MLB’s loudest tradition returns Monday, when eight of the game’s most electric hitters step up to the plate at Truist Park in Atlanta for the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby.

Blending power and stamina, the derby remains one of MLB All-Star Week’s most anticipated events. Here’s how to watch everything unfold.

How to watch the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby
Venue: Truist Park — Atlanta
Time: 8 p.m. ET, Monday
TV: ESPN, ESPN2 (Statcast), ESPN Deportes
Streaming: Fubo (try for free)
Watching in person? Get tickets on StubHub.

The event can also be streamed on ESPN+.

The format has shifted: All eight players will compete in the first round, with the top four advancing to the semifinals based on total home runs. From there, a seeded bracket takes over.

Batters will have three minutes each in the first round (or 40 pitches, whichever comes first) and two minutes in the semifinals and final (or 27 pitches). One 45-second timeout is allowed per round — but not during bonus periods or tiebreakers — and ties come down to longest homer (first round) or a 60-second swing-off (semis/final).

Ronald Acuña Jr. (Braves) was supposed to headline the eight-player field, but he was replaced by teammate Matt Olson. The other sluggers who will compete Monday are Cal Raleigh (Mariners), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (Yankees), James Wood (Nationals), Byron Buxton (Twins), Oneil Cruz (Pirates), Junior Caminero (Rays) and Brent Rooker (Athletics).

Raleigh, the current MLB home run leader, is the favorite to win the event at BetMGM. He’s trailed by Cruz, who hit a home run 122.9 mph earlier this season. Olson hopes to join the short list of players to win the Home Run Derby in front of a home crowd, following in the footsteps of Ryne Sandberg (1990), Todd Frazier (2015) and Bryce Harper (2018).

Last year’s event featured 225 total homers, with Teoscar Hernández edging out Bobby Witt Jr. (14-13) in the final.

The 2025 Home Run Derby has a few notable absences. Big names like Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto won’t participate, but in turn, this year’s field is stacked with rising stars and first-time mashers hungry to wear the chain.

Recent Home Run Derby winners:
2015 — Todd Frazier
2016 — Giancarlo Stanton
2017 — Aaron Judge
2018 — Bryce Harper
2019 — Pete Alonso
No Derby in 2020 (coronavirus pandemic)
2021 — Pete Alonso
2022 — Juan Soto
2023 — Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
2024 — Teoscar Hernández

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