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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout and Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera said they will not participate in this year's Home Run Derby.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cabrera, who is batting .308 with 14 home runs and 68 RBI, said he didn't want to mess with his swing by participating in the event.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I'm going to enjoy watching,\"&amp;nbsp;Cabrera said, via&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Detroit News&lt;/em&gt;. \"I've got enough issues.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Trout has 20 home runs and 63 RBIs this season for the Angels and leads the AL in OPS and is second in slugging percentage.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I just want to be able to go and enjoy it,\"&amp;nbsp;Trout said, via MLB.com. \"I always had fun watching it, growing up as a kid watching it on TV, and being able to sit on the sidelines is pretty cool. I want to do it, and I don't want to do it.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Home Run Derby will take place next Monday at Target Field in Minneapolis, the site of the All-Star Game.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Both players were selected as starters for the American League, and finished in the top two in the AL MVP race each of the last two seasons.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MORE MLB COVERAGE&lt;/strong&gt;: &amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;MLB All-Star Game rosters: Derek Jeter, Yasiel Puig named starters | Few surprises or major mistakes among AL, NL All-Star rosters&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;~&lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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