(610 Sports) – Royals' catcher Salvador Perez announced today that he will take part in the Home Run Derby on Monday, July 12th during MLB All-Star Week at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado.
Only three other Kansas City Royals' players have ever competed in the derby, Bo Jackson in 1989, Danny Tartabull in 1991 and most recently, Mike Moustakas in 2017.
Perez currently ranks 9th in the American League with 19 home runs, 9 of which were hit in the month of June, the most of any month of his career. Perez was also just named a starter in this year's All-Star Game, his sixth start in seven appearances.