The Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby returns for the fourth year with a little bit of a different look to the long ball competition.
This year’s contest is slated for Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. local time) at Salt River Fields. The eight participants will face off in a single-elimination head-to-head bracket. The players will be seeded according to the number of homers they swatted in the Arizona Fall League through Friday. If two or more hitters are tied, the player with the farthest hit home run will be the higher seed. If hitters are still tied, the player with the higher combined total distance of home runs hit will be the higher seed.
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Each hitter will start with a 90-second preliminary round and every homer will add one point to his score. All points from each participants’ preliminary round will carry over into the first round. There will be no bonus for distance in any round.
The first round will consist of four head-to-head matches between the eight participants with the No. 1 seed facing the No. 8 seed, No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5. The higher seed will lead off each of the pairings.
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The winning hitters of the first-round matches will advance to the second round. In that round, there will two head-to-head matchups between the No. 1/No. 8 winner against the No. 4/No. 5 winner and No. 2/No. 7 vs. No. 3/No. 6.
The final round will be a head-to-head matchup between the second-round winners to determine the Home Run Derby champion.
The rounds will be based on outs. Each hitter will have nine outs to accumulate the highest score possible. The player with the highest total wins the match. Ties will be broken by the hitters engaging in successive one-swing swing-offs until there is a winner.
With the field set, let's meet the contestants.
Antonio Anderson, INF, Mesa (Red Sox)
Boston’s 2023 third-round pick had a solid offensive campaign with nine homers and a .826 OPS for High-A Greenville. Anderson apparently packed some power in his suitcase en route to Arizona, having hit three homers in 15 games for Mesa.
Eric Bitonti, 1B/3B, Scottsdale (MIL No. 26)
Bitonti is a proven commodity in the power department as he’s averaged 60 home runs over his first three full pro season. He set his career high with 25 in 2026 -- all of which came with High-A Wisconsin. He’s logged a pair of long balls for Scottsdale this fall.
Brooks Bryan, C/OF, Surprise (Royals)
The 22-year-old played just 33 games of affiliated ball after being drafted in the eighth round in 2025. He launched 33 home runs over the course of his three-year college career. Bryan certainly heated up when he touched down in the desert with four home runs in just 10 games of Fall League action.
Yerlin Confidan, OF, Peoria (Reds)
The Dominican-born outfielder is one of several contestants who recorded career years in the homer department in 2026. He tallied 15 long balls between High-A Dayton and Double-A Chattanooga. Confidan added a pair of Fall League blasts with a 1.053 OPS through 13 games with Peoria -- which features three participants in the Derby.
Chase Harlan, 1B/3B, Glendale (LAD No. 9)
Even in a loaded Dodgers system, Harlan made serious noise in 2026. The 20-year-old lifted 14 long balls and posted a .509 slugging percentage in his second professional campaign between Single-A Ontario and High-A Great Lakes. Out in Arizona, he’s added another four homers in 15 games.
Alex McCoy, 1B/OF, Peoria (SD No. 26)
The Hofstra product flexed some muscle in his second pro season with 19 home runs -- eight more than his 2025 total. He’s been a breakout player in the desert with five homers and a 1.024 OPS in 14 games.
Jack O’Dowd, C/INF, Salt River (Rockies)
O’Dowd truly found his footing in 2026. After a massive season in independant ball with Billings in the MLB Partner League, O’Dowd swatted 23 home runs with a .946 OPS across three levels of the Rockies organization after Colorado signed him to a Minor League deal last winter. In Fall League action, O’Dowd has five home runs for a 1.031 OPS in 16 games.
Tai Peete, SS/OF, Peoria (STL No. 17)
Peete has already socked a pair of long balls for Peoria after lofting 13 across three levels this season in the Cardinals system en route to a .908 OPS. St. Louis acquired him in a three-team trade with the Mariners and Rays in February, and he joins McCoy and Confidan as Peoria's representatives in the derby.