Pete Alonso was not playing around. Or was he?
The New York Mets slugger made it look easy in Denver on Saturday night, defeating Baltimore Orioles’ Trey Mancini 23 to 22 in the final round to be crowned the Home Run Derby champion for the second time in a row. And he had a blast doing it.
Shohei Ohtani was upset in the first round by Juan Soto, in a faceoff that went all the way to double overtime.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s single-round record of 40 remained intact, but there was plenty of record-breaking in the 2021 edition of the Derby. Re-live all of the best moments with our recap.
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