Major League Baseball might as well cancel the home run derby.
With Shohei Ohtani saying on Tuesday night that he is unlikely to compete in the annual swing-a-thon, what’s the point?
“This time, I think it will move in the direction of me probably not participating,” Ohtani said in Japanese.
What a loss for the event, which will be staged on July 15 at Globe Life Field in Texas, one day before the all-star game.
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