2010 Home Run Derby: Cabrera and Ortiz Betting Favorites
2010 Home Run Derby: Cabrera and Ortiz Betting Favorites
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers and David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox opened at online sportsbooks as the two leading MLB betting favorites to win in Monday Night's 2010 Home Run Derby odds. Cabrera opened at 5-2 with Ortiz at 7-2. Corey Hart of the Milwaukee Brewers and Nick Swisher of the New York Yankees followed at 11-2 with Matt Holliday of St. Louis at 4-1, Toronto's Vernon Wells at 15-2 and Arizona's Chris Young and Florida's Hanley Ramirez at 8-1 each. The 2010 Home Run Derby betting odds will take place from Angels Stadium on Monday at 8:00pm EST; home of Tuesday's All Star Game and can be seen on ESPN.
Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers was last year's winner in Home Run Derby odds and will be the only contestants in this year's event that also was selected in 2009. The 2010 MLB betting home run leader at the All Star Break, Toronto's Jose Bautista, will not participate. Cabrera is second in the majors with 22 home runs this year. He has hit at least 33 home runs in 5 out of his previous 6 seasons in the big leagues and will be a popular choice. Ortiz has 18 home runs for the Red Sox and has slipped in recent years as he has hit only 23 and 28 home runs in the past two seasons prior to this year.
Corey Hart has 21 home runs for Milwaukee, which is far and away the best start of his career as he has never hit more than 24 in a season. Swisher has 15 home runs for the Yankees and has only hit more than 29 home runs in just 1 out of 5 complete seasons. As for the rest of the contestants for 2010 Holliday has 16 home runs, Wells 19, Young 15, and Ramirez 13. Many popular players in recent years have decided to opt out of participating in Home Run Derby odds as many past contestants have said that it fouls up their hitting stroke and has caused them slumps in the second half of the season.