New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, who is ranked as one of the most powerful players in Major League Baseball, will speak at the Home Run Derby to be held at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on September 10. July, one day before the All-Star Game.
Alonso, who has already participated in this tournament three times, knows what it is to be its champion and did so on two consecutive occasions in 2019 and 2021, remembering that in 2020 it was not held due to the short season caused by the pandemic.
On what will be his fourth participation and the opportunity to seek his third crown, the ‘Polar Bear’ has expressed that “it is wonderful. A tremendous honor. I’m excited to represent the Mets in Seattle.”
The streak of two consecutive championships was broken last year when the Dominican Juan Soto rose as the new monarch offering a great exhibition until the final stage with his compatriot Julio Rodríguez.
In this edition of the tournament that marks the middle of the season, the Mets first baseman arrives as third on the home run list with a total of 25, also exhibiting an average of .221 with 58 RBIs and 48 runs scored.
These numbers have served so that, in addition to participating in the Home Run Festival, Pete Alonso has been called to the All-Star Game for the third time in his five-season career in the Majors, as confirmed this Sunday by the manager of the New York team , Buck Showalter.
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