance of equaling the mark. He managed 42 to extend his record to 92 homers. The 22-year-old silenced the crowd with 15 home runs, but was outdone by Trumbo, who still had time remaining when he hit his 16th.
But Stanton looked as though he invented the home run.
His 61 home runs came on 120 swings.
“I knew I could do it endurance-wise”. Trumbo ended up beating him with 11 straight home runs – including eight after his timeout break – to provide the requisite 16 to advance. Frazier had two home runs of more than 440 feet in the round with a long of 448 feet. Hee-Seop Choi, who was in the contest because of MLB’s worldwide affair to promote the World Baseball Classic, hit five home runs back in 2005 and he was the all-time leader.
Stanton had a stunning 26 homers in his first duel with Seattle slugger Robinson Cano to easily move on. “That’s where you build up childhood memories”.
Seager started slowly by Derby standards.
In the other half of the bracket, Adam Duvall eliminated Wil Myers, and Frazier knocked Carlos Gonzalez.
In the second round, Stanton defeated Trumbo 17-14.
Giancarlo Stanton was in blistering form as the Miami Marlins star won the Home Run Derby. He rewarded his father’s efforts with a big hug.
Last year, 15 homers were enough to give Frazier the Derby title in the final against Joc Pederson. The highlight of the night had to be the 24 home run barrage in the first round, where his colossal skyscraping homers were as impressive as his 450-foot line drives that somehow, impossibly, were still rising as they went over the fences. He was grooving them all day. The competition lasted three rounds. “He’s just as important to this as I was”.
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Shine returned the favor in complimenting Stanton. “I’m just happy that he’s here”. “Last night was so spectacular that we chose to do one game at 61 percent in select areas”. Two more landed just under the scoreboard in left.
