It is 2025 MLB All-Star Homerun Derby Day in Atlanta!
Some of the most dynamic Homerun -Hitter in baseball will be aimed in one of the most expected events of the summer on Monday (8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN).
While the view of a two-color champion from the picture is-the winner of the 2024 winner Teoscar Hernandez is not part of this year's field, some exciting stars on the field, including Matt Olson in Atlanta, are replaced only three days before the event. Will Olson take a run before his home? Will Cal Raleigh show the strength that led to 38 homes in the first half? Or will one of the younger participants take the title?
We have your one-stop shop for everything that has to do, from predictions to live updates as soon as we are analyzed at the end of the night.
MLB Home Run Derby results
First round
1. James Wood: 16 homes
2. Brent Roker: 17 Homeruns
3. Junior Caminero, ray
4. Onil Cruz, pirates
5. Byron Buxton, twins
6. Jazz Chisholm Jr., Yankees
7. Cal Raleigh, Mariners
8. Matt Olson, Atlanta Braves
Live updates
Who will win the derby and who will be the second place?
Jeff Passan: Raleigh. His swing is perfect for the derby: this season he leads MLB both into the pull percentage and in the flyball percentage. So it is not as if he had to calibrate it to be successful. This season he has also become a productive pitcher from the right-16 Home Runs in 102 bats and his ability to switch between rights and left-handed pitching, offers a potential advantage. No Switch Hitter (or the catcher) won a Homerun derby. The big dumper is the first to defeat Buxton in the final.
Alden Gonzalez: Cruz. At that time he may be wildly inconsistent, but he is perfect for the derby – young enough to have the endurance that is necessary for a tax event that could be exhausting in the heat of Atlanta. Left -handed, in a stadium in which the ball leads better to the right field; And especially able to beat balls at incomprehensible speeds. Raleigh will organize a good show from both sides of the plate, but will be second.
Buster Olney: Olson. He has effectively clamped to Acuna, and because he received the news in the last 72 hours of participation, he did not have the exercise rounds that the other competitors went through. But he is the only person in this group that has already done the derby, which means that he has experienced the accelerated pace, the adrenaline and the audience of the crowd.
His pitcher, Eddie Perez, knows something about the performance in a full stadium in Atlanta. And as Olson recognized in a conversation on Sunday, the park in general prefers to cover the right -handers in the left field due to the larger distances.
Selection of the publisher
2 related
Jesse Rogers: Olson. The home game advantage means something this year because it is an additional challenge in Atlanta to achieve an additional challenge in Atlanta. Olson understands this and can exceed accordingly. He was also a late addition. He has nothing to lose. He will survive the young dollars in the field. And I don't put Raleigh deeper than the second – his first half screams that he will be against Olson in the final.
Jorge Castillo: Wood. His mammoth power is not controversial – he can have baseballs on all fields. But the slight defect in his power package is that he does not beat the ball nearly as often as a typical slugger. Wood is the 126th out of 155 qualified rackets in the majors in the percentage of flying ball. And he still beat 24 Homeruns this season. At an event where he will do everything to raise baseballs, the beating of fly balls will not be a problem, and Wood will show this gigantic force on the way to a victory over Cruz in the final.
Who will meet the longest Homerun of the night – and how far?
Happen: Cruz meets the ball harder than any other in the history of baseball. He is the choice here, at 493 feet.
Gonzalez: If you rule out the Coors field version, there were only six derby home runs from Statcast era, which have traveled over 497 feet. They were put together by two men: Aaron Richter and Giancarlo Stanton. James Wood-Alle 6-Fuß-7, 234 pound from him-the third.
Olney: James Wood has the simple power of the Stanton and judge, and he will clear the Chophouse with the longest Homer. Let's say 497 feet.
Rogers: Hopefully he doesn't hurt it, but Buxton will break out his massive strength and crush a ball at least 505 feet. I don't see him progress in the event, but he will have the night for a swing.
Castillo: Cruz meets baseballs hard and wide. He will crush a few bombs, and one will even reach 500 feet.
Who is the only Slugger fans who will know much better after the derby?
The darkest MLB all stars of all time
From World War II and a shortstop with 37 ops+ to this year's Rockies Rep.
David Schoenfield »
Happen: Buxton ended his first half with a cycle on Saturday, and he will carry that into the derby where he will remind the world, why he was number 1 of the baseball in 2015. Buxons talent has never been questioned, just his health. And if his body feels right, he has the opportunity to organize a show that the fans will not soon forget.
Olney: Caminero is not a big name and was not a high-end priceless person how Wood used to be in his career. Three and a half years ago, Caminero was granted the Rays in a relatively small November trade for Pitcher Tobias Myers by the Rays by the Clleveland Guardians. But since then he has refined his ability to cover within parking spaces and blooms to a player with a ridiculous strength this year. He won't win the derby, but he will open a few eyes.
What is the one moment that we all talk about long after the end of this derby?
Gonzalez: The incredible distances and speeds that are achieved in particular by Wood, Cruz, Caminero, Raleigh and Buxton. The hot, moist weather in Truist Park only helps the stunning power that will be exhibited on Monday evening.
Rogers: The exhaustion on the faces of the batsman and swings to Homerun in the heat and humidity of Hot-Lanta!
Castillo: Cruz '500-foot explosion and a number of other lasers that he meets in the first two rounds before he has more petrol in the final.
