Pete Alonso has thought long and hard about it. He believes he’s devised a sound strategy for Monday’s Home Run Derby that should lead to victory.
“Hit more homers than everyone else,” the Mets rookie first baseman joked about the competition at Progressive Field in Cleveland for which the winner receives $1 million.
Alonso, who homered in Sunday’s 8-3 loss to the Phillies, shouldn’t have to change much. He is second in all of baseball in homers with 30, behind only Christian Yelich of the Brewers, and has received advice from past winners Todd Frazier and Robinson Cano.