Tampa Bay Rays slugger Junior Caminero, who leads all American League third basemen in house runs, stated Wednesday that he’ll participate within the House Run Derby on Monday in Atlanta.
“I’ll placed on a present. I’ll attempt to placed on a present simply to provide the followers the chance to get to know me, see my energy,” Caminero stated earlier than Wednesday’s recreation towards the Detroit Tigers. “Simply being there with all these different All-Stars, it should be one thing very particular.”
The 22-year-old Caminero adopted that up by hitting his twenty second house run of the season within the seventh inning of Wednesday’s recreation. He’s batting .254 with 58 RBIs in 87 video games this season.
He’s the sixth contestant for the House Run Derby, becoming a member of Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Atlanta Braves, Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners, James Wood of the Washington Nationals, Byron Buxton of the Minnesota Twins and Oneil Cruz of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
MLB nonetheless has to call two extra contestants to fill out the sector of eight sluggers.
Caminero was chosen as a alternative for the All-Star Sport earlier this week as an alternative to the Boston Red Sox‘s injured Alex Bregman. Caminero would be the fourth Tampa Bay participant to compete within the House Run Derby, becoming a member of Evan Longoria (2008), Carlos Pena (2009) and Randy Arozarena (2023).
Discipline Degree Media contributed to this report.