Here Are The 8 Players Competing In Monday Night's Home Run Derby
The 2017 Home Run Derby will take place Monday night.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game will take place on Tuesday, but Monday night, we get a bit of a teaser ahead of the contest. Eight players will compete to be crowned Home Run King - a title that Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins currently holds.
This year's Home Run Derby will follow the same format as last year's - eight players will compete in a seeded bracket-style tournament.
The eight players?
- Giancarlo Stanton (Miami Marlins)
- Aaron Judge (New York Yankees)
- Cody Bellinger (Los Angeles Dodgers)
- Mike Moustakas (Kansas City Royals)
- Miguel Sano (Minnesota Twins)
- Charlie Blackmon (Colorado Rockies)
- Justin Bour (Miami Marlins)
- Gary Sanchez (New York Yankees)
Here's how the bracket looks, per MLB:
The contest will start at 8:00 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on ESPN. Stanton, in last year's event, smashed 61 homers through the three rounds.