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The Mercury News
The Mercury News
Announced as the lone Oakland A’s All-Star on Sunday, Matt Olson announced that he will also participate in the Home Run Derby at Coors Field in Denver. Despite not hitting a home run since June 20, Olson ranks tied for ninth with Texas Rangers’ Adolis Garcia and Kansas City’s Salvador Perez in baseball and sixth in the American League with 20 home runs. Olson will be the first Athletic to participate in the Derby since Matt Chapman did it in 2019 as a replacement for Milwaukee Brewers MVP Christian Yelich. Yoenis Cespedes is the last A’s last Home Run Derby winner, claiming the title in back-…