Baseball Skills Competition: Bryce Harper Eliminated in the First Round

The classic MLB circuit challenge took place tonight. As a reminder, this year they did away with the dial and adopted a format based on the number of swings.
Here's what it looked like:
A quick reminder of the rule changes for the #HRDerby pic.twitter.com/VwL6SqgPjV
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In the first round, the eight participants took their turns in order. Here's how it went.
First up at the plate was Willson Contreras. And the player who wasn't necessarily considered t