The Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby is getting a revamp in its fourth annual event -- complete with a brand-new format and a new group of prospects set to swing for the fences.

A switch-hitting catcher winning the Derby. A young slugger crushing a 513-foot home run (and many more towering blasts). A tiebreaker determined by less than an inch. The 2025 Home Run Derby had it all. When it was all said and done, Seattle’s Cal Raleigh came out victorious in one

ATLANTA -- The video went viral last week, featuring an 8-year-old Cal Raleigh forecasting what would eventually take place on Monday night. Recorded 20 years ago, on a handheld camera because smart phones did not yet exist, Raleigh offered a premonition that now carries a sense of surreal. “I’m the

In a competition where distances are measured in hundreds of feet, you wouldn’t expect it to come down to a measurement of less than an inch. But that’s how Cal Raleigh advanced to the semifinals in Monday’s T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Atlanta’s Truist Park. And it paid off, too,

ATLANTA -- Brent Rooker was preparing for a swing-off. The Athletics' slugger had hit second in the first round of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday night, so he had to sit and watch six hitters after him hit as many home runs as they could, trying to push

ATLANTA – When Junior Caminero found out he would be participating in the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby, he made one promise to the fans at Truist Park and those watching on TV around the world. “I’m going to put on a show,” Caminero said through a translator. Caminero backed

ATLANTA -- Brewers pitcher Trevor Megill didn’t hesitate to say what he was most looking forward to during All-Star Week. “Oneil Cruz hitting home runs,” he said. “That boy can mash a baseball, man. He’s impressive. One of the most impressive people I’ve ever seen hit a baseball.”

ATLANTA -- Rays third baseman Junior Caminero smiled and laughed when asked about the kid who “robbed” him of a homer in the final round of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday night at Truist Park. “Things happen,” Caminero said through an interpreter. “He was enjoying himself out there

ATLANTA -- When Matt Olson was recently asked a second time about attending the 2000 Home Run Derby with his parents at Turner Field, Braves teammate Chris Sale quickly turned his head and said, “Wait, you were actually there?” Sale provided this astonished response on July 6, when he and

ATLANTA -- When Jazz Chisholm Jr. is present, fireworks generally aren’t far behind him. But Monday night at Truist Park, the Bahamas product was unable to find the power spark that netted him 17 homers before the All-Star break, hitting just three in the first round of the 2025 T-Mobile

ATLANTA -- Nationals outfielder James Wood can add “pummeled 486-foot homer in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby” to his blossoming Major League resume. Wood, 22, made his Derby debut on Monday night at Truist Park. He hit 16 home runs in the first round, one shy of advancing to the

Being a great Major League hitter requires so many skills: supernatural hand-eye coordination, extreme patience, sublime strike zone recognition, precise swing mechanics, etc. That’s why the best sluggers log countless hours of work in the cage. But as much as we love seeing that work reveal itself across the season,

Cal Raleigh made history as the first catcher to win the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, defeating 22-year-old Junior Caminero in the finals on Monday night. With his father pitching and his brother behind the plate, the man they call Big Dumper took home the title to follow up a torrid

ATLANTA -- After hitting for the cycle on his bobblehead day on Saturday, Twins superstar Byron Buxton had hoped to maintain personal momentum at the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday night at Truist Park. Alas, this was not a night for the “Buck Truck” celebration that has been standard

MLB's biggest fireworks show of the summer takes place a little more than a week after July 4. The 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby is tonight. Eight of the best sluggers in baseball will be swinging for the fences inside Truist Park in Atlanta.

Participating in the Home Run Derby isn’t just a personal achievement -- many contestants utilize family members, friends or members of their coaching staff that get to soak in the fun. It’s no different for the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby, as we have a contestant using his dad and

Matt Olson is living the dreams he had while growing up in suburban Atlanta. The Braves first baseman attended Parkview High School in nearby Lilburn, Ga., and was drafted by the A’s in the first round of the 2012 Draft. He was acquired by his hometown team before the start

We know who the eight participants in the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby will be. But what do we know about their swings? Given the latest updates to technology, we now know more about those swings than ever before. (We also know that contrary to popular opinion, the Derby doesn’t

One thing is certain about Monday night’s T-Mobile Home Run Derby: Someone’s going to win who has never won before. When two-time winner Pete Alonso -- who honestly seems made for the Home Run Derby -- declined to participate this year despite actually being named to the team, it assured

Winning the Home Run Derby will always be special. Doing it in front of your home fans? Legendary. Capturing a Derby crown in one's home ballpark is a rare feat -- it's only happened three times since the first Derby in 1985. That said, though, four players have won the

Common baseball wisdom says that the average player will peak at or around 28 years old. Given the additional requirement of league-wide recognition, it's not a coincidence that the average age of a Home Run Derby participant lands right around there as well -- just about 28 1/2.

ATLANTA -- There’s an age and geographical gap that separates them substantially, but Cal Raleigh hasn’t let either of those barriers get in the way of being deeply involved in the life of his 15-year-old younger brother, who will be behind the plate on Monday night as the Mariners catcher

The field is set for the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby, which will take place Monday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Truist Park in Atlanta. Here's a breakdown of the eight sluggers who are set to square off in this year's version of the annual power-hitting competition.

Thwack. Thwack. Thwack. In preparation for Monday's T-Mobile Home Run Derby, Nationals star James Wood filled American Family Field with the soothing sounds of bat crushing ball. And thanks to Drew Rossi, the club's bullpen catcher, we got an up-close feel for the sounds and sights of what's to come

ST. LOUIS -- The Home Run Derby field is having a last-minute shakeup. On Friday, Major League Baseball announced that Matt Olson will replace his Braves teammate Ronald Acuña Jr. at the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby, which will take place Monday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Truist Park in