2013 Home Run Derby Participants: Sluggers with Lowest Chance of Winning

Some of baseball's best sluggers will descend upon Gotham City for the 2013 Home Run Derby.

Baseball Tonight posted the contestants on Twitter.

Much like the Slam Dunk Contest, the Home Run Derby has begun to lose a little of its allure. You generally don't have the best home run hitters taking part, and you can only see so many home runs before it starts to get monotonous. It's not as if a player has found a new way to hit the ball over the fence.

The field for this year's has some big names, but it definitely lacks the star power of previous years.

The event is still good for some enjoyment, especially as home runs seem to be coming at a premium this year.

If you're trying to figure out who is going to be the horse you back at the Home Run Derby, here are three guys you can write off right now.

Michael Cuddyer, Colorado Rockies

Michael Cuddyer is a very curious inclusion. He's got 15 home runs so far this season, but Pedro Alvarez is sitting there with seven more home runs.

This might be one of the worst selections in recent years.

Cuddyer just isn't much of a home run hitter. He's hit over 20 home runs in a season only three times in 13 years. His career high is 32, which isn't all that bad. This is the Home Run Derby, though. It should be reserved for the best sluggers in the game, not guys who have hit a solid number of homers and have a high average.

Having Cuddyer is the result of letting captains choose the contestants and allowing only All-Stars to take part. If this is truly for the best home run hitters in the game, you have to open up the contest to all players, not just All-Stars.

Cuddyer will probably do a little better than expected, but don't count on him making much of an impression.

David Wright, New York Mets

There's no doubting whom the fans will want to win. David Wright will certainly have a strong groundswell of support behind him. But that's not going to be enough for him to get it done in the Home Run Derby.

Wright is a very good hitter, but when you think of his game, home runs aren't the first thing you think of. As injuries have been limiting his time on the field, so have they led to a slight slip in power.

There was a time when Wright was guaranteed to hit about 25-30 homers a year. He doesn't look like that same kind of player anymore.

More importantly, of Wright's 13 home runs in 2013, only three have come at Citi Field. He's done the majority of his damage on the road. While he might know the ballpark better than anybody, Wright is not going to be able to make the most of that advantage.

Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles

Chris Davis will be the favorite, hands down. He leads the majors in home runs, with 33. He's been a force of nature all season.

The problem for Davis is that this is uncharted territory for him. He's never had this kind of stage on which he'll perform all alone. Davis definitely has the power to win, but he may let the pressure eat him up.

There have been plenty of sluggers in the contest before who have failed to deliver. Here's the general narrative. A guy with a ton of hype coming into the Home Run Derby gets a couple of early outs. Then he starts tensing up and trying way too hard to hit every pitch 500 feet. He ends up hitting a couple out but nowhere near what people had thought he would.

If Davis can get in an early groove, he's going to win. However, there's a very strong chance he'll be a flop in the derby, which will lead to a slump in the second half of the season.