Pete Alonso will take part in his fifth straight House Run Derby, with the New York Mets first baseman attempting to win for the third time.
The Baltimore Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson and the Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm even have dedicated to the July 15 occasion at Globe Life Subject in Arlington, Texas.
Alonso made the announcement Sunday evening on Instagram.
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Ken Griffey Jr. is the one three-time champion of the derby, successful in 1994, 1998 and 1999.
The Derby was first staged in 1985.
Alonso received the competitors in 2019 at Cleveland’s Progressive Subject as a rookie, edging the Toronto Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 23-22 within the last spherical, then repeated in 2021 at Denver’s Coors Subject, beating the Orioles’ Trey Mancini by the identical rating.
There was no derby in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Alonso was eradicated by the Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodríguez within the 2022 semifinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Juan Soto, then of the Washington Nationals, went on to win.
Alonso was knocked out once more by Rodríguez final yr at Seattle’s T-Cellular Park, the place Guerrero took the title and joined Vladimir Guerrero Sr. (2007) to turn out to be the primary father-son duo to perform the feat.
