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Highlights of the 2023 MLB Home Run Derby: The first title is won by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

One of the most thrilling evenings on the MLB schedule didn’t frustrate.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. held off a late Randy Arozarena rally to win the 2023 Grand slam Derby at T-Portable Park in Seattle just before the Top pick Game (8 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports application).

However, the diversion went a long ways past the end-product. Adley Rutschman, a switch-hitting catcher for Baltimore, crushed balls from both sides of the plate, and Julio Rodriguez, a hometown hero, beat Pete Alonso, who had won the derby twice before, with a record-setting 41 home runs in the first round.

The best moments from Monday’s Derby are listed here.

The son of Vladimir Guerrero Sr., who won the MLB Home Run Derby in 2004 and 2007, approves of Vladdy’s final round. has won the occasion interestingly. It’s likewise the initial time in MLB history the child of a past Grand slam Derby champion has won one himself.