Dozier, Morneau to compete in Home Run Derby

Published 4:26 am Friday, July 11, 2014

NEW YORK — The MLB said Colorado first baseman Justin Morneau and Oakland All-Star third baseman Josh Donaldson have been picked to complete the participants for Monday’s Home Run Derby at Target Field in Minneapolis. Morneau spent 11 seasons with the Twins and won the 2008 derby at old Yankee Stadium.

The AL derby lineup includes Toronto’s Jose Bautista, Oakland’s Yoenis Cespedes, Baltimore’s Adam Jones and Minnesota’s Brian Dozier. Cespedes won last year’s event at New York’s Citi Field.

The NL lineup includes Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki, Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig and Cincinnati’s Todd Frazier.

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As captains, Bautista and Tulowitzki, chose the other players for their league.