Are home runs saving — or destroying — Major League Baseball?

Starting extra innings with a runner on second base? A fixed time between pitches to speed up pace of play?

Perhaps a better solution has been right in front of us for years — the Home Run Derby.

Perhaps it only took Vladimir Guerrero Jr. breaking record after record and besting Joc Pederson in triple overtime, as well as Pete Alonso's eventual victory, to show us how thrilling the event can truly be.

After Monday night's blockbuster event, why not just decide games with a Home Run Derby?

Okay, I jest.

After all, this isn't the NHL where we decide games with a skills competition. But the point still stands: If the Home Run Derby is the most exciting thing about baseball, why do we only see it…