‘We are going to build this the right way’: How the Panthers rose to prominence on and off the ice
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Emily Kaplan, ESPN
Ten years ago, a photo from a Florida Panthers game went viral — and still lives in infamy. It was Florida’s third game of the 2013-14 season, against the Ottawa Senators, and it wouldn’t be an impossible exercise to try to count every fan in sight.
“That picture was right at puck drop. It wound up being around 7,000 for the night, but Canadian media were all over us — and rightfully so,” Panthers CEO Matt Caldwell said. “If you’re watching a professional sports team have crowds like that, it begs the question: Is this even worth it? Is this survival? Should the team be moved?”
Fast-forward a decade, and the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers are the toast of the hockey world. The team told ESPN it is close to selling out season tickets after a nearly 25 percent increase in attendance over the past two years (they averaged 18,632 per game last season), and a 123.8% jump in corporate partnership revenue in the same span. The South Florida market can be finicky and winning cures all, but the Panthers believe they have tapped into a sustainable model — with a legitimate chance to repeat this season. The Panthers have become a force.
“They have that demeanor where they’re confident, so they play that way,” said defenseman Brandon Carlo of the rival Boston Bruins. “And that’s tough to beat.”
At the NHL draft, it’s customary for teams to get on stage and congratulate the recent Stanley Cup winner. At the 2024 draft in Las Vegas, weeks after Florida hoisted its first Cup, not one team shouted out the Panthers. Joked GM Bill Zito: “Nobody likes us.”
A narrative of jealousy lingers around the Panthers. Between the weather and having no state income tax, it’s a destination franchise — especially now that they’ve built a winning culture. Players are willing to sign there for less. Florida is rarely on a player’s no-trade list.
But privately, it’s equal parts jealousy and admiration. In a copycat league, other teams are looking for ways to emulate the Cats. Said an Eastern Conference front office executive: “They are built the same way somebody who played the game would build a team. Everyone is trying to modernize and this and that. They have that ‘f— you’ in them. They focus on f—ing hockey. And they’re damn good at it.”
So how did Florida do it? ESPN talked to a number of front office executives and players about how the Panthers built a model franchise on and off the ice, and what lessons other teams can learn.
They put respect into the brand, and embraced who they were
Most conversations around the Panthers begin with the commitment from ownership. Vincent Viola, an Army veteran and self-made billionaire through business, bought the team in 2013.
“He said, ‘We are going to build this the right way. I don’t care if we deal with the noise of empty crowds or fans complaining; that’s growing pains,'” Caldwell said. “And we have to be disciplined. I give him credit, because we took some steps backward.”
The Panthers have one of the biggest arenas in the league, which was hard to fill. Its location, Sunrise, is an hour North of Miami (on a good traffic day) and it sits in the parking lot of one of the country’s biggest outlet malls.
A decade ago, the team’s finances were a mess. “We were all in New York at the time, before we moved down to Florida, and I kept doing trips — a couple weeks at a time — and every time uncovered more and more upside-down deals,” Caldwell said. “They were giving out a lot of free tickets, doing a lot of gimmicky promotions — things that would never help the brand long term. The cash position the company was in was very bad. They were losing a ton of money.”
Caldwell and Viola have backgrounds in finance. They rearranged the sales offices to mimic a trading floor and dug in with cold calls to those who were on the fence about buying tickets, explaining why things were changing but asking them to trust the process.
“We brought an immense personal touch,” Caldwell said. “Fans realized it was the chief operating officers and senior VPs calling and laying out our plan, not some college kids. And it worked.”
A few other strategies were also effective. First, the Panthers reidentified as hyper-local. The NHL team wasn’t going to convince people to drive from Miami — also home to the Dolphins, Heat and Marlins, not to mention beaches and nightlife. The Panthers were the only sports team in Broward County and leaned into marketing locally.
They also acknowledged that Florida was a tourism market. They knew their biggest draws were when Original Six teams visited, and didn’t hide from that.
“We embraced opposing fans,” Caldwell said. “We said, ‘We understand when the Rangers play or Boston plays, we may not change that loyalty.’ But it’s easier to convert a die-hard hockey fan living in the area to come to the other 39 games than a family that has never seen a game before. So we came up with tailored packages for them.”
All the while, the team invested in the community and focused on developing that next generation of fans by introducing them to hockey at a young age. Since 2013, the market has seen a 73% increase in youth hockey player participation.
“We don’t try to be something we’re not,” Caldwell said. “We’re very honest with ourselves, vulnerable, and just real. We like to double down on our strengths, and then improve our weaknesses, but not spend too much time on them.”
They took risks, but weren’t afraid to make mistakes
On the ice, the Panthers were stuck in a rut: spending money while not being good enough to contend, yet not bad enough to rebuild. Zito was hired as general manager in 2020 after an extensive search. A lawyer turned agent turned executive, Zito orchestrated some of the brashest moves the NHL has seen in recent years. Most came in the summer of 2022, after the team finally broke through by lapping the league in goals scored, capturing the Presidents’ Trophy and winning the franchise’s first playoff series in a decade. While seemingly making progress, they shook the whole thing up.
The Panthers switched coaches, hiring Paul Maurice, who changed the team’s playing style. Then they mortgaged the future, trading a homegrown star winger in Jonathan Huberdeau, an ascending defenseman in MacKenzie Weegar and a first-round pick for one player: Matthew Tkachuk.
In fact, the Panthers traded away first-round draft picks from 2022 to 2025. Not all of those risks worked out, but the front office kept making them anyway. With a dearth of homegrown prospects and nearly $15 million committed to two goaltenders, the Panthers needed to shop for bargains.
They’ve hit on quite a few, including their best defenseman, Gustav Forsling, whom they picked up on the waiver wire.
The Panthers stick to a guiding philosophy: Every player is scouted for his character. Players must be ultra competitive, but also humble enough to buy into Coach Maurice’s style, which is mentally and physically taxing. Zito said their vetting often includes questions like: How compelled are they by winning? What types of sacrifices have they made at previous stops?
Those traits are more important than past performance.
“We understand that every player has some flaws,” Zito said. “And we can worry about what they’re doing wrong, but we can also utilize and celebrate what they do right. Because no one is perfect. If you make a mistake, we’re not going to get mad at you. It’s, ‘Dude, I got your back. It’s fine.’ That helped them play. So it all comes back to trust. That puts people in the best position to be themselves.”
Zito, for his part, thinks it’s what drives them all.
“I think we can be a lot better, to be honest,” Zito said. “I know I can be. But when I make mistakes, there’s no doubt in my mind that the coaches, the staff and players would have my back. I think everyone has that feeling.”
They learned to put aside ego
Viola is generous in spending money outside of the salary cap, as long as there’s justification on how it can help. One place that shows up is in hockey operations. They established a first-of-its-kind goaltending excellence department, but can rationalize paying four goalie coaches because every goalie who has come in to play with Sergei Bobrovsky has pushed the starter while posting a career year himself.
Outside of three assistant general managers — whose backgrounds range from analytics to scouting — the team has three senior advisers to the general managers who were former general managers themselves. A rival front office executive pointed to this group as the Panthers’ secret sauce.
“Nobody talks about these guys,” the executive said. “But they’re so good. Every time we think we’re in on a player, we identify someone, the Panthers are already on it.”
Zito explains the process of getting together as humbling and educational.
“It’s these decades of hockey intelligence from completely different individuals,” Zito explained. “I mean, Rick Dudley, Paul Fenton and Les Jackson could not be more dissimilar. When we all get together, there’s arguments — heated arguments. But you never leave those meetings with a bad taste or your feelings hurt. Because you know the guy who challenged you on your scouting report is well-intended. There’s no agenda, nobody cares if they were the first to scout him or anything like that.”
Selflessness is a big theme in the Panthers’ locker room, too. Zito believes humility stems from his captain, Aleksander Barkov.
“He’s the most selfless guy I know in daily life,” Zito said. “Being around him, you ultimately end up being a better version of yourself because he’s just that way. And if the lead dog is that way, that’s how you’re going to be.”
It continues with Maurice, who can be as hard as any coach in the league — but never forgets the human element.
Last season when the Panthers were drawing more after-the-whistle scrums than any team in the league, they had a reputation as the NHL’s bad boys. Like many teams, they have photos of the officials and their names taped to the bench. For the Panthers, the letters “STFU” were written under the officials’ headshots. That was a reminder from Maurice to Maurice to maintain discipline too. While Maurice has become famous for his quotable clips, he strays from being self-righteous.
The team changed identities from having a high-flying offense to a team built on relentless forechecking and physicality — in their Stanley Cup run, opposing coaches constantly commented on how Florida wore teams down by the third period. That takes total buy-in.
“I’ve never been on a team with absolutely no ego in it,” 57-goal scorer Sam Reinhart said.
Reinhart explained further what that looks like behind closed doors.
“You look at a guy like Chucky [Tkachuk], who’s got all the confidence in the world. He’s arguably a top-three producer in the league at any given time,” Reinhart said. “There was a stretch around the Eastern Conference finals leading into the [Stanley Cup] Final for about six games where he didn’t score. And no one would’ve ever noticed. I think we had won all those six games in a row. Not one guy could’ve told you that he hadn’t scored in six games. His personality didn’t change, his confidence didn’t change. Defending first, that was our mentality. When I look back on our run, that’s a moment I’ll always think of.”
They prioritized comfort and rest
The Panthers made it to the Stanley Cup Final a year before they won, in 2023, and by the time they got there they were hobbled and bruised by a litany of injuries. Florida players said after that run they reestablished the importance of a strong start to the season. They were clawing for weeks just to get into the playoffs, which added to the two months of mental and physical grind.
Maurice said he thought he’d have to go heavier for longer during last training camp. But he didn’t need to, because the players reported with a much more business-like approach.
Getting that close to the goal is the ultimate motivator, just ask Connor McDavid.
“You look at what Florida did going to the finals — gaining that experience and then coming back, and following it up, and winning,” McDavid said. “It’s a great experience playing with the Cup in the building, but a different animal. I think our group will learn from it.”
So what did Florida learn?
“It gave us confidence in how to handle certain things, from a rest standpoint or a recovery standpoint,” Reinhart said.
While several people hinted that the Panthers made tweaks to workload management and recovery, Zito wasn’t willing to give away any specifics. It should be noted that in 2022 the Panthers hired an Australian, Dr. Chris McLellan, as their VP of sports performance. McLellan, a former professor, came from the National Rugby League. The Panthers love that he didn’t come in with any biases such as that had been the way things had always been done in hockey.
Based on fitness testing, Maurice said the Panthers reported to training camp in even better shape this season.
Over the past few years, the Panthers have understood the cost of winning — and again, it has helped that ownership has footed extra bills. Florida opened a $65 million practice facility in December, which is the envy of many in the league. Most players get there by driving their golf carts; many stay late because of the cold-tub/hot-tub setup, outdoor dining areas and pickleball courts. Caldwell points to COVID as an inflection point. With no games, the Panthers, like many businesses, were hemorrhaging money. Viola had already committed to paying his full staff throughout the pandemic. The practice facility project was underway. “The budget went up 25, 30% during that time,” Caldwell said. “And he didn’t blink at all.”
Also in that time, the Panthers upped amenities, like hiring a full-time chef. According to Caldwell, the team has also recently upgraded the team plane, food on the road as well as hotels.
“Everything they’ve done here makes it a first-class organization,” forward Evan Rodrigues said last spring, a year after signing as a free agent. “Why would you not want to play for a place that treats its players this well and is so serious about winning?”
The biggest sign that things have changed for Florida: Last month they extended their agreement with Broward County. With four years left on the arena lease, the parties extended five more years. The amended deal also includes giving the county two five-year options to extend the lease even further, at their full discretion. It was unanimously approved.
“They made a commitment to us and the arena,” Caldwell said. “And we wanted to show we were all-in.”
The Panthers know how fickle the market can be, which is why carrying momentum is so important. They’re the toast of the NHL now, but are hungry to win again — and be a model for years to come.
The first day of the 2025 MLB draft is complete! The Washington Nationals selected Eli Willits with the No. 1 pick, opting for the prep shortstop — who might be more likely to sign below slot — in a draft with no clear-cut top prospect. And there were plenty of other intriguing selections as the first three rounds unfolded Sunday night.
The Seattle Mariners had to have been thrilled to have Kiley McDaniel’s No. 1-ranked prospect, Kade Anderson, fall to them at No. 3, and Ethan Holliday was selected at No. 4 by his famous father’s former squad the Colorado Rockies.
We asked ESPN baseball insiders Alden Gonzalez, Jesse Rogers and David Schoenfield to break down their favorite and most head-scratching moves of the draft’s first night, as well as to predict which players will bring the most to their new teams in the long term.
A lot of us were thrown for a loop by the first two selections. What do you make of the Nationals taking Ethan Willits at No. 1 and the Angels picking Tyler Bremner at No. 2?
Gonzalez: I was stunned on both accounts. Though there was definitely some uncertainty around the Nationals’ approach, especially since the firing of GM Mike Rizzo, I didn’t see anybody, anywhere, projecting Willits to be their choice at No. 1 overall. But the Angels drafting Bremner was an even bigger risk. Kiley had him 18th in his latest ranking. Six pitchers were ranked ahead of him. But Bremner might be someone who can rise and impact their major league roster quickly, and the Angels are always looking for that.
Rogers: The first two picks really summed up the uncertainty of the entire draft. The Nationals’ faith in a 17-year-old will be tested over the coming years, but the pick will likely save them some money for later in this draft and give Willits time to grow. The same can be said of many of the top picks: They’re going to need time. There are far fewer sure things this year — though Bremner could be the exception. The Angles love to graduate their players quickly, and as a college arm, he could see the majors sooner rather than later. Like Willits, this could also be a cost-saving move for later spending.
Schoenfield: In a draft that not only lacked a sure-thing No. 1 overall pick but was viewed as weaker at the top than those of recent years, it’s perhaps not a huge surprise that the Nationals and Angels used their picks to strike likely underslot deals with Willits and Bremner, giving them money to spend later in the draft — which they can use on high school prospects who might have slipped, trying to buy them out from going to college. It’s a strategy teams have used with success over the years, so the drafts for the Nationals and Angels will have to be viewed in their totality and not just focused on these two players.
What was your favorite pick of the night — and which one had you scratching your head?
Gonzalez: The Rockies have done a lot of things wrong over these last few … uh, decades. But it was really cool to see them take Ethan Holliday at No. 4 after his father, Matt, starred in Colorado for so long. Outside of the top two picks, Ethan Conrad going 17th to the Cubs was my biggest surprise of the night. Kiley had him ranked 30th; others had him falling out of the first round entirely. There’s uncertainty coming off shoulder surgery. But Conrad, 21, put up a 1.238 OPS in 97 plate appearances before his season ended prematurely in March. And the dearth of college bats probably influenced a slight reach here.
Rogers: I’m loving Billy Carlson to the White Sox at No. 10. Though they lost 121 games last season, Chicago couldn’t pick higher than this spot per CBA rules — but the Sox might have gotten a top-five player. Carlson’s defense will play extremely well behind a sneaky good and young pitching staff that should keep the ball on the ground in the long term. Meanwhile, with the pick of the litter when it came to hitters — college outfielders and high school kids as well — the Pirates took a high school pitcher at No. 6. Seth Hernandez could be great, but they need hitting. A lot of it.
Schoenfield: The Mariners reportedly wanted LSU left-hander Kade Anderson all along, but they certainly couldn’t have been expecting to get him with the third pick. (Keep in mind that the Mariners were lucky in the first place to land the third pick in the lottery, so they added some good fortune on top of good luck.) They get the most polished college pitcher in the draft, one who should move quickly — and perhaps make it a little easier for Jerry Dipoto to dip into his farm system and upgrade the big league roster at the trade deadline. Even though I understand why the Angels did it, Bremner still seems a little questionable. With the second pick, you want to go for a home run, and the consensus is that Holliday or even Anderson is more likely to be a more impactful major leaguer. Bremner’s lack of a third plus pitch is an issue, and you have to wonder if the Angels are relying too much on his control — which, yes, should allow him to get to the majors — and ignoring the possible lack of upside.
Who is the one player you’d like to plant your flag on as the biggest steal of this draft?
Gonzalez: Seth Hernandez, who went sixth to the Pirates and should someday share a rotation with Paul Skenes and Jared Jones. High school pitchers are incredibly risky, especially when taken so early in the draft. But Hernandez is a great athlete who already throws hard, boasts a plus changeup and showed improvement with his breaking ball this spring. He’ll go the Hunter Greene route, from standout high school pitcher to major league ace.
Rogers: Jamie Arnold will look like a steal at No. 11, especially when he debuts in the majors well before many of the players taken around him. I’m not worried about the innings drop in 2025 — not when he was striking out 119 hitters and walking just 27. The A’s need to polish him up but will be pleased by how consistent he’ll be. You can’t go wrong with a college lefty from an ACC school — at least, the A’s didn’t.
Schoenfield: I’m going with Billy Carlson with the 10th pick — with the admitted caveat that the White Sox haven’t exactly been stellar at developing hitters. But Carlson looks like an elite defensive shortstop with plus power, and that alone can make him a valuable major leaguer. If the hit tool comes along, we’re looking at a potential star. OK, he’s Bobby Witt Jr. lite? That’s still an All-Star player.
What’s your biggest takeaway from Day 1 of this draft?
Gonzalez: The Nationals throwing a wrench into the proceedings by selecting Willits. It was a surprising choice, but in their minds an easy one. Interim general manager Mike DeBartolo called Willits the best hitter and best fielder available. And in a draft devoid of can’t-miss, high-impact talent, Willits is no doubt a solid pick — a polished hitter who should stick at shortstop and might consistently hit 20 homers and steal 20 bases at a premium position. He also might come under slot, allowing flexibility later in the draft. But his selection is what allowed Anderson to reach the Mariners at No. 3 and prompted the Rockies to draft Holliday at No. 4, among other dominoes. It set a really interesting tone.
Rogers: Things change quickly in baseball. Whereas college hitters are usually the safest bets early in the draft, this year high school position players dominated. (And they all play shortstop, at least for now.) Athleticism has returned to baseball, and draft rooms are acting accordingly.
Schoenfield: I’m agreeing with Jesse. The selection of that many prep shortstops stood out — and they all seem to hit left-handed and run well, and some of them have big power potential and a cannon for an arm. Look, the hit tool is the most important and the hardest to scout and project, so not all these kids are going to make it, but their potential is exciting and, to Jesse’s point, their wide range of tools is showing that baseball is still drawing top athletes to the sport.
The 2025 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby is fast approaching — and the field is set.
Braves hometown hero Ronald Acuna Jr. became the first player to commit to the event, which will be held at Truist Park in Atlanta on July 14 (8 p.m. ET on ESPN). He was followed by MLB home run leader Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners, James Wood of the Washington Nationals, Byron Buxton of the Minnesota Twins, Oneil Cruz of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays, Brent Rooker of the Athletics and Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the New York Yankees.
On Friday, however, Acuna was replaced by teammate Matt Olson.
With all the entrants announced, let’s break down their chances at taking home this year’s Derby prize.
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2025 home runs: 17 | Longest: 434 feet
Why he could win: Olson is a late replacement for Acuna as the home team’s representative at this year’s Derby. Apart from being the Braves’ first baseman, however, Olson also was born in Atlanta and grew up a Braves fan, giving him some extra motivation. The left-handed slugger led the majors in home runs in 2023 — his 54 round-trippers that season also set a franchise record — and he remains among the best in the game when it comes to exit velo and hard-hit rate.
Why he might not: The home-field advantage can also be a detriment if a player gets too hyped up in the first round. See Julio Rodriguez in Seattle in 2023, when he had a monster first round, with 41 home runs, but then tired out in the second round.
2025 home runs: 36 | Longest: 440 feet
Why he could win: It’s the season of Cal! The Mariners’ catcher is having one of the greatest slugging first halves in MLB history, as he’s been crushing mistakes all season . His easy raw power might be tailor-made for the Derby — he ranks in the 87th percentile in average exit velocity and delivers the ball, on average, at the optimal home run launch angle of 23 degrees. His calm demeanor might also be perfect for the contest as he won’t get too amped up.
Why he might not: He’s a catcher — and one who has carried a heavy workload, playing in all but one game this season. This contest is as much about stamina as anything, and whether Raleigh can carry his power through three rounds would be a concern. No catcher has ever won the Derby, with only Ivan Rodriguez back in 2005 even reaching the finals.
2025 home runs: 24 | Longest: 451 feet
Why he could win: He’s big, he’s strong, he’s young, he’s awesome, he might or might not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. This is the perfect opportunity for Wood to show his talent on the national stage, and he wouldn’t be the first young player to star in the Derby. He ranks in the 97th percentile in average exit velocity and 99th percentile in hard-hit rate, so he can still muscle the ball out in BP even if he slightly mishits it. His long arms might be viewed as a detriment, but remember the similarly tall Aaron Judge won in 2017.
Why he might not: His natural swing isn’t a pure uppercut — he has a pretty low average launch angle of just 6.2 degrees — so we’ll see how that plays in a rapid-fire session. In real games, his power is primarily to the opposite field, but in a Home Run Derby you can get more cheapies pulling the ball down the line.
2025 home runs: 20 | Longest: 479 feet
Why he could win: Buxton’s raw power remains as impressive as nearly any hitter in the game. He crushed a 479-foot home run earlier this season and has four others of at least 425 feet. Indeed, his “no doubter” percentage — home runs that would be out of all 30 parks based on distance — is 75%, the highest in the majors among players with more than a dozen home runs. His bat speed ranks in the 89th percentile. In other words, two tools that could translate to a BP lightning show.
Why he might not: Buxton is 31 and the Home Run Derby feels a little more like a younger man’s competition. Teoscar Hernandez did win last year at age 31, but before that, the last winner older than 29 was David Ortiz in 2010, and that was under much different rules than are used now.
2025 home runs: 16 | Longest: 463 feet
Why he could win: If you drew up a short list of players everyone wants to see in the Home Run Derby, Cruz would be near the top. He has the hardest-hit ball of the 2025 season, and the hardest ever tracked by Statcast, a 432-foot missile of a home run with an exit velocity of 122.9 mph. He also crushed a 463-foot home run in Anaheim that soared way beyond the trees in center field. With his elite bat speed — 100th percentile — Cruz has the ability to awe the crowd with a potentially all-time performance.
Why he might not: Like all first-time contestants, can he stay within himself and not get too caught up in the moment? He has a long swing, which will result in some huge blasts, but might not be the most efficient for a contest like this one, where the more swings a hitter can get in before the clock expires, the better.
2025 home runs: 23 | Longest: 425 feet
Why he could win: Although Caminero was one of the most hyped prospects entering 2024, everyone kind of forgot about him heading into this season since he didn’t immediately rip apart the majors as a rookie. In his first full season, however, he has showed off his big-time raw power — giving him a chance to become just the third player to reach 40 home runs in his age-21 season. He has perhaps the quickest bat in the majors, ranking in the 100th percentile in bat speed, and his top exit velocity ranks in the top 15. That could translate to a barrage of home runs.
Why he might not: In game action, Caminero does hit the ball on the ground quite often — in fact, he’s on pace to break Jim Rice’s record for double plays grounded into in a season. If he gets out of rhythm, that could lead to a lot of low line drives during the Derby instead of fly balls that clear the fences.
2025 home runs: 19 | Longest: 440 feet
Why he could win: The Athletics slugger has been one of the top power hitters in the majors for three seasons now and is on his way to a third straight 30-homer season. Rooker has plus bat speed and raw power, but his biggest strength is an optimal average launch angle (19 degrees in 2024, 15 degrees this season) that translates to home runs in game action. That natural swing could be picture perfect for the Home Run Derby. He also wasn’t shy about saying he wanted to participate — and maybe that bodes well for his chances.
Why he might not: Rooker might not have quite the same raw power as some of the other competitors, as he has just one home run longer than 425 feet in 2025. But that’s a little nitpicky, as 11 of his home runs have still gone 400-plus feet. He competed in the college home run derby in Omaha while at Mississippi State in 2016 and finished fourth.
2025 home runs: 17 | Longest: 442 feet
Why he could win: Chisholm might not be the most obvious name to participate, given his career high of 24 home runs, but he has belted 17 already in 2025 in his first 61 games after missing some time with an injury. He ranks among the MLB leaders in a couple of home run-related categories, ranking in the 96th percentile in expected slugging percentage and 98th percentile in barrel rate. His raw power might not match that of the other participants, but he’s a dead-pull hitter who has increased his launch angle this season, which might translate well to the Derby, even if he won’t be the guy hitting the longest home runs.
Why he might not: Most of the guys who have won this have been big, powerful sluggers. Chisholm is listed at 5-foot-11, 184 pounds, and you have to go back to Miguel Tejada in 2004 to find the last player under 6 foot to win.
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