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No matter which team you root for during the regular season, there is plenty to watch at the 2016 MLB All-Star Game.

While the starting lineups are dominated by two teams—the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox will have eight starters between the two sides—each organization has a representative at the Midsummer Classic. Additionally, there are plenty of well-known players to follow on both teams, from young superstars to well-known veterans.

The squads will battle for home-field advantage in the World Series, but in reality, this is still just a chance to see the best in baseball on the big stage.

2016 MLB All-Star Game

When: Tuesday, July 12

Where: Petco Park; San Diego, California

Time: 8 p.m. ET

TV: Fox (Coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. ET)

Live Stream: Fox Sports Go

The past week saw some shuffling on the rosters because of injury concerns, but the starting lineups are officially set for the American League and National League teams, including the starting pitchers.

ESPN Stats & Info provided a look at the lineups:

While Johnny Cueto had a strong first half, he likely wasn’t the first choice for NL manager Terry Collins.

Sure, he leads the league with 13 wins to go with an impressive 2.47 ERA. However, it helps that Clayton Kershaw, Madison Bumgarner, Stephen Strasburg and Noah Syndergaard couldn’t compete in the exhibition for a variety of reasons.

In the end, the choice likely came down to Cueto and Jake Arrieta, and the latter has struggled as of late with 15 earned runs allowed in his last three starts. The San Francisco Giants starter became the easy decision.

There was also an easy choice in the AL, but that is due to the strong showing by Chris Sale in the first half of the season. He is coming off his worst start of the year (eight earned runs in five innings) but still has a 3.38 ERA in 2016. Most importantly, his 14 wins lead the majors at the All-Star break.

AL manager Ned Yost explained his thoughts on the division rival, per Dan Hayes of CSN Chicago:

Sale has been underrated in recent years despite the fact that he is going to his fifth consecutive All-Star Game, but he is impossible to ignore this time around.

With Steven Wright and as many as seven relievers potentially making appearances, this is a deep staff.

No matter what the pitchers do for the American League, the squad remains in good shape thanks to an impressive lineup from top to bottom: Jose Altuve, Mike Trout, Manny Machado and David Ortiz represent the perfect combination of batting average, speed and power at the top of the order.

Red Sox outfielders Jackie Bradley Jr. and Mookie Betts also have a chance to make an impact at the end of the order.

Meanwhile, the National League has some quality hitters as well, beginning with the Cubs duo of Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo.

According to Baseball-Reference.com, they have the two best WAR marks among NL position players this year:

Bryant has been especially impressive, with his 25 home runs leading the NL, making him a top contender for the MVP award with a few months to go.

The Giants—who have the majors’ best record—don’t have a lot of representatives in the game, but don’t count out catcher Buster Posey, who could come up with some big hits after barely securing the starting spot over Yadier Molina.

With these players in action for the first few innings and a long list of replacements ready to make an impact late in the game, this should be an enjoyable battle between two evenly matched opponents.

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Before long, the stars will descend on San Diego’s Petco Park and Major League Baseball’s annual midsummer bash will begin. The wait for the 2016 All-Star Game is over.

Looking to get up to speed on what this year’s game is all about? You’ve come to the right place.

We have a complete preview of this year’s Midsummer Classic, which gets underway at 8 p.m. ET. We’ll go through the starting pitchers and lineups chosen by National League manager Terry Collins and American League manager Ned Yost, as well as a few things to watch for. Because the baseball gods demand sacrifices, there will also be a prediction for who will win at the end.

That’s all there is to it. Step into the box when you’re ready.

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The National League will try to end a three-game winning streak for the American League when they square off Tuesday in the 2016 MLB All-Star Game at San Diego’s Petco Park.

The NL is currently set as a -120 favorite (bet $120 to win $100) at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark, with Johnny Cueto (13-1, 2.47 ERA) of the San Francisco Giants getting the starting nod against the AL’s Chris Sale (14-3, 3.38) of the Chicago White Sox.

Cueto has proved to be an outstanding offseason addition for the NL West-leading Giants (57-33), who have the best record in the league and are just behind the Chicago Cubs on the odds to win the World Series, according to GambleOnline.co.

Cueto joined San Francisco after helping lead the Kansas City Royals to the World Series title last year, giving the the Giants arguably the best one-two punch in baseball behind ace Madison Bumgarner (10-4, 1.94 ERA).

Meanwhile, Sale leads all of baseball in wins as the ace for the White Sox (45-43), who were the top team in the AL for the first month of the season before coming back down to earth in the middle of May. He ranks third in the league in strikeouts with 123 and 11th in ERA.

Sale has never won the Cy Young Award, finishing a career-best third in 2014, but he will likely have some stiff competition from others who are pitching for more competitive teams.

Last year, the AL doubled up the NL 6-3 at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park behind winning pitcher David Price and MVP Mike Trout, who became the first player in 38 years to lead off the game with a homer.

The Royals ended up using the home-field advantage earned from that victory to defeat the New York Mets in the World Series.

The NL squad will be without a couple of top pitchers, as Bumgarner nearly no-hit the Arizona Diamondbacks (38-52) on Sunday night and will be replaced by Bartolo Colon of the Mets (47-41) as a result. Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers will also miss the game because of a back injury after six previous appearances.

For the AL, David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox (49-38) will make his 10th and final appearance in the Midsummer Classic before retiring at the end of this season.

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The Home Run Derby takes center stage Monday night, as the top sluggers in both leagues will try to outdo one another in numbers and distance in front of a raucous crowd at Petco Park and a national TV audience.

Major League Baseball has descended on San Diego, for the All-Star festivities, and huge power hitters such as home run leader Mark Trumbo of the Baltimore Orioles and strongman Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins are likely to draw oohs and ahhs from the appreciative fans.

ESPN will televise the event at 8 p.m. ET.

The eight players will participate in a single-elimination tournament. They are seeded by the number of home runs they have hit, and ties are broken by the player with the most home runs since June 1.

Each batter will get four minutes in the box to blast as many home runs as he is capable of hitting. Each player is entitled to call timeout for 45 seconds in each round. Players who reach the championship round will have the option of calling timeout twice.

They will gain an additional 30 seconds of hitting time if they hit two home runs of 440 feet or longer in any round.

A one-minute swing-off will break any ties, and if it is still tied at that point, players will alternate three-swing swing-offs until a winner is determined.

Trumbo is the top seed in the tournament with a major league-leading 28 home runs and will meet No. 8 seed Corey Seager, who has bashed 17 home runs. In addition to his advantage in total home runs to this point, Trumbo has a long home run of 458 feet, and his average dinger has traveled 413 feet, according to research compiled by Doug Miller of MLB.com (h/t Statcast).

Seager has a long home run of 440 feet with an average of 399 feet.

Defending champion Todd Frazier of the Chicago White Sox is the No. 2 seed this year. He has belted 25 home runs at the All-Star break and will meet seventh-seeded Carlos Gonzalez of the Colorado Rockies. CarGo has 19 home runs, and his longest blast of the season was 462 feet. His average is 422 feet.

That could give him an advantage over Frazier, whose longest home run is 427 feet with an average of 391 feet.

Other first-round matchups include No. 3 seed Adam Duvall (23 home runs) of the Cincinnati Reds against No. 6 seed Wil Myers (19) of the hometown San Diego Padres. No. 4 seed Robinson Cano of the Seattle Mariners has 21 home runs and will meet the fifth-seeded Stanton, who has 20 bombs.

Cano won the event in 2011 as a member of the New York Yankees.

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The first half of the 2016 season wrapped up Sunday, and MLB‘s elite are now converging on San Diego, California, for Tuesday’s Midsummer Classic.

The San Diego Padres are hosting the event for the first time since 1992, when 2016 Hall of Fame inductee Ken Griffey Jr. was the MVP.

This year’s event has an odd twist to it, as the American League will be the home team despite the game taking place in a National League park.

MLB recently ended the tradition of alternating between AL and NL cities for the All-Star Game but is continuing to alternate home and away statuses. Since the NL’s Cincinnati Reds hosted last year as the home team, the AL will take the home dugout in San Diego on Tuesday.

Here’s a look at the info you’ll need to tune in.

2016 MLB All-Star Game Info

When: Tuesday, July 12

Where: Petco Park, San Diego

Start Time: 8 p.m. ET

TV: Fox (pregame at 7:30 p.m. ET)

While the initial rosters were announced last week, additions to the teams continued throughout the weekend to account for injuries and pitchers who were ineligible because of their weekend workloads. 

Here’s a glance at the updated rosters and a breakdown of each squad.

NL Roster Breakdown

The National League starting lineup looks a lot like the one Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon trots out on a nightly basis. The five Cubs in the starting lineup are the most for a single team since the Padres had five starters in 1985, according to MLB.com’s Carrie Muskat.

But while the NL has a strong starting lineup, there’s a noticeable drop-off on the bench. 

Multiple NL reserves, notably Reds outfielder Adam Duvall and his .288 on-base percentage, look like marginal All-Star candidates at best.

Fortunately for the NL squad, led by New York Mets manager Terry Collins, the pitching staff features some of the top arms in the game. Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg, Cubs starter Jake Arrieta and San Francisco Giants lefty Madison Bumgarner should be among the first pitchers to take the mound Tuesday.

With a dominant staff, the NL has the firepower on the mound to potentially shut down a potent AL lineup and win a low-scoring game.

AL Roster Breakdown

Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost has put together an interesting but controversial roster for the American League.

Yost, who is used to having a dominant bullpen in Kansas City, selected nine relievers for his squad, including two from his own team.

Multiple starters, including the Cleveland Indians’ Danny Salazar and Toronto Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada, will be ineligible to pitch, which will likely force Yost to heavily feature his relievers during the game. And with multiple lefties in the pen, Yost will likely play matchups late in the game if the score is close. 

Despite the interesting makeup of the pitching staff, the AL roster is highlighted by a potent offense that could carry the team to a victory.

The starting lineup features four players who are hitting over .320, led by Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, who leads the AL with a .341 mark. 

The AL bench also features multiple threats Yost could use as pinch hitters in clutch situations, including major league home run leader Mark Trumbo.

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The first half of Major League Baseball’s 2016 season wrapped up Sunday, and the game’s top performers are now on their way to San Diego, California, for the 2016 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday.

The Midsummer Classic’s festivities kick off Monday, highlighted by the Home Run Derby, which will air at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.

The Derby will follow the same bracket format MLB introduced in 2015. The eight participants are seeded according to their first-half home run totals.

The players have four minutes apiece to hit as many home runs as possible in the single-elimination tournament. Players can also gain extra time by blasting multiple home runs of at least 440 feet. 

MLB Communications recently released the bracket for Monday’s tournament:

Here are the participants and bracket for Monday’s T-Mobile Home Run Derby. pic.twitter.com/N3TWIKUy4M

— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) July 7, 2016

Here’s a look at the field:

Chicago White Sox slugger Todd Frazier is the defending champ, having knocked off the Dodgers’ Joc Pederson in the championship round last season in Cincinnati. Frazier belted a combined 39 home runs during the tournament, reaching double digits in each round. 

Robinson Cano of the Seattle Mariners is another returning former champion, having won the Derby with 32 total home runs in 2011. Cano also competed in 2012 and 2013 but finished in last place both times with just four combined homers over the two years. 

The favorite in this year’s Derby might be the Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton, who’s arguably the game’s most dangerous power hitter. 

This will be Stanton’s second appearance in the Derby. He first participated in 2014, advancing to the semifinals before being knocked out by Frazier and the New York Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes. 

Despite having a shaky first half, Stanton remains suited for the Home Run Derby. According to FanGraphs, he ranks fifth in the majors with a 25.7 percent home run-to-fly ball rate. Among this year’s participants, only the Baltimore Orioles’ Mark Trumbo (26.2 percent) has posted a higher rate than Stanton.

As ESPN Stats & Info demonstrated, Stanton is also the clear favorite to launch the deepest home runs in the Derby:

.@Marlins OF Giancarlo Stanton is No. 5 seed at HR Derby.

He has 32 450-foot HR since 2010. Only 3 TEAMS have more pic.twitter.com/2JI1UAYY8L

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 7, 2016

Trumbo enters the Derby as the No. 1 seed amid a career resurgence in Baltimore this season. With 28 first-half home runs, he has already surpassed his totals from the 2014 and 2015 seasons. 

The hitter-friendly Camden Yards may be slightly contributing to Trumbo‘s increased home run totals, but he’s managed an even split in the first half with 14 home runs apiece in Baltimore and on the road.

The sleeper in this year’s Derby could be Cincinnati Reds outfielder Adam Duvall. Eleven of Duvall‘s 23 first-half home runs traveled at least 400 feet, according to ESPN’s Home Run Tracker. 

Duvall also has an impressive 24.2 percent home run-to-fly ball rate, per FanGraphs, which ranks third among the participants in this year’s Derby.

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The duty of making up the All-Star lineups is left to American League manager Ned Yost of the Kansas City Royals and National League manager Terry Collins of the New York Mets.

It’s one of many jobs both men have in the All-Star Game. The two 2015 World Series managers want to knit together the best lineups possible, work nearly every reserve into the game and find a way to win the contest for their respective leagues.

It takes a surgeon’s touch to accomplish everything without offending any of the participants.

So, in an effort to make the overall job just a bit easier for each manager, we offer our projected starting lineups for each league.

There have been many changes since the All-Star teams were announced July 5 as a result of injuries and pitchers who will be unavailable Tuesday night at Petco Park in San Diego. The National League had to replace two starting outfielders in Yoenis Cespedes and Dexter Fowler as a result of injuries. The American League starters remain intact.

We know that Mike Trout led off last year’s All-Star Game with a home run and captured his second straight MVP award, but we have to go with Jose Altuve in the leadoff spot.

Altuve is having a remarkable year with a .414 on-base percentage, .343 batting average and 14 home runs. That’s simply remarkable power for a player who checks in at 5’6″ and 165 pounds, but that’s why Altuve may be the American League MVP at the end of the season.

If Altuve doesn’t get that award, Manny Machado of the Baltimore Orioles may take it away from him. He has split his time between shortstop and third base this year and is clearly a brilliant fielder. Machado has belted 19 home runs with 53 RBI and has a .322 batting average.

Trout may lobby Yost to bat leadoff after his success last year, but he will fit in nicely in the No. 3 hole. Trout is the best all-around player in the game, and since the Angels are struggling this year, he may once again make the All-Star Game his personal playground. Trout has a .427 on-base percentage to go along with 18 homers and 57 RBI.

David Ortiz has to be the clean-up hitter, doesn’t he? In a video filmed in November on the Players’ Tribune, Ortiz announced his plans to retire at the end of this season, and even though he has been sensational in 2016, he has not backed away from his retirement promise.

Ortiz is one of the game’s greatest clutch hitters, and don’t be surprised to see him go off in San Diego. Big Papi hit his 22nd home run Sunday, and he has been raking all season (.332/.426/.682).

First baseman Eric Hosmer of the Royals, who has belted 13 homers and knocked in 39 runs, follows Ortiz in the lineup. Mookie Betts continues to spark the Red Sox as their leadoff hitter, but he will hit a bit further down in the lineup in the All-Star Game. Betts can hit the long ball and also steal a base.

Sal Perez is a brilliant catcher and was recognized by the fans as he received the most votes of any player. He is technically sound behind the plate and a fine clutch hitter.

Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr. of the Red Sox take up the final two spots in the batting order. Bogaerts is a prospect who has lived up to the hype with a .331 average, 10 homers and 55 RBI, while Bradley had a 29-game hitting streak earlier this year and is a sensational center fielder.

Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox deserves to get the start for the American League. The long, lean left-hander has a 14-3 record to go with a 3.38 earned-run average and a 1.04 WHIP.

The American League has won three All-Star Games in a row and has dominated the series since 1988 by reeling off a 21-6-1 record. Collins will try to reverse that with a lineup that starts with reigning National League MVP Bryce Harper.

While Harper is hitting .259, he has belted 19 home runs and 52 RBI. He is capable of jump-starting the National League with his power. Same thing goes with No. 2 hitter Carlos Gonzalez of the Colorado Rockies, who moves into the starting lineup in place of Cespedes.

The Chicago Cubs fill the No. 3 and 4 spots in the order with Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, respectively. Bryant has a .379 on-base percentage and has belted 25 home runs, while Rizzo has a .410 on-base percentage with 21 home runs and 63 RBI. That’s a pretty sweet one-two punch on Chicago’s North Side.

Buster Posey is no stranger to big situations, as he has helped backstop the Giants to three World Series titles. He has hammered 11 home runs and knocked in 41 runs so far this season.

Since the DH is in play in the All-Star Game, Paul Goldschmidt of the Arizona Diamondbacks is a great fit. The 6’3″ slugger has a .421 on-base percentage to go with 15 homers and 58 RBI. Ben Zobrist follows, and he is the ideal hitter if the National League needs to perform a hit-and-run or pick up a clutch hit.

Starling Marte will start in place of Fowler, while Addison Russell will bat ninth and play shortstop. While Russell is hitting just .234, he has hammered 11 homers and driven in 49 runs.

Look for Collins to give the ball to Johnny Cueto of the Giants. Cueto has a 13-1 record to go with a 2.47 ERA and a 115-24 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

All stats from MLB.com and CBS Sports.

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Major League Baseball’s 87th Midsummer Classic will assemble the best players from the 2016 season’s first four months. 

On Tuesday, July 12, this year’s edition will be from Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres. The city of San Diego had also hosted the All-Star Game in 1992 from Jack Murphy Stadium and in 1978 from San Diego Stadium. 

Last Tuesday night, the league announced both the American and National League rosters, which can be seen below:

Pitching Breakdown

The pitching in this year’s All-Star Game might leave something to be desired due to the absence of some big names. 

San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner and the undefeated Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals will not be able to pitch due to recording starts too close to Tuesday’s festivities. 

On top of that, New York Mets fireballer Noah Syndergaard and Los Angeles Dodgers virtuoso Clayton Kershaw have sustained injuries. 

Those four arms alone have combined for a 41-10 record with an average ERA of 2.27. Luckily for the National League, they still have an embarrassment of riches on the hill, but these major absences have closed the gap between the pitching staffs of both rosters:

With the designated hitter in effect even though the game is being taken place at an NL ballpark, this will be a whole new challenge for some of these National League aces, as there will be an onslaught of talented bats coming to the plate. It’s something that American League pitchers are more used to even if the talent isn’t as elite. 

When it comes down to short, concise outings that occur during All-Star Games, a stress on relievers to shut things down toward the middle and end of games will be crucial. The NL collected a number of closers, headlined by the Mets’ Jeurys Familia, who leads the majors with 31 saves. 

The AL, on the other hand, went with a series of setup men where six of them have an ERA south of 2.00. 

If these rotations suggest anything, it will at least be a closely contested game as the arms to be featured in San Diego have been dominating all season. 

Stats courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

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The 2016 MLB Home Run Derby is an exciting precursor to the All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, where eight contestants will battle for boasting rights as the evening’s top slugger on Monday.

MLB Communications tweeted the full bracket of competitors, which features seeds and head-to-head, single-elimination matchups:

Adhering to last year’s newly established format, players will be timed for four minutes in each round to hit as many home runs as they can, per MLB.com’s Doug Miller. A batter who hits at least two dingers of 440 feet or farther gets an extra 30 seconds added to his round. Contestants also get a 45-second timeout per round and two such breaks in the finals.

For a closer look at the field, check out the table below, which also features the participants’ home run numbers for the 2016 campaign and predictions for the Derby:

Seeds are determined purely by the amount of homers the player has, which puts Baltimore Orioles outfielder Mark Trumbo at the head of the pack.

Trumbo‘s raw numbers suggest he’ll be a big favorite. According to Miller’s report, Trumbo‘s nine blasts of 425 feet or more were tops in baseball. But right out of the gates, he’ll have a considerable challenge on his hands in Los Angeles Dodgers prodigy Corey Seager.

The 22-year-old shortstop is likely to be fresher than Trumbo, 30, which puts the Orioles star in danger of being bounced in the opening round. Seager‘s youth and the fact that the clearance over the right field line is shorter than the one in left should help his cause to pull the upset as well.

And the run of upsets will continue through the first round, with the only exception being Todd Frazier defeating Carlos Gonzalez.

Frazier thrived in last year’s changed format and rallied around the Cincinnati Reds fans who were cheering him on in his home park to win the Derby. It’d be a shock to see the Chicago White Sox veteran go down to even a venerable hitter in Gonzalez.

With the proven stamina to go the distance in 2015, Frazier will dash the dreams of San Diego fans who hope to see their All-Star representative, Wil Myers, pull through. Myers has the benefit of the Padres faithful to get him past Adam Duvall, and he is likely to continue riding the momentum into the semifinals.

The projected Myers-Frazier duel should be the most competitive second-round matchup, because Seager‘s surge to start will fizzle at the hands of Giancarlo Stanton.

Speaking of the Miami Marlins stud, check out this anecdote from ESPN Stats & Info about his raw power, which should buy him some time in light of the bonus rule:

Daren Willman of MLB.com tweeted out another list to make a case for Stanton, especially when taking into account Gonzalez plays in the altitude-aided Coors Field when he’s at home:

Stanton is strong enough to muscle line-drive shots out of the ballpark, and even when he doesn’t get all of a baseball, it still has a realistic chance to clear the fence.

Already with five homers in July ahead of Sunday’s games, Stanton is beginning to come into his own after a slow start to the year.

“On top of the fastball, that’s what I’ve been successful with,” Stanton said, per Miller. “That’s what I fell off of for a little while. When you’re on top of that, there is not much they can do.”

Many of these power hitters have that quality, but none to the degree Stanton does. His lower launch angle and pure contact set him apart from most of his peers.

Only Ken Griffey Jr. and Yoenis Cespedes have managed to pull off repeats. The format is different now, so Frazier is in uncharted territory amid his Home Run Derby defense. While he does have the goods to get to the final, Stanton is probably too much for anyone to handle.

Look for Stanton to show off his skills on the big stage and claim the trophy on Monday in an epic clash with Frazier to conclude the grand spectacle.

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An American League player has won the MLB Home Run Derby in five of the past six years, but Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton is the +300 betting favorite (wager $100 to win $300) for Monday’s event at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. Stanton has 20 home runs heading into the break.

Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant leads the National League with 25 homers, but he will not be participating in the Home Run Derby. The current MLB leader is Mark Trumbo of the Baltimore Orioles with 28, and he is listed as the +375 second choice.

Third choice Wil Myers (+550) will be the local favorite as a member of the hometown San Diego Padres.

This year’s MLB All-Star Game festivities will take place at San Diego’s Petco Park, where Myers has hit 13 of his 19 homers this season. The Padres first baseman has hit only one this month, and that came at home against the New York Yankees on July 1.

Home-field advantage worked out well last year for third baseman Todd Frazier, who won the contest with the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. Frazier was traded to the Chicago White Sox in the offseason and is tied with Bryant for the second-most homers in MLB with 25.

Frazier ended a five-year reign for AL sluggers who had won the Home Run Derby, becoming the first NL batter to win it since Prince Fielder in 2009. The previous hometown player to win it was Ryne Sandberg of the Cubs in 1990.

In addition, Trumbo, Stanton, Myers and Frazier are all favored to win their first-round matchups on the 2016 Home Run Derby odds. Trumbo is -175 chalk (bet $175 to win $100) against Corey Seager (+145) of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Stanton is also -175 versus Robinson Cano (+135) of the Seattle Mariners.

Myers is a smaller -150 favorite against Adam Duvall (+110) of the Reds, while Frazier is -140 versus Carlos Gonzalez (+100) of the Colorado Rockies. The contest lasts three rounds and is based on head-to-head matchups in a single-elimination tournament until the champion is crowned.

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