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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Derby not taking promotion for granted – Mendez-Laing  Yahoo Sports Source link

Pete Alonso is a natural at MLB’s Home Run Derby. The New York Mets’ first baseman has won the derby twice in a row and is the favorite at BetMGM to make it a three-peat. He is +155, the shortest odds on the board. No player has ever won three in a row. Ken Griffey Jr., who won in 1994, 1998 and 1999, is the only three-time winner. There are a few reasons Alonso is good at the event. First, he’s a tremendous power hitter. Go figure. He has a repeatable swing that’s perfect for the event…. Source link