Home Run Derby Open Thread

The field is set, the buckets are full of balls, the clocks are set at 5:00 each, the fans are piling inside The Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and the Home Run Derby is set to begin. This is the only bit of baseball we have left for the day and this is the last post of the day so let's make the most of it. I like to predict things, and I'm pretty good at it sometimes, so I am going to take a stab at predicting the winner of the 2015 Gillette Home Run Derby tonight. Leave your predictions in the comments section of the site or follow us on Twitter (@GreedyStripes) to leave your predictions there.

1. Albert Pujols 

8. Kris Bryant 

4. Joc Pederson 

5. Manny Machado 

3. Josh Donaldson 

6. Anthony Rizzo 

2. Todd Frazier 

7. Prince Fielder 

The biggest upset in the first round I have in Prince Fielder taking out Todd Frazier. Fielder has won a couple of these in his career and can really hit home runs in any park, especially a hitting friendly park in Cincinnati. I almost wanted to pick Kris Bryant over Albert Pujols but I think nerves may get to him a bit in the contest, just a hunch. 

1. Albert Pujols

4. Joc Pederson

3. Josh Donaldson

7. Prince Fielder

See above for Kris Bryant and scratch his name out and insert Joc Pederson. I truly think Pujols will lose in one of these two contests but it's too hard for me to go against the top home run hitter in the league in 2015. Joining Pujols in the finals will be Toronto Blue Jays's third baseman Josh Donaldson. 

1. Albert Pujols

3. Josh Donaldson

Donaldson was my pick all along and I won't change that now. Donaldson is your 2015 MLB Home Run Derby Champion. Write it down, just make sure it is in pencil.