It’s not every year, or any year besides this one in fact, that Notre Dame is represented in Major League Baseball’s home run derby. That is the case this coming Monday though as Trey Mancini of the Baltimore Orioles will participate in the derby.
Does Mancini have a shot at winning the entire thing and what does his potential path to glory look like? Here is how the 2021 MLB Home Run Derby bracket looks:
MLB has set the bracket for Monday’s Home Run Derby: pic.twitter.com/7eoaHINmLs
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 8, 2021
To me, the derby got a bit old with the previous rules but since rounds have moved timed instead of based on outs, the excitement is greater than ever.
Here’s to a hopefully exciting couple of hours of fun Monday night in Denver with a ball that will almost certainly be extra juiced in a park that is already begging for home runs.