Mookie Betts Regrets Doing The MLB Home Run Derby
Mookie Betts wasn’t lying when he said he had no chance to win the Home Run Derby. Betts failed to win a round at the 2023 iteration of the event. Worse yet, it almost looked like he didn’t even try. Betts was the only contestant that didn’t even bother using his timeout. Something I’m sure ESPN was thrilled about losing that ad money!
Betts says that he regrets doing the event altogether. It’s probably safe to say that you won’t see Mookie compete in another derby.
“My theory was the third swing in, I knew I had no chance,” Betts explained on the “Foul Territory” podcast. “So, after that, I was like, ‘You know what? I’m just gonna keep going. If I get tired, then I may debate taking the timeout.’ J.D. (Martinez) was actually yelling behind me, telling me to take the timeout. And I was just trying to save everybody’s misery. I didn’t want all the pity party and all that stuff, so I was just like, ‘You know what? Let’s just get it over with.’”
“The Home Run Derby was probably the worst idea I’ve had in a long time,” Betts said. “I’m just not built that way. I know how to hit line drives, and occasionally they go over the fence. … I’m just not built that way. It’s for the big boys, it’s for the big boys, for sure.”
By the way, the betting guide came in clutch this year ^. Vlad was a winner. You’re welcome.
Betts says now that the only way you will ever see him back in the derby is if his sons begs him to do it. Even then, I wouldn’t count your chickens before they hatch.
“If my son wants me to, I’ll probably give him a strong case for no, but I’m convincible,” Betts shared. “I’m convincible, only from him though.”
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