The Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández was named as one of the eight participants in Monday's Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
Amid a dream start to his first season with the Dodgers, outfielder Teoscar Hernández had another wish granted. The veteran slugger announced he will participate in next week’s Home Run Derby, during an in-game interview with ESPN on Wednesday night. “I’m so happy, so excited,' a mic'd up Hernández said during the third inning of the Dodgers game against the Philadelphia Phillies. “Since I’ve been in the big leagues, I’ve always wanted to participate.
His importance to a first-place Dodgers squad had only grown in recent weeks, too, with Hernández’s 60 RBIs trailing only Shohei Ohtani for the team lead. Hernández’s inclusion marks the second straight year the Dodgers have had a Derby participant. Last year, Mookie Betts bowed out in the event’s first round with a Derby-low 11 home runs. The Dodgers have never had a player win the event in its 39-year history.
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