Bleacher Report · Apr 10, 2020
Pros and Cons of MLB Replacing Extra Innings with a Home Run Derby
MLBPros and Cons of MLB Replacing Extra Innings with a Home Run Derby
Justin TurnerRalph Freso/Getty ImagesLos Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner suggested to Access SportsNet: Dodgers last week that Major League Baseball should consider ending this season's games with a home run derby instead of an indefinite number of extra innings.
"Instead of playing 17 innings, you get one extra inning," Turner said. "You play the 10th inning, and [if] no one scores, then you go to a home run derby. You take each team's three best hitters and you give them all five outs, and see who hits the most homers."