Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the 2023 MLB Home Run Derby champion on Monday night in Seattle. The Blue Jays star defeated the Rays’ Randy Arozarena in the finals to capture his first Derby title. Guerrero Jr. he hit 25 home runs in the final, a record for the round. Arozarena has reached 23 little by little.
Guerrero previously set the Derby record with 91 home runs at the 2019 event in Cleveland, but fell short in that final against Pete Alonso. Guerrero’s father, Vladimir Guerrero Sr., won the 2007 Home Run Derby in San Francisco.
Julio Rodríguez, the Mariners’ home ball star, hit the most homers in the first round with an electric 41 (a single-round Derby record) and eliminated Alonso, a two-time Derby champion. His career ended in the semifinals, however, when Guerrero Jr. knocked him out Arozarena defeated Luis Robert Jr. to reach the final. Adolis García, Mookie Betts and Adley Rutchman (despite a show that made an impact) were eliminated in the first round.
Here are the Home Run Derby 2023 results:
2023 MLB Home Run Derby Support, Results
first round
No. 5 Randy Arozarena (24) defeats No. 4 Adolis García (17)
No. 1 Luis Robert Jr. (28) defeats No. 8 Adley Rutschman (27)No. 6 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (26) defeat #3 Mookie Betts (11)No. 7 Julio Rodríguez (41) defeat #2 Pete Alonso (21)
semi-finals
Randy Arozarena (35) defeats Luis Robert Jr. (22)Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (21) defeats Julio Rodríguez (20)
Finals
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (25) defeat Randy Arozarena (23)
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