Since Stanton is in it, here's a "game thread" for it.

 

GO STANTON!

AL

 

Tm Name HR

TOR Jose Bautista [17] - captain

OAK Josh Donaldson [20]

MIN Brian Dozier [18]

BAL Adam Jones [16]

OAK Yoenis Cespedes [14]**

NL

 

Tm Name HR

COL Troy Tulowitzki [21] - captain

CIN Todd Frazier [19]

COL Justin Morneau [13]*

LAD Yasiel Puig [12]

MIA Giancarlo Stanton [21]

*Former Champion

**Defending Champion

New Home Run Derby Format

 

Round 1:

• Ten players; five per league
  
• Batting order determined prior to event; first NL hitter will lead off, followed by first AL, and so forth through all 10 hitters
  
• Seven outs per hitter
  
• Player from each league who has the most homers [AL #1 and NL #1] after first round gets bye and advances to semifinals
  
• Next two highest from each league move on to Round 2
  

Round 2:

 

• Two participants from round 1 compete against each other [AL 2 vs AL 3 / NL 2 vs NL 3]
  
• NL matchup first followed by AL, NL 2 and AL 2 will decide if they want to hit first or second
  
• Seven outs per hitter
  
• Winner of each matchup advances to round 3
  

Round 3 (Semifinals):

 

• Top Seed [AL 1 / NL 1] will face winner from his league's round 2 matchup
  
• NL matchup first followed by AL, NL 1 and AL 1 decide if they want to hit first or second
  
• Seven outs per hitter
  
• Winner of each matchup advances to Finals
  

Round 4 (Finals):

 

• NL and AL winners face off
  
• Batting order determined by coin flip
  
• Seven outs per hitter
  

Tiebreakers:

 

• Swing off, bitches! Each player gets 3 swings to hit as many home runs as possible - if there is a tie after 3 swings, each will take 1 swing; repeated until there is a winner
  

 

Seven outs is bullshit.

The event dragged on a bit lately, maybe this will make it better.

The event dragged on a bit lately, maybe this will make it better.

 

Could also make it suck. Big risk, IMO.

 

The biggest positive I could see is a lot of guys saving energy for the later rounds.

Giancarlo Stanton Is Odds-On Favorite In MLB Home Run Derby

 

Monday marks the start of the MLB All-Star break, the only stretch of the year during which none of the four major sports are in action. But that doesn’t mean sports bettors are taking the night off. Online sportsbook Bovada has released betting odds for Monday’s Home Run Derby, offering an idea of how the competition is expected to shake out. We don’t encourage betting money on a meaningless exhibition event like the Derby, but the betting odds provide some interesting food for thought about the upcoming competition.

 

As of noon Monday, Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton is the odds-on favorite in the Derby with 3/1 odds. Stanton has 21 home runs on the season, tied for fifth-most among MLB players. None of the four players ahead of him – Jose Abreu, Nelson Cruz, Edwin Encarnacion and Mike Trout – are competing Monday night, though Stanton will be up against fellow NL All-Star Troy Tulowitzki, who also has 21 long balls on the year, and Athletics’ third baseman Josh Donaldson, who has 20.

 

 

Perhaps the most curious odds belong to Yasiel Puig who, along with Yoenis Cespedes, is just behind Stanton with 5/1 odds. Puig is a prodigious talent, but the young Cuban star isn’t exactly mashing the ball this year, with just 12 home runs on the season, fewest among this year’s Derby contestants.

 

This year’s competition also features former winners in Cespedes, who took last year’s Home Run Derby, and 2008 victor Justin Morneau. Of course past wins are no guarantee of future performance: Robinson Cano won in 2011, then failed to hit a single homer in the following year’s competition.

 

There is a three-way tie for the longest odds to win among Adam Jones, Todd Frazier and Brian Dozier, who are all at 12/1. The low odds of winning are likely more associated with a lack of national popularity than power hitting; Frazier has 19 homers on the year and Dozier is close behind at 18, good for the fourth- and fifth-most among Derby competitors, respectively.

 

Other Derby-related bets on Bovada include the winner’s league (the NL is favored at -130 to the AL’s even odds), which player will have the most first-round homers (Stanton is favored at 3/1) or who will hit the longest bomb of the opening round (Stanton again, at 11/4). There’s also a long list of player-vs-player showdowns for those interested in predicting the better competitor between Stanton and Tulowitzi, or even Frazier and Dozier. We once again don’t suggest betting on the Derby, but those interested in the latter bet would be smart to remember that Dozier will be in his home park.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2014/07/14/giancarlo-stanton-is-odds-on-favorite-in-mlb-home-run-derby/

I guess mods can merge my thread from MLB forum to here. Stanton is the "odds on favorite".

Chris Berman. Ergh. Thankfully I'll be out at a bar and it will probably be muted. At least I hope.

Chris Berman. Ergh. Thankfully I'll be out at a bar and it will probably be muted. At least I hope.

 

"BACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACKBACK........"

I like John Kruk at least

Hey look, another game thread where everyone can blame Redmond.

Hey look, another game thread where everyone can blame Redmond.

 

"And Stanton's home run goes 450 feet."

"DAMMIT REDMOND! Had that been just 1/100th of a MPH faster, that would have been right on the sweet spot and gone 580! Dumb-ass Redmond!"

Watch Red hit Stanton in the head, fractured skull, career over.

OH BOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY AMERICA GET READY TO RECEIVE THAT MONSTER DONG!!!!!!!! IT FEELS SOOOOO GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where are the homers in real games??

OH BOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY AMERICA GET READY TO RECEIVE THAT MONSTER DONG!!!!!!!! IT FEELS SOOOOO GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Stop being inappropriate.

Watch Red hit Stanton in the head, fractured skull, career over.

 

Oh no, they don't wear helmets that's right.

Imagine if Red throws a curve ball to Stanton just to fuck with him.

Looks like a little bit of rain right now but nothing too bad.

Red will probably try to intentionally walk him.

Red will probably try to intentionally walk him.

 

I remember they did that on the first pitch of the 2004 derby with Barry Bonds. Thought that was pretty funny.

530. Calling it now.

Minnesota! Get ready for the giant royal DONG!!!!

Let's go!