{"id":799562,"date":"2026-07-14T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/799562\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:05:09","slug":"2026-mlb-home-run-derby-open-discussion-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/799562\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 MLB Home Run Derby Open Discussion Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"750\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kyleschwarber-750x400.jpg\" class=\"cb-fi-standard wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kyle Schwarber\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: D. Benjamin Miller<\/p>\n<p>Tonight is the 2026 home run derby. While it may not be for everyone, it\u2019s certainly something that many of us enjoy. This year there are no Cincinnati Reds played in the derby, but I think that we can still enjoy a bunch of dudes hitting baseballs to the Liberty Bell, right?<\/p>\n<p>If you want to watch this year\u2019s contest it\u2019s going to be on Netflix. Coverage starts at 7pm ET but the actual home run derby won\u2019t begin until 8pm ET.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the eight competitors for tonight:<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Schwarber \u2013 32 home runsBen Rice \u2013 29 home runsJunior Caminero \u2013 28 home runsJordan Walker \u2013 22 home runsBryce Harper \u2013 20 home runsMunetaka Murakami \u2013 20 home runsWillson Contreras \u2013 20 home runsJac Caglianone \u2013 15 home runs<\/p>\n<p>The rules are a bit different this year when compared to recent memory. There is no longer a \u201cclock\u201d. Each player gets 20 swings in Round One. They will get 15 swings in Round Two and in the Finals. This comes with a stipulation, though. If a player hits a home run on their final swing they get to continue swinging until they do not hit a home run.<\/p>\n<p>My pick? Kyle Schwarber. Big time power. Home ballpark. I just think he\u2019s going to get it done. Who I would like to see win it? Count me in on rooting the most for Munetaka Murakami. And give me Jordan Walker for the longest homer of the night.<\/p>\n<p>  About The Author<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redlegnation.com\/author\/dougdirt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1843729dc943f8fba78202715ba292f963fb80b10a0f14d5dd55026fb000dfd7.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: D. Benjamin Miller Tonight is the 2026 home run derby. While it may not be for everyone,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-799562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}