Shohei Ohtani of the Major League Baseball Angels has announced a combination of home run competitions for the All-Star Game, which will be the first Japanese player to participate, and Otani will face the young Slugger of the Nationals in the first round.
The home run competition is an event held the day before the All-Star game, in which eight of the major league baseball hitters compete in a tournament format for how many home runs they can hit within the time limit.
On the 8th, the Major League Baseball Organization announced a combination with the contestants of this year's home run competition, and Otani, who has hit 32 single top home runs in both leagues, became the first seed and became the first seed of the Nationals in the first round. I will play against Soto.
22-year-old Soto is a young slugger who won the top hitter in the National League with a batting average of 30% and 5 minutes last season and hit 34 home runs in the middle of the season, and has 11 home runs so far this season.
If Otani wins, he will face the winner of Mets' Alonso, who won the semi-final home run competition, and Royals' smashing catcher, Perez.
In the other round, Rangers' Gallo, who has hit 23 home runs this season, local Rockies story player, Athletics Olson, and Orioles' Mancini, who have returned from colon cancer this season, will face each other. I will.
The home run competition will be held on the 12th of this month and the 13th of Japan time in Denver, Colorado, the home of the Rockies, and the next day, Otani will play an all-star game with dual wielding.
NHK plans to broadcast the home run competition on General TV and the All-Star game on BS1.