Usually, left up to me, I'd just wait a few hours to see if Bellinger's an all-star But it was easy enough.." Only two participants, Yoenis Céspedes and Giancarlo Stanton, have won the Home Run Derby without being selected to the All-Star game itself. " And that's just winning it, not participating, so yeah it looks like he doesn't have to be selected as an all-star to go and be in the Derby
Normally I'd say Myers out of the lineup is a good thing. Not sure this weekend. He's looked like crap.
Ditto on Taylor for me. I want Bellinger to kick me in the nuts ( so to speak) rather than watch his excruciating ABs of late.
Btw, if this game gets to a point to where it seems to be going, there is a Game of Thrones marathon in progress as we swing at ball 4 with bases loaded and roll out...and while Kenta serves it up right down the Ginza. Sometimes, Grandal makes Puig and Joc, the established chowderheads on the team, look like Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan in comparison.