It's a double edged sword that the batter who goes first is so punished by the format. On the one hand, Julio hit almost twice as many as he actually needed to to advance, and going that hard in the first round clearly took a bit of a toll on him and negatively affected his second-round performance. But on the other hand, it was absolutely awesome to see him just unload like that in the first round, holy shit.
I went both days and the only things people were talking about on day 2 were JRod’s 41 (of course, it’s Seattle) and Adley’s switch hitting performance. Winning doesn’t seem to matter as much as showmanship and wow-factor. For the HR Derby, I’m good with that.
Really feels like the right move is to eliminate the pairs and just take the top 4 from the first round.
For real. Why isn't that the case? We can end up with a champion who hit fewer homeruns.
4th matchup - (7) Rodriguez vs (2) Alonso
Rodriguez: 41 🤯
Alonso: 21
Julio just went OFF
Pete had no chance but he did not do great lol his pitcher didn’t help
It's a double edged sword that the batter who goes first is so punished by the format. On the one hand, Julio hit almost twice as many as he actually needed to to advance, and going that hard in the first round clearly took a bit of a toll on him and negatively affected his second-round performance. But on the other hand, it was absolutely awesome to see him just unload like that in the first round, holy shit.
Julio vs roberts jr pls
2nd matchup - (8) Rutschman vs (1) Robert Jr.
Rutschman: 27 (21 LHB + 6 RHB)
Robert Jr.: 28
Bummed for my boy Adley. Mad respect tho for the switch hitting performance. He showed out.
Adley with the 3rd most and is eliminated, that’s the drawback of a bracket format.
Yeah, the bracket format is not good for getting the best winner. But it is fun.
Though, it's almost too fast. They hit another ball before the first goes over the fence.
I went both days and the only things people were talking about on day 2 were JRod’s 41 (of course, it’s Seattle) and Adley’s switch hitting performance. Winning doesn’t seem to matter as much as showmanship and wow-factor. For the HR Derby, I’m good with that.
Adley's dad threw him several junk pitches. I wonder if he cost his son the round.
3rd matchup - (6) Guerrero Jr. vs (3) Betts
Guerrero Jr.: 26
Betts: 11 (oof)
That was a little sad to watch lol I didn’t expect Mookie to win but 11 is a bit rough
Final matchup - (6) Guerrero Jr. vs (5) Arozarena
Guerrero Jr.: 25
Arozarena: 23
Semifinal matchup 2 - (7) Rodriguez vs (6) Guerrero Jr.
Rodriguez: 20
Guerrero Jr.: 21
can't believe vladdy got him 😦
J-Rod blew his load in round 1.
It should definitely be based on most hr total, and not this round nonsense.
Definitely agree
Semifinal matchup 1 - (5) Arozarena vs (1) Robert Jr.
Arozarena: 35
Robert Jr.: 22
1st matchup - (5) Arozarena vs (4) Garcia
Arozarena: 24
Garcia: 17
Vladdy Jr. wins
Bummed for my boy Julio, but Vladdy's cool and I'm happy for him.