SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner has a message to the folks coordinating the Home Run Derby at this year's All-Star Game in San Diego: Ask me and I will come.
The three-time All-Star and 2014 World Series MVP has 13 career homers, most among active pitchers in the Majors. Bumgarner hit five home runs last season and already has two this year, including one off Dodgers ace and three-time National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw on April 9.
So if an invitation were to be extended to Bumgarner asking him to participate in this year's Home Run Derby, he plans to jump at the chance.