CLEVELAND — It didn’t take long for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to prove why Home Run Derby organizers wanted the 20-year-old in the event and why those who complained about his low homer total in real games were dead wrong.
“This is kind of like, ‘Hey, here I am,’” Schneider said. “Hopefully, it gives him a little bit of momentum going into the second half. Triple overtime was needed and when all was said and done a clearly motived Guerrero had outlasted Pederson 40-39 in a display that Toronto Twitter was already comparing to Vince Carter’s dunk content exploits 19 years ago.
Clearly gassed with his blonde-tipped dreads flailing with each swing, Guerrero put the pressure on by adding 22 more bombs to his total, but Alonso and his 80-grade raw power had an answer.
ScottyMitchTSN Was the Homerun Derby the Blue Jays highlight of the season?
ScottyMitchTSN FLUKE
ScottyMitchTSN He did break a record though and have twice as many as Alonso lol 🤷♂️
ScottyMitchTSN Steal the Show = losing to Pete Alonso