Kyle Schwarber is tied for the National League lead in home runs, but won\'t participate in next month\'s Home Run Derby.
While the Washington Nationals slugger said he hasn\'t been approached about competing in the event, if he was, he said he\'d pass.
\"I think the best thing to do is probably let it pass and rest up and look forward to the second half,\" Schwarber said. \"The biggest thing is you\'re going to get sore, after the fact. You\'re taking almost 13-15 minutes of full swings. You never do that in a day [of] your daily routine in baseball. That\'s just torturing yourself. It\'s definitely taxing on the body.\"
Schwarber, 28, came in second in the Home Run Derby in 2018, losing out to Bryce Harper.