Home Run Derby 2015: Todd Frazier wins Home Run Derby
Well with the 2015 Major League Baseball season at the halfway point, Monday night brought us one of the best events of the summer with the annual Home Run Derby. This year, however, things were a little bit different. With the format of the contest now being timed elimination rounds, things were expected to get a little more exciting, and maybe even breathe life into an event that has been dying down in recent years.
By the time all was said and done, we would come to find out that the experiment was a hit. And when this experiment was over, it was the hometown boy Todd Frazier that was able to walk away with the win.
OUR TODD IS AN AWESOME TODD!! 2015 Home Run Derby Champions! #HRDerbypic.twitter.com/2zyVaB0Cd1
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) July 14, 2015
If anything, the final round of this one showed us just how well the new Home Run Derby format works and makes the event that much more intriguing. In the final round Frazier was paired up with Joc Pederson, who was at the plate first. To get the end of the contest started off, Pederson would blast 14 balls over the fence, setting the bar pretty high. With the entire stadium on his side, Frazier made a late push and was able to tie it all up before the regulation buzzer sounded.
With 30 seconds of overtime, Frazier would put one right over the left field wall to send everyone home happy and crown himself the 2015 Home Run Derby champion.
This entire event had you wanting more from start to finish, which again was something that this competition sorely needed. Over the course of the past few years, it seemed to get pretty complacent, which was shoving people away. But what we saw on Monday night was the right remedy.
Coming into Monday night Frazier was the favorite among a lot of people to walk away with the win — and he indeed did just that.
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