There's still about seven weeks left in the 2012 Major League Baseball season, but now is a good time to start thinking about who the front-runners are for the major awards.
New York Yankee Robinson Cano outslugged Boston Red Sox Adrian Gonzalez by a single home run in the final round of the HR Derby Monay night. Cano knocked 12 out the park, one more than Gonzalez. Other participants included Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks of the Milwaukee Brewers, Matt Holliday of the St. Louis Cardinals, Matt Kemp of the LA Dodgers, David Ortiz of the Red Sox, and Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays. Perhaps the most memorable moment of the HR derby was a scary one, when a fan reached over the stands for a fly ball.
The rosters for the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, scheduled for Tuesday, July 12, at Chase Field, in Phoenix, Arizona, were released, on Sunday.