Red Sox star Mookie Betts says 'hell no' to Home Run Derby

Travis Durkee

Red Sox star Mookie Betts says 'hell no' to Home Run Derby image

Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts is an absolute stud leading the league in batting average (.368), doubles (19), runs (49) and home runs (16). But if baseball fans had hopes of seeing the 25-year-old superstar in this year’s Home Run Derby, forget about it.

Betts, when asked about the possibility in participating in the exhibition of power, told the Boston Globe: “Hell no. I don’t hit home runs in BP.”

Boston teammate J.D. Martinez, who has 15 homers this season, also said he had no interest in the derby because he still feels jaded after being overlooked in 2015 when he had 25 homers at the break for the Tigers.

"MLB didn't want me," Martinez said (via ESPN.com). "I figured I'd have the option of doing it and they said no. They had other guys they wanted, all these young guys. I was like, 'Forget it. I'll never do it.'"

Yankees outfielder and reigning derby champ Aaron Judge has already said he won’t defend his title at Nationals Park.

Travis Durkee