Mookie doesn't believe he can win HR Derby: 'I'm not a power guy'
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts doesn't believe he has a shot to win Monday's Home Run Derby at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
"Let's be real," Betts said, according to Alden Gonzalez of ESPN. "I'm not a power guy. Do I have some home runs? Sure."
Betts, who's tied for second in the majors with 26 homers, acknowledged that his wife was a driving force behind him taking part in the event for the first time in his career.
"She was like, 'You've done everything you've wanted in baseball,'" Betts said. "'The only thing you've never done is the derby.'"
The 30-year-old added that he hasn't even practiced for the event.
"If this was something that I felt like I could win, then yeah, of course I'd be practicing and all that stuff," Betts said.
Betts will take on Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the first round. The Toronto Blue Jays slugger holds the record for most dingers hit in a single Home Run Derby with 91 in 2019.