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07/09 11:36 CDT St. Louis Cardinals OF Jordan Walker becomes 5th confirmed
participant in Home Run Derby
St. Louis Cardinals OF Jordan Walker becomes 5th confirmed participant in Home
Run Derby
By The Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jordan Walker will take part in the Home Run
Derby in Philadelphia on Monday.
The 24-year-old is the fifth player announced for the competition, joining
Boston's Willson Contreras, Kansas City's Jac Caglianone, Tampa Bay's Junior
Caminero and the New York Yankees' Ben Rice. The other three participants
haven't been announced.
Walker is a first-time All-Star who is having a breakout season and his 21
homers rank fifth in the National League. The 2020 first-round draft pick is
batting .294, has an .889 OPS and leads the big leagues with 70 RBIs.
He'll be the eighth Cardinals player to compete in the competition, joining
Jack Clark (1985), Ray Lankford (1997), Mark McGwire (1998-99), Jim Edmonds
(2003), Albert Pujols (2003, 2007, 2009, 2022), Matt Holliday (2010-11) and
Carlos Beltran (2012).
A Cardinals player has never won the derby.
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