Teammates Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber of the Hometown Phillies to Each Make
Third Career Derby Appearance;
2025 Derby Runner-Up Junior Caminero of the Rays Returns For Second Derby;
Japanese Rookie Sensation Munetaka Murakami of the White Sox Joins Fellow First-Timers Jac Caglianone of the Royals, Willson Contreras of the Red Sox, Ben Rice of the Yankees and Jordan Walker of the Cardinals
Hometown sluggers Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies will compete in front of their home fans at Citizens Bank Park in the 2026 T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday, July 13th at 8:00 p.m. (ET) exclusively on Netflix. The Phillies duo is joined by Jac Caglianone of the Kansas City Royals; 2025 runner-up Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays; Willson Contreras of the Boston Red Sox; Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox; Ben Rice of the New York Yankees; and Jordan Walker of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Each of the eight participants will take 20 swings during the untimed first round. A T-Mobile Magenta Ball will be used on the last swing for each hitter, and if the hitter hits a home run on his final swing, he will have the opportunity to continue swinging at T-Mobile Magenta Balls until he records an out (i.e., any swing which does not result in a home run). The hitters with the top four home run totals will advance to a seeded and bracketed semifinal matchup (3 vs. 2; 4 vs. 1) in which each hitter will take 15 swings. The two semifinals winners will meet in the final round, where they will also receive 15 swings. The same final swing stipulation will apply for all three rounds with the T-Mobile Magenta Ball. Home run totals will reset for each round and hitters will no longer have a bonus round or a time out in any round.
Harper, who was selected to his ninth career All-Star Game, is participating in his third career Derby. The two-time National League MVP won the 2018 Home Run Derby in Washington, D.C. as a member of the Washington Nationals. Harper also competed in the 2013 showcase, where he was the runner-up to Yoenis Céspedes at Citi Field in New York. The number one overall selection in the 2010 Draft, who is currently tied for ninth in the NL with 20 home runs on the season, has registered 383 career home runs across his 15-year career, including 128 at Citizens Bank Park, which ranks third-most since the ballpark opened in 2004 behind only Ryan Howard (198) and Chase Utley (129). Harper is attempting to become the fifth player ever to win the Derby on multiple occasions, joining Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. (three times), Pete Alonso (twice), Prince Fielder (twice) and Céspedes (twice).
Schwarber, who leads the Majors with 32 home runs on the season, will also compete in his third career Derby. The now four-time All-Star has 372 career homers, including 122 at Citizens Bank Park, which ranks fourth-most in the history of the ballpark. Schwarber also participated in the 2018 Derby as a member of the Chicago Cubs in Washington, D.C., where he was a runner-up to Harper, and he returned in 2022 at Dodger Stadium in his first season with the Phillies. Along with Harper, the Phillies will now have eight different participants and 11 overall appearances in the Derby all-time. The duo will join Jim Thome (2004); Bobby Abreu (2005); Ryan Howard (2006-07, 2009); Chase Utley (2008); Rhys Hoskins (2018); and teammate Alec Bohm (2024). Schwarber, the reigning Ted Williams All-Star Game MVP will join Ryan Howard as the only Phillies to partake in the Derby on multiple occasions, and both Harper and Schwarber will look to join Bobby Abreu (2005) and Howard (2006) as the only Phillies to win the event. This will mark the 28th and 29th appearances by a player from the host team, with a hometown slugger now featured in 12 of the last 13 editions of the Derby. Only Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg (1990), Todd Frazier (2015) and Harper (2018) have won the competition in their home ballpark. In addition, it will mark the 19th time that teammates appear in the Derby together, and the first such occurrence since Schwarber joined Cubs teammate Javier Báez in 2018. It will be the third time that two players from the host city will participate in the Derby together, joining Gary Sheffield and Fred McGriff (1992 in San Diego) and Giancarlo Stanton and Justin Bour (2017 in Miami).
Caglianone, who has 14 home runs on the season, will participate in his first career Derby. The sixth overall pick in the 2024 Draft will become the sixth Royals hitter to compete in the event, joining Bo Jackson (1989); Danny Tartabull (1991); Mike Moustakas (2017); and his teammates Salvador Perez (2021) and Bobby Witt Jr. (2024). The 23-year-old Caglianone will attempt to become the first Kansas City slugger to win the Home Run Derby and the youngest Home Run Derby winner ever, eclipsing 23-year-old winners Ruben Sierra (1989), Juan Gonzalez (1993) and Juan Soto (2022).
Caminero, who was the runner-up to Cal Raleigh in Atlanta last year, will return to compete in his second consecutive Derby. The now two-time All-Star, who received his first fan-elected starting assignment at the Midsummer Classic, will be the first Rays hitter to participate in the event on multiple occasions. The Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic native is attempting to become the first player in franchise history to win the annual showcase following previous appearances by Evan Longoria (2008), Carlos Peña (2009) and Randy Arozarena (2023). Caminero, who ranks third in the AL with 27 home runs on the season, turned 23 years old earlier this week and like Caglianone, is aiming to become the youngest Home Run Derby winner ever, eclipsing 23-year-old winners Sierra, Gonzalez and Soto.
Contreras, who is an All-Star for the fourth time in his career, is tied for seventh in the AL with 20 home runs on the season. The Puerto Cabello, Venezuela native, who has 192 career homers, is taking part in his first career Derby and will become the seventh different Red Sox hitter to appear in the event (11th appearance overall), and just the first since 2011. Among previous Boston sluggers to compete in the Derby, the 34-year-old joins Hall of Famer Jim Rice (1985); Mo Vaughn (1995); Nomar Garciaparra (1999); Carl Everett (2000); Hall of Famer David Ortiz (2004-06, 2010-11); and Adrián Gonzalez (2011). Contreras will attempt to join Ortiz (2010) as the only Red Sox hitters to win the event, and to join Bobby Abreu (2005) as the only natives of Venezuela to win the competition.
Murakami, who is tied for seventh in the AL with 20 home runs on the season, will compete in his first Derby. The 26-year-old rookie will become the seventh White Sox hitter (eighth appearance overall) to swing in the event, joining Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk (1985) and Frank Thomas (1994-95), as well as Paul Konerko (2002), Jermaine Dye (2006), Todd Frazier (2016) and Luis Robert Jr. (2023). Murakami will attempt to join Thomas (1995) as the only hitters in White Sox history to win the showcase. In addition, the Kumamoto, Japan native will join Shohei Ohtani (2021) as the only Japanese-born sluggers to perform in the Derby.
Rice, who ranks second in the AL with 28 home runs, is headed to his first Midsummer Classic and his first Derby appearance. The 27-year-old will become the eighth different Yankees hitter to compete in the Derby (11th appearance overall), joining Tino Martinez (1997); Jason Giambi (2002-03); Nick Swisher (2010); Robinson Canó (2011-13); Gary Sánchez (2017); and teammates Aaron Judge (2017) and Jazz Chisholm Jr. (2025). Rice is bidding to become the fifth Yankees slugger to win the Derby, joining Martinez, Giambi (2002), Canó and Judge. The Yankees are already one of only two franchises to claim four Derby victories along with the Seattle Mariners. The 2026 Derby will mark just the third in history to feature hitters from both the Red Sox and Yankees, joining 2010 and 2011.
Walker, a first-time All-Star and Derby participant, is fifth in the NL with 22 home runs on the season. The 24-year-old will become the eighth different Cardinals hitter to compete in the Derby (13th appearance overall), joining Jack Clark (1985); Ray Lankford (1997); Mark McGwire (1998-99); Jim Edmonds (2003); Albert Pujols (2003, 2007, 2009, 2022); Matt Holliday (2010-11); and Carlos Beltrán (2012). Walker, the 21st overall pick in the 2020 Draft, will aim to become the first St. Louis slugger to win the competition.
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I. Home Run Derby Format / Rules
First Round
- 8 hitters will hit in an order determined by the Commissioner’s Office
- Each hitter will have 20 swings to hit as many home runs as possible
- If a hitter hits a home run with his last swing using the T-Mobile Magenta Ball, he will continue to swing until he makes an out (i.e., a swing results in anything other than a home run)
- The 4 hitters with the most home runs will advance to the second round
- If players are tied for the final spot, the batter who hit the longest home run will advance
Second Round
- The 4 players who advance to the Second Round will be seeded based on number of First Round home runs (e.g., the hitter with the most home runs will be the number 1 seed)
- If players hit the same number of First Round home runs, the player with the longer home run in the First Round will be assigned the higher seed
- The #3 seed will face the #2 seed, and the #4 seed will face the #1 seed in a bracket-style competition
- Each player gets 15 swings to hit as many home runs as possible
- Home run totals reset for each round and do not carry over from round to round.
- If a hitter hits a home run with his last swing using the T-Mobile Magenta Ball, he will continue to swing until he makes an out (i.e., a swing results in anything other than a home run)
- If the match is tied after both hitters take their turns, the hitters will participate in successive three-swing swing-offs until one prevails
- The winner of each match advances to the Final Round
Final Round
- The 2 winners of the Second Round matches face each other in the Final Round match
- The format is the same as the Second Round with each player getting 15 swings to hit as many home runs as possible
- If a hitter hits a home run with his last swing using the T-Mobile Magenta Ball, he will continue to swing until he makes an out (i.e., a swing results in anything other than a home run)
- If the match is tied after both hitters take their turns, the hitters will participate in successive three-swing swing-offs until one prevails
- The winner is the Home Run Derby Champion
II. Changes from the 2025 HRD
- Last year the rounds consisted of a fixed number of pitches and a time limit; hitters hit until they either ran out of pitches or time (whichever happened first). In this year’s Derby, the rounds are untimed, and hitters get a set number of swings. If hitters hit a home run with the final swing of the round, they keep swinging until they record an out (i.e., a swing produces anything other than a home run).
- There are no bonus rounds in the 2026 version of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby.
- There are no time outs for hitters in the 2026 T-Mobile Home Run Derby.