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REPORTS: Miguel Sano Will Compete in Home Run Derby

While it’s still in the air whether he’ll be voted to start the All-Star Game — voting ends at 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday — there have been reports that Miguel Sano will be taking place in the Home Run Derby at Marlins Park on Monday, July 10.

Gomez lists himself as the editor of Z101, a verified account on Twitter whose bio says it is the “station with the largest circulation in the Dominican Republic.” A post from that site dated one week ago lists Gomez as winning a prestigious award for his work in 2016.

Jon Paul Morosi, who reports on MLB for Fox Sports and MLB Network has piggybacked the report, which would seem to lend additional credence to its legitimacy. Morosi, who is well-versed in Spanish, traveled to Cuba before the 2016 season with Barack Obama, John Kerry and Derek Jeter for a good-will trip which was a “historic week of communication, civility and baseball.”

The last Twins player to participate in the Home Run Derby was Brian Dozier in 2014 at Target Field. Dozier hit just two home runs, and was eliminated in the first round.

Previous Twins derby participants include:

  • Joe Mauer – 2009 (St. Louis)
  • Justin Morneau – 2008 (New York)*, 2007 (San Francisco)
  • Gary Gaetti – 1989 (Anaheim)
  • Tom Brunansky – 1985 (Minneapolis)

Morneau is the only Twin to ever win the competition.

Sano came into Wednesday night’s action with 18 home runs in 69 games — as many as he had in 80 games as a rookie and just seven off his 2016 pace in 116 games — to rank eighth in the AL. Sano also came into Wednesday’s game ninth in the AL among 88 qualified hitters with a slugging percentage of .546.


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