Two-Time HR Derby Champion Looks to Win a Third Time

The MLB has once again changed the format to the Home Run Derby. It's something they seem to do every year struggling to recapture the glory of the 90s, where the homers were towering and the hat sizes expanding.

The trouble with the Home Run Derby and its ever changing rule book is that the best home run total doesn't always win; think Josh Hamilton in 2008. The 2015 variation does not fix that problem, but it does make things more interesting.

This iteration of the Home Run Derby sets up a tournament-style bracket with NL vs AL match-ups in the first round.

I'm no expert, but here are my picks for the 2015 MLB Home Run Derby.

Round 1

(1) Albert Pujols over (8) Kris Bryant

(4) Joc Pederson over (5) Manny Machado

(6) Anthony Rizzo over (3) Josh Donaldson

(7) Prince Fielder over (2) Todd Frazier

Round 2

(4) Pederson over (1) Pujols

(7) Fielder over (6) Rizzo

Championship Round

(7) Fielder over (4) Pederson