The 2009 Home Run Derby is tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET and Cardinals’ slugger Albert Pujols is a 2/1 favorite to win this year’s event, which is hardly a surprise since a) he’s a G-damn home run hitting cyborg and b) the event is in his home park at Busch Stadium.

Phillies’ first baseman Ryan Howard is 5/2 to win, while Tigers’ third baseman Brandon Inge is 7/2 and Rays’ slugger Carlos Pena is 5/1. Adrian Gonzalez of the Padres is 6/1, Nelson Cruz of the Rangers is 8/1, the Twins’ Joe Mauer is 9/1 and Milwaukee’s Prince Fielder is 10/1.

It’s hard not to like Pujols in his home park, but the favorite never seems to win in the home run derby. Fielder is intriguing at 10/1, but that big boy is likely to crap out in the second round and Gonzo hasn’t hit a home run since before dinosaurs walked the earth so I’m scratching him too.

While my head says go with Howard at 5/2, the underdog in me says Pena at 5/1. He’s leading the AL in dingers and doesn’t have the “immense pressure” of performing in front of his home crowd like Pujols.

Update: Well, that makes sense. I totally crap on Prince Fielder and he winds up winning the damn thing. Not only that, but his dingers were the most impressive of the night. Ah well, at least I didn’t pick Brandon Inge to win…yikes.