The 1999 Home Run Derby is tonight, July 1st! See who takes home the crown this year in the battle of the bammers. The participants this year are:

• Vladimir Guerrero – Montreal
• Chipper Jones – Toronto
• Ben Greive – Oakland
• Mark McGwire – Detroit
• Manny Ramirez – Cleveland
• Sammy Sosa – Chicago Cubs
• Mike Piazza – New York Mets
• Greg Vaughn – Cincinnati

Watch along on our YouTube channel.

AL East

Yankees 56-39 *

Red Sox 56-40 *

Blue Jays 55-42 *

Orioles 50-47

Rays 33-64

Al Central

Tigers 56-41 *

Twins 53-45

Guardians 48-49

Royals 42-55

White Sox 41-55 *

AL West 

Astros 55-40 *

Mariners 51-47 *

Rangers 49-48

Athletics 48-49

Angels 36-60

NL East

Mets 54-42 *

Braves 52-45

Marlins 49-47

Expos 47-50 *

Phillies 39-57

NL Central

Reds 59-37 *

Brewers 51-44

Cubs 43-53 *

Pirates 40-56

Cardinals 38-59

NL West

Diamondbacks 59-37 *

Dodgers 51-45 *

Giants 50-45 *

Padres 47-50

Rockies 38-58

Hardship Draft

Divergent League doesn’t stop at the Player Draft, we also do a second pick for the bottom 20% of teams in the league by win % at the All-Star Break. This year the 3 Hardship Draft teams are:

• Chicago White Sox
• Chicago Cubs
• Montreal Expos

The managers of these teams will be able to pick any player from any non-player controller team to add to their roster, starting immediately after the All-Star Game. It’s going to be an interesting last half of the season!

This season’s All-Star game was close in the scorecard but never really in doubt. The National League All-Stars won on the strength of home runs from Matt Williams (clip) and John Kruk (clip).

Tonight’s games will be at 1pm PST and another at 4pm PST and will feature Cubs .vs. Reds and Mets .vs. Mariners. Come see the first game for the new-look Mets with Mark McGwire. New Mariner Mike Mussina will likely be on the mound for the Ms.

Home Run Derby Results

Frank Thomas won the derby after defeating Mike Piazza and Barry Bonds on his way to the finals against Mark McGwire who likewise took down Matt Williams and Rafi Palmiero. Congrats to the Big Hurt.

Hardship Draft

The 1993 Hardship Draft has concluded and it involved some huge moves with deep implications for the rest of the season.

1. New York Mets selected Mark McGwire from the Athletics
2. New York Yankees selected Kirby Puckett from the Twins
3. Seattle Mariners selected Mike Mussina from the Orioles

McGwire is leading the league in home runs, tied with Frank Thomas. Mike Mussina is front-runner for the Cy Young award. Things just got a little more interesting.

Tonight is the All-Star Game! We’ll see you at 6pm pacific time on https://twitch.tv/extrafuture

All-Star Rosters

The All-Star Game broadcasts tomorrow, Feb 13, at 6:00pm PST.

Hardship Draft

The Hardship Draft winners have been chosen, and will make their picks in this order:

1. New York Mets
2. New York Yankees
3. Seattle Mariners

A lot of players are in… play this year, so we could see some big changes in the second half. Look for the picks to be announced this evening during the Home Run Derby.

Home Run Derby

Here are the seeds for tonight’s Home Run Derby:

1. Mark McGwire
2. Frank Thomas
3. Rafael Palmiero
4. Fred McGriff
5. Barry Bonds
6. Andre Dawson
7. Matt Williams
8. Mike Piazza

Join us starting at 6pm PST for some Dingers tonight at https://twitch.tv/extrafuture

Standings

AL East

• CPU – Orioles – 62-35, 1st
• Seamus – Blue Jays – 46-51, 16GB, 2nd
  • OVR: 4th, CON: 13th, PWR: 9th, PITCH: 7th, DEF: 10th, SPD: 13th
• Liam – Yankees – 42-53, 19GB, 4th
  • OVR: 20th, CON: 6th, PWR: 19th, PITCH: 20th, DEF: 17th, SPD: 30th

AL Central

• Travis – White Sox – 57-39, 1st
  • OVR: 1st, CON: 4th, PWR: 6th, PITCH: 8th, DEF: 4th, SPD: 1st
• Tony – Tigers – 56-41, 1.5GB, 2nd
  • OVR: 22nd, CON: 8th, PWR: 18th, PITCH: 26th, DEF: 16th, SPD: 25th
• Dan – Royals – 55-44, 2.5GB, 3rd
  • OVR: 2nd, CON: 2nd, PWR: 5th, PITCH: 2nd, DEF: 22th, SPD: 8th

AL West

• Austin – Rangers – 50-47, 3.0GB, 3rd
  • OVR: 18th, CON: 19th, PWR: 11th, PITCH: 16th, DEF: 19th, SPD: 26th
• Sandra – Mariners – 43-55, 10.5GB, 4th
  • OVR: 11th, CON: 18th, PWR: 2nd, PITCH: 24rd, DEF: 2nd, SPD: 24th

NL East

• Derek L – Phillies – 64-32, 1st
  • OVR: 6th, CON: 1st, PWR: 10th, PITCH: 6th, DEF: 24th, SPD: 4th
• Charles – Expos – 60-37, 4.5GB, 2nd
  • OVR: 7th, CON: 11th, PWR: 23rd, PITCH: 4th, DEF: 8th, SPD: 9th
• Derek – Braves – 57-40, 7.5, 3rd 
  • OVR: 3rd, CON: 20th, PWR: 15th, PITCH: 1st, DEF: 9th, SPD: 27th
• Phil – Mets – 33-63, 32.5, 4th
  • OVR: 16th, CON: 21st, PWR: 12th, PITCH: 10th, DEF: 7th, SPD: 12th

NL Central

• Cardinals – CPU – 61-36, 1st
• Gary – Cubs – 49-47, 10.5GB, 3rd
  • OVR: 14th, CON: 15th, PWR: 16th, PITCH: 17th, DEF: 5th, SPD: 15th
• George – Reds – 43-53, 17.5gb, 5th
  • OVR: 12th, CON: 16th, PWR: 24th, PITCH: 13th, DEF: 3th, SPD: 3rd

NL West

• Henry – Giants – 50-44, 1st
  • OVR: 5th, CON: 14th, PWR: 13th, PITCH: 5th, DEF: 1st, SPD: 7th

Tuesday, February 9

• 6:00pm: Two games from the season, from late June / early July
• Afterward: Hardship Draft teams reveal

Friday, February 12

• Hardship Draft
• All-Star Roster Reveal
• 6:00pm: Home Run Derby

Saturday, February 13

• 6:00pm: All-Star Game

We hope you’ll join us at the usual place, https://twitch.tv/extrafuture