Weird lack of balance for the Home Run Derby, which gets underway at 7 p.m. CST:
OK, so sure, the Derby is a goofy thing to begin with, but still, there’s no balance in representation between leagues (just one AL batter, Alex Bregman), and there are two Cubs. Yeah, there are more Cubs than there are AL hitters.
There’s some new twist to the competition tonight, where hitters get more time to hit if they crush deeper blasts? It’s some kind of Statcast jive, I believe.