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Welcome to Year 3 of this becoming-annual tradition here at DRB. The premise is simple: Who has the best walk-up music on the team? Thanks to the extreme turnover this team seems to have year after year, the pool has actually been quite different each year. Plus, the beauty of solving debates with brackets is that they can change so much every time you do one. Honestly, I may only write bracket-themed articles from now on, they’re so much fun.
All right, on to the voting, as we did last year, we are simply starting with all eligible candidates, because there was the perfect number of 32 walk-ups listed on the Rays official walk-up music database at MLB.com. (For players with more than one song listed, I did use my executive overreach to decide which song to include.)
Let’s get this started!
Round 1 Matchups
Willy Adames: “Sigo Siendo El Papa” by Silvestre Dangond
Yandy Diaz: “Zero” by Farruko
Brief Thoughts: I really like the vibe of the “Zero” music video, but Willy’s walk-up is catchy as all get out. I could see this song making a nice little run.
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64%
Willy Adames: "Sigo Siendo El Papa" by Silvestre Dangond
(81 votes) -
35%
Yandy Diaz: "Zero" by Farruko
(44 votes)
Jesus Aguilar: “Si Se Da” by Myke Towers
Tommy Pham: “Freestyle” by Lil Baby
Brief Thoughts: Neither of these do too much for me, so I’ll lean towards Tommy since he’s got seniority over the newly acquired Aguilar.
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26%
Jesus Aguilar: "Si Se Da" by Myke Towers
(36 votes) -
73%
Tommy Pham: "Freestyle" by Lil Baby
(100 votes)
Jose Alvarado: “Sax to Me” by DJ Seven
Michael Brosseau: “Mo Money Mo Problems” by The Notorious B.I.G.
Brief Thoughts: Jose Alvarado can do no wrong. There’s no way he’s winning this matchup, whispers but maybe he should...
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19%
Jose Alvarado: "Sax to Me" by DJ Seven
(28 votes) -
80%
Michael Brosseau: "Mo Money Mo Problems" by The Notorious B.I.G.
(118 votes)
Jalen Beeks: “Where I Belong” by Building 429
Emilio Pagan: “Bad Man” by Esterly
Brief Thoughts: “Bad Man” is one of those songs that’s elevated by being used in this walk-up nature. Solid choice, Emilioooooo.
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16%
Jalen Beeks: "Where I Belong" by Building 429
(20 votes) -
83%
Emilio Pagan: "Bad Man" by Esterly
(101 votes)
Diego Castillo: “Say Yes” by Michelle Williams
Travis d’Arnaud: “The Way I Live” by Baby Boy Da Prince
Brief Thoughts: The lesser-known 11th Commandment states: Thou shalt not vote against a member of Destiny’s Child in the first round of the annual DRB Walk-up Music Bracket.
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21%
Diego Castillo: "Say Yes" by Michelle Williams
(27 votes) -
78%
Travis d’Arnaud: "The Way I Live" by Baby Boy Da Prince
(97 votes)
Yonny Chirinos: “Creere” by Tercer Cielo
Daniel Robertson: “Higher” by DJ Khaled
Brief Thoughts: Let’s get Nipsey to at least the final eight or so.
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26%
Yonny Chirinos: "Creere" by Tercer Cielo
(29 votes) -
73%
Daniel Robertson: "Higher" by DJ Khaled
(82 votes)
Tyler Glasnow: “MVP” by Big L
Joey Wendle: “Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin
Brief Thoughts: Last year we had a Zeppelin vs. Zeppelin final... Hopefully we don’t just do the same thing this year?
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36%
Tyler Glasnow: "MVP" by Big L
(49 votes) -
63%
Joey Wendle: "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin
(87 votes)
Avisail Garcia: “Con Calma” by Daddy Yankee
Ji-Man Choi: “Fire” by BTS
Brief Thoughts: This is easily the best first-round matchup. We’re losing one of the heavy hitters here.
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36%
Avisail Garcia: "Con Calma" by Daddy Yankee
(42 votes) -
63%
Ji-Man Choi: "Fire" by BTS
(74 votes)
Matt Duffy: “When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin
Colin Poche: “Nice to Know You” by Incubus
Brief Thoughts: Again, maybe I’ll vote against Zeppelin early, just to avoid a repeat.
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57%
Matt Duffy: "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin
(76 votes) -
42%
Colin Poche: "Nice to Know You" by Incubus
(57 votes)
Guillermo Heredia: “Coronamos” by El Taiger
Mike Zunino: “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty
Brief Thoughts: Zunes’ walk-up is my early darkhouse to win this bad boy in 2019.
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15%
Guillermo Heredia: "Coronamos" by El Taiger
(22 votes) -
84%
Mike Zunino: "I Won’t Back Down" by Tom Petty
(116 votes)
Kevin Kiermaier: “Hustlin’” Rick Ross
Blake Snell: “Mob Ties” by Drake
Brief Thoughts: Hustlin’ is great, but Drake is a near God these days.
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68%
Kevin Kiermaier: "Hustlin’" Rick Ross
(94 votes) -
31%
Blake Snell: "Mob Ties" by Drake
(44 votes)
Andrew Kittredge: “#1 Zero” Audioslave
Michael Perez: “Callao” by Wisin & Yandel
Brief Thoughts: I do love me some Audioslave.
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68%
Andrew Kittredge: "#1 Zero" Audioslave
(69 votes) -
31%
Michael Perez: "Callao" by Wisin & Yandel
(32 votes)
Brandon Lowe: “Nice for What” by Drake
Austin Pruitt: “Beautiful Disaster” by 311
Brief Thoughts: Drake. Drake by so much.
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62%
Brandon Lowe: "Nice for What" by Drake
(74 votes) -
37%
Austin Pruitt: "Beautiful Disaster" by 311
(44 votes)
Nate Lowe: “Die Young” by Roddy Ricch
Chaz Roe: “Hail to the King” by Avenged Sevenfold
Brief Thoughts: Last year y’all sent Avenged Sevenfold on a way longer run than I anticipated/hoped for... And I can already tell I’m setting it up to do that again by mentioning that here... You folks are really petty, huh?
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38%
Nate Lowe: "Die Young" by Roddy Ricch
(45 votes) -
61%
Chaz Roe: "Hail to the King" by Avenged Sevenfold
(72 votes)
Austin Meadows: “Coming in Hot” by Andy Mineo
Eric Sogard: “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons
Brief Thoughts: I will stand by my “Imagine Dragons aren’t actually complete trash” hottest take.
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50%
Austin Meadows: "Coming in Hot" by Andy Mineo
(65 votes) -
49%
Eric Sogard: "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons
(63 votes)
Brendan McKay: “Butterfly Effect” by Travis Scott
Charlie Morton: “Palmetto Rose” by Jason Isbell
Brief Thoughts: Random deep cut from CFM; Sicko Mode could’ve won this bracket.
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67%
Brendan McKay: "Butterfly Effect" by Travis Scott
(74 votes) -
32%
Charlie Morton: "Palmetto Rose" by Jason Isbell
(36 votes)
Thanks for voting, y’all! We’ll keep rolling these out in the next couple weeks.