![]() “I’ve done this before and I’m extremely confident in my ability to hit the ball out of the yard,” he told ESPN’’s Buster Olney after wrapping up his dominant display of power. Of his 29 swings in the final, 23 went for a home run.īack-to-back #HRDerby champion ⭐️ /6HXaG0PSIm He took six swings in the additional time all of them left the park, the last a 480-foot shot that gave him the trophy yet again. Needing 22 homers to beat Mancini, he hit 12 in his first 16 swings and 17 by the time he reached his extra minute. He only seemed to get stronger as the night wore on. He remained cool, taking in the moment and enjoying every bit of it. There was no fatigue setting in for him in Denver’s thin air. and Yoenis Cespedes.Īlonso made it look easy. Alonso hit 23 home runs to defeat Baltimore’s Trey Mancini in the final and become the third player to repeat as Derby champion, joining Ken Griffey Jr. While all eyes were on Shohei Ohtani in the Home Run Derby at Coors Field on Monday night, New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso reminded everyone that he still has the most effortless, powerful swing in the league. New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso repeated as Home Run Derby champ with an awesome display of raw power on Monday. It is considerably more than his 2021 salary of $675,775.By David Salituro 1 year ago Follow Tweet $1 million: That's the total prize money for Alonso. Only the 2019 competition had more, with 312. He hit four home runs of at least 500 feet on Monday, trailing only Shohei Ohtani's six such homers for the most in a single contest.Ħ: With 22 home runs in the final round, Mancini put pressure on Alonso, who responded with 17 during regulation then sealed the win by knocking out six consecutive homers in bonus time.ģ09: The 309 total homers hit in the 2021 derby are the second-highest total in the contest's history. Yearĥ00: Since Statcast first started play-by-play tracking in 2016, Alonso is responsible for four of the 10 longest homers hit in the derby during that stretch. ![]() Numbers since StatCast began tracking in 2016. Aaron Judge (2017) is the only American League player to win over that span. Alonso's victory marks the fifth time in six contests a National League player has won. Darryl Strawberry (1986) is the only other player in Mets history to win the derby even once. #GoGators- Dan Mullen July 13, 2021ĭirect from the champ! #PeteAlonso /Nw2uCphuqK- New York Mets July 13, 2021ģ: Having also triumphed at the 2019 Home Run Derby, Alonso became just the third hitter to win back-to-back contests. "Oh yeah." - Pete Alonso- Marcus Stroman July 13, 2021Ī #HRDerby record 35 homers in Round 1 for Pete Alonso □ /MGWMWelGZu- ESPN July 13, 2021 #PeteAlonso /odkhRpZsUl- New York Mets July 13, 2021 His 2021 derby total trails only Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s 91 in 2019 for the most in a single contest. For context, Alonso entered this season with 69 career home runs in 218 appearances for New York. He homered on his first 17 pitches.ħ4: The 2019 All-Star went yard 74 times in Monday's victory and became the first to hit at least 100 homers in a Home Run Derby career. Including a 514-foot shot, those homers traveled a total of 15,659 feet, according to ESPN's Stats & Information data. ![]() 15,659: Alonso hit 35 total home runs in the first round of Monday's contest, setting a record for the opening round and collecting the third most in any round.
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