HOME RUN DERBY with Adley Rutschman of the Baltimore Orioles (Green Zen special appearance)

What up, what up? Will here with the Baseball Bat Bros. And today, folks, we are back with our third ever Home Run Derby. Let's get it. All right, boys. We got a big one. Myself, Zach Taylor, former Oregon State Beaver. Into center field, long run, Mangum. Into the gap, lays out, comes up empty. Chug his way to a stand-up triple. You might have heard of him, Adley Rutchman, baby. Center field, deep run, he's going deep. Throw home. We are tied as Adley Rutchman delivers a clutch one-out double in the eighth. And the winner of the third inaugural Bat Bros. Home Run Derby will receive this beautiful crew neck sweatshirt. So folks, let's start the bat picking here. I will go first. All right, so you guys might notice we have the cheater bat, the green Zen. This is going to be our bailout bat for the day. If we're having a crappy round, you are allowed to use this for your very last out of each round. But until then, you got to swing a BB court or a wood bat here. We've got a bunch of 33.5s and 34s. I'm going to swing the only 33 in this bunch. I've got the Stinger Nuke, baby. Let's go. All right, I'm going to go with the new Omaha, the one piece. 34, baby. Feeling good about it. All right. I don't know which one I'm going to choose. So Adley, are you feeling wood or metal today, man? I know you have your typical Victus wood bat. We have the 34, the goods, if you want it today. That's kind of similar to what you swung back in college. So you want to go a few with both today? Yeah, I think we're going to do a little bit of both. All right, let's get it, man. And we've got a short porch today. It's 320 all around. So kind of a jokable field, but it's a home run derby. Ground rules. We've got five outs for the first round, three outs for the second round. It's going to be old school home run derby out style instead of timed. The top two will move on to the championship. Let's get it. All right, folks, we got our homie BP Drew on the bump from PDX Eastside Training. I'll be slinging the nuke. We have our bailout bat, the 3227 Zen. But let's frickin try this out. I'm fully prepared to get absolutely demolished in this derby, but I'm a good sport about it. Let's go. Hands bad. Dang it, that's like 270. All right. One hop. Good start. That's I'll take that. That's a good out. Come on. That's we're going to have to switch to the CF Zen pretty soon here, boys. No bombs, two outs. God, hands again, dude. All right, it's come to this. I need the bailout bat. Dang it. All right. Zen time. It's come to this. That's killed. All right. Down to my last out, boys. Go. That's it. Just a flair job. Pop up. Boom. 325. Hit the drop five. Come on. Oh, this is when the derby starts. Golf it out. Yes, sir. I was hitting him 10 feet over with the drop five. As soon as you don't care at all. Pathetic. That's a good signal to end it. One bomb. What you guys got? Oh, two. Oh, I was freaking discounting myself. Now we go. Now we go. Did you? No. Too low. Oh, one out. Oh, that's a great piece. Oh, yes, sir. On the board. I'm on. I'm on. Oh, that sound, though. Oh, I almost forgot. Dude, you're not you're in a good spot right now. Per Bat Bros tradition, if you hit the fence, it's half a point. So a full point. You have a full point and neither of those count as outs. You're right. Two bombs. One out. OK. Oh, hands, hands. No chance. I need more foul balls. Two outs. Oh, that's got to go, baby. Backspin. Yeah, that was like worse than mine. Is that 315? Sneaked it over. Yes. Oh, my goodness. Welcome to a real ball. Oh, yeah. Good. What? Oh, again. Oh, I thought that was it. Yes. Needed that, bro. Actually, I guess I'm already in a deep second. OK, three out. Oh, come on, bro. Four. All right, Zach. I have to. Four outs. Do you want the bailout back? I need the bailout back. You are going down four ounces and two inches here. Good luck. Fast for you. Oh, my goodness. You're already in the second round. And not a bomb. All right. That looked hard. Yeah, you got it. Attaboy. Good work. Attababy. Oh, kicking it off. See ya. Oh, dude. Goodbye. Oh, my goodness. Oh, you see that? Yep. Two bombs. Oh, my gosh. No way. No way. Let's go. One out. Oh, ho, ho, ho. That should count for something. But two outs. Nothing. No. Top spinner. Three outs. Oh, that's going to do it. Oh, and Will is eliminated. Give me the zen. What? How'd you adjust to that so quick? Goodbye. Four bombs. This feels like just a trampoline. Yeah, it's not like a baseball bat should hit like a balloon. Like a balloon. Oh, the top spin. That bat does not have any bullets left. So I won round one. It doesn't mean anything. It means a lot. I can't say I wasn't expecting it, boys. But Zach and Adley moving on to the ship. All right, right. You're going lefty this round and you're going wood. Yeah. All right, man. Zach in his place. Zach in his place. Round one winner. Championship round. We now have three outs. Same rules. A bomb is one point. Off the fence is half a point. Winner gets a sweatshirt. Let's go. Oh, no, that's not the one. Not the one. You didn't hit that good? Good. All right, we're going. Oh, my goodness. OK, there he is. Zach, that's what you needed there. Needed it. One out with one. Oh, did you go a little backside? Oh, God. Oh, my God, Zach, you're done, bro. Oh, my God. Oh, baby. Mishit, diddy. Oh, five bombs. Knock it over. You swing the wood bat a lot better. Oh, no, that's an out. Bounce before the fence. Two outs. All right, down to his final out. That's going to count. Oh, my goodness. Over everything. Yes, sir. Hey, are we doing the money ball rule? Got to bring back the money ball rule. The last out of the championship round. If you hit a bomb, it counts as two. So, my friend, I believe you're up to seven. Zach, you might need the Zen, bro. I don't know. Might have done it. You got it. That's gone. That's gone. Oh, my gosh. His first illegitimate home run. Eleven bombs. Is there a mercy rule? That was a good one, too. There it is. All right, Zach. Now's your chance, bro. Eleven bombs. Hey, that's a pretty good round, bro. Nice job. We're going to give you guys a little close up of that bat here. We've got a 33-5-31 Rutchman Signature Model Birch. OK, bro. Decent cut of wood from Victus there. Not bad. All right, Zach. Rutch put you in a tough spot there, man. What's your mindset going into the championship round here? Just early and often. Early and often, baby. Hey, I believe in you, man. The people believe in you. Let's go. Eleven bombs. We got this. Eleven bombs and three outs. Come on. Nice job, Z. OK, on the board, I think. Hey, you are on the board. I was going to say, is that a start right there? That's a start. That's half a point. Beat me at eleven and a half. Oh, yeah. Fence. Get down. Fence. Get down. Oh, that's a laser. Oh, yeah, that's up. That's up there. Oh, that was killed. That ball was crushed. Most impressive hit of the day. Of the day, by far. That's a hot take. Really? Come on, bro. Really? That's gone. That's gone. Oh, that went up by an inch. Dude, this is how it goes. Come on. Why do I feel like my balls are sneaking over, dude? Three bombs. Rush, you feeling nervous yet? I am. I'm already nervous. Zach, get comfortable. Oh, yeah. You wanted it, too. High and in. Can't hit it. You wanted it, too. Oh, yeah. That's the honey hole. Wow, you're putting up respectable rounds. Let's go. All right, that's a good bomb. Oh, come on. We can't be getting beat like that, bro. Oh! Two outs. All right. Hey, you have the option of the Zen if you want it. However, Adley did use wood the entire round. I've got to use this. You got it. I think you got it. I have to. I can't do that, guy. All right. Money ball. Last chance. Yes. Yes, sir. Yeah, that's six. That's six total, right? Yeah. Oh, man. Dude, we got ourselves a ball game. Oh, how are you going to end it? I've had enough. Did I just gas you up on the hands? I just I couldn't handle it. All right. Three outs, man. Ruch, congrats, my friend. I think we got the right. You were an XL. Yeah, let's go, baby. They already knew my home run derby champion. 11 bombs. Zach, you won the first round, bro. That's pretty good, man. Hey, heck of a derby. Very good outing. Wood bat and all. Both sides of the plate. Well served. All right, folks, there you have it. Super freaking fun video to make. A huge thank you to Adley and Zach for coming out today. Adley might be in the show this year, guys. You can follow him. Here's his social media. He'll be in spring training pretty soon. Guy set up for a really, really awesome career. Very fun to watch him hit today. Guy can absolutely mash. So, guys, if you like the video, make sure to drop a like, subscribe to the channel and you can head over to BaseballBatBros.com to check out our merch like the hat I was wearing. 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