Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernandez wins 2024 Home Run Derby as Bobby Witt Jr. misses swing-off by mere feet

Your 2024 MLB Home Run Derby champion is Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, who edged out Kansas City Royals phenom Bobby Witt Jr. in a thriller at Globe Life Field on Monday night time. 

This year’s Derby had a brand new format – the highest 4 superior to the semifinals then the same old head-to-head matchups got here out. 

Hernandez managed to belt 14 homers in his last spherical, and he needed to sit again and watch as Witt got here up with the possibility to both tie him or stroll it off. 

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Teoscar Hernández #37 of the Los Angeles Dodgers bats in the course of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field on July 15, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Witt made it to the bonus spherical with 11 residence runs, needing three to tie Hernandez and 4 to stroll it off for the victory.

With one out remaining and just one residence run wanted for the tie, Witt launched one 102 mph off the bat with a very good angle to middle subject. 

However, his hit was to the deepest a part of the ballpark and smacked the wall, needing just a few extra feet to get out. 

Hernandez – watching the entire manner as the ball was flying by means of the air – celebrated the second he noticed it keep inside. 

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At 31 years previous, Hernandez is the oldest participant to win the Home Run Derby since David Ortiz did it at 34 in 2010. 

Hernandez, who’s tied for 14th within the MLB with 19 homers on the season up to now, has been desirous to take part on this sacred All-Star weekend festivity for fairly a while, and with the assistance of his former Toronto Blue Jays teammate Vladimir Guerrero Jr., he obtained the victory. 

Bobby Witt Jr #7 of Kansas City Royals hits within the semi-final in the course of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field on July 15, 2024, in Arlington, Texas.  (Gene Wang/Getty Images)

The semifinal matchup between Hernandez and Philadelphia Phillies star Alec Bohm was electrical, as it got here right down to a swing-off, the place every hitter had simply three swings so as to add to their 14-home run complete. 

Hernandez, being the decrease seed, went first and mashed two homers out of his three swings. Bohm, who had an opportunity to achieve the championship spherical with only one homer in his bonus spherical however could not get it achieved, hit just one in three swings to lose. 

This swing-off could not have occurred if Bohm’s last swing of his semifinal spherical did not go foul, as it actually had the space however did not keep contained in the left subject foul pole. 

Witt had a neater semifinal, as he defeated Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez, 17-12. He had a while to refresh whereas Bohm and Hernandez battled on the plate. 

Pete Alonso, the New York Mets slugger who was going for his third profession Home Run Derby title in his fifth straight look, couldn’t make it out of the primary spherical on this new format that solely noticed the highest 4 advance. 

Teoscar Hernandez #37 of Los Angeles Dodgers hits in the course of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field on July 15, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (Gene Wang/Getty Images)

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Baltimore Orioles phenom Gunnar Henderson had the bottom quantity with 11 homers within the first spherical, whereas Atlanta Braves veteran slugger Marcell Ozuna and hometown favourite Adolis Garcia additionally failed to maneuver on.

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