Ronald Acuña Jr. announces that he will be in the Derby

Ronald Acuña Jr. will equal Miguel Cabrera and Carlos González as the only Venezuelan gunners with double participation in the Home Run Derby, if the announcement made by the player himself on his Instagram account on Saturday night: @rondaldacunajr13 materializes.

Right fielder and leadoff hitter for the Atlanta Braves, interacted with his followers with a query through the well-known social network, in which he asked them to ask him if he was going to participate in the aforementioned competition, which will take place on Monday, July 18, at Dodger Stadium in the city of Los Angeles, and immediately replied: yes, sirrrr! (yes sirrr), although a few hours later he deleted the post.

Major League Baseball, organizer of the event that is part of the activities of the 92nd All-Star Game, has not yet revealed the names of the sluggers who will compete in the 2022 event.

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Acuña intervened for the first time in the 2019 edition, only in his second season as a Braves player. On that occasion he beat Josh Bell in the first round and fell in the second round 20-19 against Pete Alonso, who ultimately emerged as the winner.

The first Creole gunner to perform twice in the Home Run Derby was Miguel Cabrera, from Aragüe, who competed for the first time in 2006, at PNC Park in San Francisco, when he played with the Florida Marlins, and repeated in 2010, in representation of the Detroit Tigers, at Angel Stadium in the city of Anaheim. The first time he finished third and on his second run he took fourth position.

Zulian Carlos González participated in the 2012 and 2016 editions with the Colorado Rockies uniform. Both times he failed to get past the first round.

The other natives who have competed in the home run tournament are Bob Abreu (2005/Comerica Park, Detroit), Magglio Ordóñez (2007/AT&T-Park, San Francisco) and Salvador Pérez (2021, Coors Field)