2025 MLB Home Run Derby: Who’s in it?
The 2025 MLB Home Run Derby will take place on Monday night in Atlanta. Along with A's slugger Brent Rooker, here's who will be in the field.
(Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
(Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
The 2025 Home Run Derby is set to take place tonight, and here’s everything you need to know about this year’s competition.
A’s slugger Brent Rooker will take his shot at securing this summer’s Home Run crown, but who else is in the mix to bring home the hardware?
Let’s dive into this year’s pool of players, competition format, and much more before baseballs begin to fly all over Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
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2025 Home Run Derby FAQs courtesy of MLB
When is the 2025 Home Run Derby, and how can I watch it?
The 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby will get underway from Truist Park in Atlanta at 5 p.m. PT tonight. You can watch the event live on ESPN and ESPN2.
Which players are in this year’s Home Run Derby?
The eight sluggers confirmed for the competition are:
- Nationals outfielder James Wood (24 HR)
- Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (38 HR)
- Twins outfielder Byron Buxton (21 HR)
- Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz (16 HR)
- Rays infielder Junior Caminero (23 HR)
- Athletics designated hitter Brent Rooker (20 HR)
- Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. (17 HR)
- Braves first baseman Matt Olson (17 HR)
What is the format for this year’s Home Run Derby?
There are three rounds to the eight-player Home Run Derby: first round, semifinals and finals.
In the first round, the eight players each have three minutes or 40 pitches (whichever comes first) to hit as many homers as possible. There is also a bonus period for each player that lasts until they record three outs (any swing that doesn’t result in a home run) within the period. If a player hits a home run of at least 425 feet within the bonus period, the period is extended until the player records a fourth out.
The players with the top four homer totals advance to the semis. In the event of a first-round tie, the player who hit the longest home run during the round advances.
In the semifinals, the format shifts to “knockout style,” with No. 1 vs. No. 4 and No. 2 vs. No. 3. The seeds are determined solely by the number of home runs each player hit in the first round. Players will have two minutes or 27 pitches in the semifinals and finals, and home run totals from the first round don’t carry over.
Ties in the semifinals or finals are broken by a 60-second “swing-off” with no additional time added. If a tie remains after the “swing-off,” batters then engage in successive three-swing “swing-offs” until there is a winner.
The winners of the two semifinal matchups advance to the finals, where the limits are reduced to two minutes and 27 pitches. The player with the most home runs after that period is crowned Home Run Derby champion.
One final note: Each batter is entitled to one 45-second timeout in each of the three regulation periods, but timeouts can’t be called during the bonus periods or tiebreakers.
When is the next Athletics game?
- MLB All-Star Break – Monday, July 14th – Thursday, July 17th
- Friday, July 18th – Sunday, July 20th – @ Cleveland Guardians
- Monday, July 21st – Wednesday, July 23rd – @ Texas Rangers
- Thursday, July 24th – Sunday, July 27th – @ Houston Astros
- Monday, July 28th – Wednesday, July 30th – vs. Seattle Mariners
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