Alonso to compete in 5th Home Run Derby, joins Witt, Henderson, Bohm, Ozuna in July 15 field

By The Associated Press

New York Mets' Pete Alonso hits a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Frank Franklin II]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pete Alonso will participate in his fifth straight Home Run Derby, with the New York Mets first baseman trying to win for the third time. Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr., Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson, Philadelphia’s Alec Bohm and Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna also have committed to the July 15 event at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Ken Griffey Jr. is the only three-time champion of the derby, which started in 1985, winning in 1994, 1998 and 1999. Alonso won the competition in 2019 as a rookie of Cleveland’s Progressive Field, then repeated in 2021 at Denver’s Coors Field.