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Las Vegas - Gonna take a shot at the Home Run Derby and throw one of the obscure names at you, Brent Rooker. He works on the West Coast with the A's, so you might not be following, but this guy can go LONG. Rooker sent 30 dingers over the wall in 2023, 39 bombs in 2024 and has 20 so far this season. My calculator tells me that's 89 home runs in the last three seasons. Only eight guys have more and you might know some of their names. We're talking Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Schwarber, Cal Raleigh, Pete Alonso, Matt Olson, Juan Soto and Marcell Ozuna. Of the eight, only Olson is in the Derby. But he does not have the highest Launch Angle Sweet-Spot% of any player in the Derby. That would be Rooker at 31st on the list with a 38.8% LA SwSp. Not gonna throw down too many chips, but will take a taste of Brent at 10/1 on FanDuel.

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