The MLB Home Run Derby didn’t exactly go Adolis García’s way on Monday night.
The two-time All-Star Texas Rangers outfielder didn’t have his best performance, but a lot of the blame can be placed on batting practice pitching that was, shall we say, sub-par.
The culprit was Rangers third-base coach Tony Beasley, whose pitching would have been great if he were a middle reliever but was less ideal when the goal of the competition is to hit home runs.
As the No. 4 seed, García was eliminated in the first round after hitting just 17 bombs compared to Randy Arozarena’s 24. And as you can see, the pitching wasn’t doing him any favors.
Bro was dialing up some filth pic.twitter.com/Vltmg2doZz
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 11, 2023
It’s not the first time we’ve seen a player’s derby hopes derailed by their own batting practice pitcher, but MLB fans certainly had lots of jokes at Beasley’s expense.
Here's how Twitter reacted
Adolis Garcia’s Home Run Derby pitcher #HomeRunDerby pic.twitter.com/UyrD4VG7zp
— thomas🏆 (@IiIbabyfan) July 11, 2023
Highlights from Adolis Garcia’s HR Derby
— kenny (@kiiLkenny) July 11, 2023
Adolis Garcia's HR Derby pitcher trying to throw it down the middle: pic.twitter.com/zsvOMLQwWT
— Pickswise (@Pickswise) July 11, 2023
Adolis Garcia’s pitcher pic.twitter.com/1eIIMOUbgP
— Eric 🕳️ (@CasasPlsTweet) July 11, 2023
adolis garcia’s HR derby pitcher pic.twitter.com/eB5eyZNyJN
— todd bonzalez (@doinkpatrol) July 11, 2023
Adolis in the derby pic.twitter.com/1w9GcUqamn
— Jacob (@CardinalsReek) July 11, 2023
Adolis seeing those pitches pic.twitter.com/G4iaeJa8su
— Patrick Kinman (@Patchman513) July 11, 2023
Adolis Garcia’s Home Run Derby pitcher: pic.twitter.com/B024CGdQjL
— The Game Day MLB (@TheGameDayMLB) July 11, 2023
Adolis hitting these pitches pic.twitter.com/dygjbbQn3O
— 🐲 (@CyYoungRyan) July 11, 2023
beasley pitched the game of his life against adolis garcia pic.twitter.com/tNjpeUCay7
— Aaron Cornielle (@AaronCornielle) July 11, 2023
Lmao Adolis’ pitcher had Randy first round 😂
— Matty Chucks⚡️ (@MattyChucks) July 11, 2023
Adolis García looking at his Derby pitcher after Round 1 pic.twitter.com/uAlP6uyd9p
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) July 11, 2023
Adolis should have let members of the Rangers bullpen throw to him
— Kevin Turner (@ktfuntweets) July 11, 2023
Can he help the dodgers bullpen please
— annoying dodger fan (@dodgersbetter) July 11, 2023
he would get the 7th in the Mets bullpen
— eric wertz (@Wertz53) July 11, 2023
If the dodgers had whoever was throwing to adolis in the bullpen, we’d be unstoppable
— annoying dodger fan (@dodgersbetter) July 11, 2023
beasley to adolis pic.twitter.com/frR0LhJjlT
— daip (@daiptix) July 11, 2023
