As MLB’s All-Star week approaches, some fans are looking forward to the Home Run Derby. With Seattle hosting the event, the first player to enter his name in the Home Run Derby is someone close to Mariners fans’ hearts.
MLB confirmed that Julio Rodríguez, the 2022 AL Rookie of the Year, will officially take part in the Home Run Derby as the hometown favorite. Last year, Rodríguez took the league by storm, blasting 28 home runs in 132 games on his way to that Rookie of the Year award, becoming the fourth Mariner to win the award since 2000.