A Red Sox fan’s rooting guide for the Home Run Derby

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty ImagesIt is a very busy few days for baseball, and here at OTM most of our energy at the moment is focused on the draft. But pretty soon after that comes to a close, another big event is taking place in the Home Run Derby. A lot of people don’t really enjoy this event, and different strokes for different folks and all that, but it is one of my favorite baseball things each and every year. I especially love the new format with a bracket and also moving from an outs-based format to a time-based one.

This year, there are eight players on the bracket, and each of them have different reasons why they are going to be intriguing parts of the roster. Despite my pleas,…