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Pitchers in Home Run Derby on table for 2017

SAN DIEGO -- San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey said Monday that if baseball had let Madison Bumgarner into the Home Run Derby, "I think he would have won. And I'm being honest with you." Well, maybe next year.

Tony Clark, executive director of the players' union, told ESPN.com that MLB and the union plan to "revisit that and a number of other ideas" before the 2017 All-Star Game.

Asked if that meant holding a separate home-run contest for pitchers or allowing a pitcher into the official Derby, Clark replied: "Any and all of the above.