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Max Muncy is somehow not an All-Star despite his .271/.409/.604/1.013 line, but he was in the Home Run Derby thanks to 22 dongs.
Next up! #HRDerby pic.twitter.com/drN3BE5ZF8
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 17, 2018
In the quarter-finals, he faced off against Javier Baez of the Cubs, who put together a quality showing with 16 dongs. However, our Perfectly Rectangular Boy went ahead and hit 17 (and it could’ve been more since he still had time) to advance.
Walk it off.#HRDerby | #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/YCbbP8nwNr
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 17, 2018
It’s good, IMO.
All of Max Muncy's 17 home runs. pic.twitter.com/GEDq6mgbao
— Daren Willman (@darenw) July 17, 2018
In the semi-finals, he was met by Bryce Harper, who was hitting in front of his crowd and stadium. Muncy struggled a bit this time around and put up only 12 dongs, and while Harper struggled early, he surpassed that total with plenty of time to spare.
Max Muncy hits a dozen homers in the second round!#HRDerby | #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/PemTIhIOB9
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 17, 2018
Oh well, still an amazing run.
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Oh yeah, while we’re at it, go buy some All-Star shit from BreakingT. Or anything, honestly. It all helps.
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Yesterday, they played the Futures Game, and the Dodgers sent Keibert Ruiz and Yusniel Diaz as their two representatives.
Keibert didn’t have the best of times in the game. He went 0-for-1 with a strikeout and took a foul ball off the hand behind the plate and had to exit the game in the 7th inning, but luckily it was nothing serious. In his age-19 season in AA, he currently has a .247/.313/.390/.703 line. Keibert is ranked by MLB Pipeline as the #2 prospect in the Dodgers system and the #44 prospect in the MLB.
Meanwhile, Diaz had a ball, going 2-for-5 with three RBI and two dongs.
That's right, we're tied up again! Courtesy of @Dodgers prospect Yusniel Diaz. #FuturesGame pic.twitter.com/r0yGfeHWt1
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) July 15, 2018
And just like that, we're tied again!!
Yusniel Diaz crushes his second homer of the game! 💪💪💪 #FuturesGame @Dodgers pic.twitter.com/R1syAfKHqB
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) July 15, 2018
That was enough to get a glowing review from David Ortiz.
“His approach is legit,” said Ortiz, who managed the World Team. “This guy hits like he has two strikes — with power. That’s something that impressed me a lot. The two homers that he hit, they were, like, big guys’ bombs. He looked great.”
In his age-21 season, Diaz has a .314/.428/.477/.905 line at AA. He’s ranked by MLB Pipeline as the #4 prospect in the Dodgers system and the #85 prospect in the MLB.
Future is bright.
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Ready for the All-Star Game.
