ALBERT PUJOLS +400
- He is currently in the worst Home Run slump of his career (21 games, 71 At-Bats) and this is a perfect time for him to break out of that. Pujols probably joined this event with the sole purpose of changing his Home Run luck by winning this.
- In 2003, some of you may not remember this but, Pujols hit 14 Home Runs in the second round of the Home Run Derby and lost to Garett Anderson in the final (9-8). That was his one and only ever Home Run Derby appearance and he came up one HR short of winning the thing.
- Much like Ryan Howard last year at PNC Park, Pujols does not hit well at AT&T Park so it doesn't really matter. Howard has terrible numbers in Pittsburgh but he was able to win the competition last year. Pujols has 2 career HR's in this ballpark in 75 career at bats so altough not good, he has hit some out of this place.
- Pujols and Howard are by far the two best sluggers in this competition despited the numbers Prince Fielder is putting up. Fielder is too young to win this thing and he'll probably buckle under the pressure in either the first or second rounds.
- I can't believe the kinds of odds we're getting on Pujols seeing how he hit 49 HR's last year and seeing how he has hit over 40 Home Runs in four straight season. People are making a huge mistake by forgetting or ignoring Albert's current slump because the way things are going, he is probably going to win this event, come back out after the Break and hit 30 HR's to once again surpass the 40 Home Run mark...it all starts tonight baby!
- Last time I checked this was not an easy place to hit Home Runs but guys who can pull the ball to the right side have had success hitting them in this park. Pujols always gets the ball up there and this should be a great chance for him to hit some balls dead on out of this park.
- Don't forget guys that pitchers don't like throwing to Pujols in particular knowing how weak the rest of the Cardinals lineup is. He rarely sees any good pitches and tonight is probably the first time all season he is going to see nothing but balls he can smash right out of this damn park.
Albert Pujols -115 over Justin Morneau (5 Units) ***TOP PLAY***
Ryan Howard -155 over Justin Morneau (1 Unit)
Albert Pujols -210 over Alex Rios (1 Unit)
Ryan Howard -280 over Alex Rios (1 Unit)
Predicted Order of finish
1. Albert Pujols
2. Ryan Howard
3. Vladimir Guerrero
4. Matt Holliday
5. Prince Fielder
6. Magglio Ordonez
7. Justin Morneau
8. Alex Rios
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