I figured with how popular talking about the Home Run Derby has been that throwing together a little thread would be helpful! Below are the hitters and who is throwing them their pitches!
Matt Olson - Eddie Perez, former catcher and long time Braves staffer who has thrown BP for years
James Wood - Ricky Gutierrez the Nationals Third Base Coach
Junior Caminero - Is using Tomas Francisco who threw for Randy Arozarena when he was in the Derby a couple of years ago
Cal Raleigh - He is using his father! Plus his brother is the "catcher"!
Jazz Chisholm Jr. - He is using his step father!
Byron Buxton - Tommy Watkins the Twins Third Base Coach
Oneil Cruz - Stephen Morales a coach for the Pirates and Cruz's translator
Brent Rooker - is using Joe Caruso who threw to him over the off season
Fun fact. I have zapped sats to Junior Caminero.
He used to play for the Perth Heat and you used to be able to zap players sats during the games.
@Undisciplined @Wumbo
That's awesome!
You guys broke Predyx. I can't do anything. Keeps freezing.
Yeah I had the same issue 😂 I also somehow sold shares 2500 shares of Cal for 0.17 🤦♂️
You have to be really careful on the PWA because whatever you did last it defaults to that when you go to the next outcome. So if you sold one player and then went to big dumper it would default to sell. You have to change it to buy.
@mega_dreamer
Noted and added it to our UI/UX issues list.
Thank you!
Muahaha! As far as I know, I can still do stuff. I'm actually fully cashed out right now.
I was able to login on PWA and that worked. Pain in the ass to use. I accidentally sold dumper shares when I was trying to buy but was able to buy back pretty quick so didn't hurt that much.
That was fun.
Lol same here!!! Selling them at .17 was painful 😂
I really wish they would bring back the in game zapping. They also used to have a steal sats thing where if they got a stolen base they would post a QR code and you could steal some sats from them.
Wow that is really cool
Omg that's WILD and amazing!
Didn't know he played for the Heat. Cool
Yes the Rays and Heat have an international player development deal so they will occasionally send young guys they want to get more ABs to play with the Heat for the ABL season.
Apparently @Undisciplined thinks the least home runs wins.
This is the golf All Star game right?
Right. I mean if Wood gets through he has a shot but he needs 4/5 remaining guys to have less than him.
LMAOOO ITS A CHAIN THIS YEAR IT ISNT A TROPHY LMAOOOOO
Big Dumper!
Man he was a plus 300?!?!? WILD
The favorite at +300. Cruz was next at +325 I think
I would have figured since he was going to get a ton of bets they would have shifted him to +200 maybe +250
Let’s go!
Hopefully we see a ton of monster homers and an exciting competition.
lmaoooooo they did nottttt just say he has the fattest ass in baseball lmaooooo
Pat McAfee is a wild wild wild man lol
Haha Big Dumper is an amazing nickname.
It is really something I feel like only baseball would pull off without any one saying anything about it. Esp. from someone who is becoming a star and talked about on the National stage
21 should hold up
I thought Jazz was a bad pick….
Little league park power.
That was a fun derby to watch.
Way to go Big Dumper.
Big Dumper should have stuck with one side.
Did you get some shares on predyx. I had to rebuy Wood there after he got hot after the timeout.
Love this rundown! ⚾
There’s something special about seeing players bring in family and trusted coaches — it adds a whole emotional layer to the Derby.
Cal Raleigh using his dad and brother? That’s peak baseball heart right there. ❤️
Also curious to see if any of these BP pitchers bring a little magic like we've seen in past Derbies.
Appreciate you putting this thread together — super helpful for fans following the action!