The MLB Home Run Derby of the present year is all set to become a banger and give the people the entertainment they want. It kickoffs on Monday night and kick off All-Star Week. The eight-player bracket is and it consists of a mix of several Debry veterans as well as debutants. But for all the athletes irrespective of the veterans and debutants, this will be more than something just winning a trophy and keeping it at the cabinet.
Here is how the MLB Home Run Derby participants stack up in terms of 2023 homers, their current salaries and odds to win the competition.
The one emerging victoriously from the Home Run Derby will receive a prize money of 1 million dollars. New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, the favorite to win the competition for a third time, more than doubled his salary by winning it in 2019.
Which MLB team is going to make the most out of it?
The cash prize money figures will exceed this year’s salaries of Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia and Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman.
Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena of MLB, could make 24.1% of his 2023 salary, although he’s considered a longshot to make it far. Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez, who lost in the final against Juan Soto last year, could make 16.9% of his salary.
Reports state that Mookie Betts, the outfielder of Los Angeles Dodgers easily makes the most money salary-wise of any participant in this year’s field, but an extra $1 million is never a bad thing. That said, he isn’t expected to come close to winning, as he has the second-worst odds. With so much on the line for all eight players, the event should be a spectacle for all watching.
