Mets sensationPete Alonso may have won the Home Run Derby and the million-dollar prize yesterday—hey, maybe he can cash his check when Bobby Bonilla checks his—but it was Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. who put on a million-dollar performance with an historic first-round.
In the opening round of this year’s competition, Guerrero was matched up with Matt Chapman of the Oakland A’s.
Guerrero more than doubled up Chapman’s total, launching an impressive 29 long balls, which is a new record for the first round.
In fact, it got to the point where people were laughing hysterically as Vlad Jr. was putting holes in the atmosphere while breaking the record.
Guerrero erven had the honor of hitting the longest homer of the night, 488 feet, in the second round.
The previous Home Run Derby record for most homers in a round was 28 by Josh Hamilton in the most impressive performance ever.
Of course, Guerrero’s achievement comes in a different format; he had a timed round, while Hamilton competed under the previous 10 outs format.
Source:Larry Brown Sports