Bautista and Tulo named captains for All Star home run derby

[Spoonovic]

Why the f*** is Bautista doing this again? Hes done it twice before.

 

And surely hes going to pick EE on his team.

 

 

f***!

 

Home Run Derbys ruin swings.

[burlingtonbandit]

No they don't. Jose Bautista participated in a home run derby in spring training at a local event. Didn't seem to effect the start of his season.

[G-Snarls]

Yee Haw

[dineke]

Surely you don't really believe that crap.

[dineke]

His team is going to be:

 

1) Himself

2) EE

3) Juan Francisco

4) Melky

5) Reyes

[Spoonovic]

No they don't. Jose Bautista participated in a home run derby in spring training at a local event. Didn't seem to effect the start of his season.

 

Well in 2012, Bautista only played 17 games after the home run derby. He had brutal numbers for those 17 games and then proceeded to mess up his wrist and miss the rest of the year.

[John_Havok]

His team is going to be:

 

1) Himself

2) EE

3) Juan Francisco

4) Melky

5) Reyes

 

Being in Minnesota he'll be under pressure to pick someone from The twins. But who do you pick? Mauer can't hit the out anymore. Dozier? Willingham?

 

Calling Jose, Edwin, Papi, Cruz and Minnesota token.

[NorthOf49]

Papi and Edwin are givens. I'd like to see Trout. Willingham is the only Twins option, I dunno if he'd go there.

 

Bautista - EE - Ortiz are locks, probably.

 

Cruz/Cespedes/Abreu

 

How many players are there per league?

http://tinyurl.com/nj6us35

[burlingtonbandit]

Well in 2012, Bautista only played 17 games after the home run derby. He had brutal numbers for those 17 games and then proceeded to mess up his wrist and miss the rest of the year.

 

You really think playing in a HR derby caused him to have a wrist injury a month later? Just a coincidence

[Spoonovic]

You really think playing in a HR derby caused him to have a wrist injury a month later? Just a coincidence

 

It wasn't a month later. The injury took place on July 17.

 

All I know is that the home run derby sure help the wrist.

[Orgfiller]

Non-allstars can't be picked right?

[labadee]

Why the f*** is Bautista doing this again? Hes done it twice before.

 

And surely hes going to pick EE on his team.

 

 

f***!

 

Home Run Derbys ruin swings.

 

You can't seriously believe that crap

[Orgfiller]

Bautista - EE - Papi - Jeter

 

Barf. He might not even make it past the guy throwing BP.

[flafson]

Non-allstars can't be picked right?

 

They can.

[Candy Maldonado]

there goes the season

[NorthOf49]

Imagine if he picked Kawasaki. That would be just about the best thing ever.

[Orgfiller]

Imagine if he picked Kawasaki. That would be just about the best thing ever.

 

What if Tulo picked Bartolo Colon? Lol's would ensue.

[dineke]

What if Tulo picked Bartolo Colon? Lol's would ensue.

 

It would be much more interesting than a regular hr derby... actually, pretty much anything is more interesting.

[Orgfiller]

Bautista - EE - Ortiz are locks, probably.

 

Cruz/Cespedes/Abreu

 

How many players are there per league?

 

I'm sure Cespedes being the reigning champion has to be a lock barring injury. I wish all of those choices could be in there.

[43211234]

Is it 5 per league?

 

Bautista, EE, Cruz, Abreu, Cespedes seems obvious.

[wilko]

What if Tulo picked Bartolo Colon? Lol's would ensue.

 

That's a career/possible life ender right there.

[Convo]

Bautista - EE - Ortiz are locks, probably.

 

Cruz/Cespedes/Abreu

 

How many players are there per league?

 

Neg. Ortiz doesn't want to do the Derby anymore (since like 2-3 years ago)... "too draining"

[G-Snarls]

Is it 5 per league?

 

Bautista, EE, Cruz, Abreu, Cespedes seems obvious.

 

But he's also best buds with Ortiz

 

Edit: Didn't realize he'd sworn off of them

[labadee]

His team is going to be:

 

1) Himself

2) EE

3) Juan Francisco

4) Melky

5) Reyes

 

Juan would somehow still manage to strike out lol

[Candy Maldonado]

Edwin wont be participating so at least we wont lose both power hitters.

[Dylan]

Bautista, Cruz, Abreu, Cespedes and Willingham is my guess

[TwistedLogic]

Papi and Edwin are givens. I'd like to see Trout. Willingham is the only Twins option, I dunno if he'd go there.

 

There's no reason that he has to pick a Twin. Cano didn't take Butler, and yeah he got booed but who cares? There's so many amazing power hitters right now.

 

I assume Jose, Edwin and Papi are the first three; I feel like he'll probably take one of Cruz, Cano, Cespedes or Abreu, and I bet he probably thinks he has to pick at least one white guy to put the xenophobes at ease. On that front though, there's a good chance that it won't be Trout. Even if Joey invites him, he's probably going to turn it down:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140527&content_id=77063186&notebook_id=77079788&c_id=ana

[TwistedLogic]

Yep, Bautista wants Abreu to be one of the guys. Abreu might turn it down as well though, lots of guys seem to think the wear and tear of all those swings is not worth the risk.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140626&content_id=81772840&notebook_id=81789480&vkey=notebook_cws&c_id=cws

[Candy Maldonado]

There's no reason that he has to pick a Twin. Cano didn't take Butler, and yeah he got booed but who cares? There's so many amazing power hitters right now.

 

I assume Jose, Edwin and Papi are the first three; I feel like he'll probably take one of Cruz, Cano, Cespedes or Abreu, and I bet he probably thinks he has to pick at least one white guy to put the xenophobes at ease. On that front though, there's a good chance that it won't be Trout. Even if Joey invites him, he's probably going to turn it down:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140527&content_id=77063186¬ebook_id=77079788&c_id=ana

 

like I said Edwin wont be participating

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140626&content_id=81772848&notebook_id=81792772&vkey=notebook_tor&c_id=tor

[KingKat]

Its time to to get rid of the derby. It was cool when I was kid it just doesn't do anything for me anymore. All the top players prefer to watch over participating.

 

You do realize that kids are a renewable resource.