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3 days ago
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2025 Home Run Derby: Live updates, highlights as Cal Raleigh, James Wood, other top sluggers seek the title
MLB's best sluggers will go head-to-head Monday night during the 39th Home Run Derby at the 2025 MLB All-Star Week in Atlanta. Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh will headline the bunch, competing against James Wood (Washington Nationals), Byron Buxton (Minnesota Twins), Oneil Cruz (Pittsburgh Pirates), Junior Caminero (Tampa Bay Rays), Brent Rooker (Athletics), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (New York Yankee) and Matt Olson (Atlanta Braves). Advertisement This year's competitors have a combined 176 homers this season, led by Raleigh's 38. Boston's Alex Bregman was meant to join the competition but pulled out due to injury and was replaced by Caminero. Atlanta's Ronald Acuña Jr., who was the first commit to the derby field just a month after returning from an ACL tear, was replaced by teammate Olson due to back tightness. Last year's winner, Teoscar Hernández, is not participating in this year's competition to avoid aggravating a recurring groin injury. Other notable sluggers who aren't participating include Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso, who has been part of the event every other season of his career. Advertisement The Home Run Derby introduced a new format in 2024, which it's running back this year. All eight hitters compete to reach the top four, who will then be seeded for the semifinal and final rounds. The round of eight features a limit of 40 pitches across three minutes, plus three bonus outs. The round of four is two minutes or 27 pitches, whichever comes first. Date: Monday, July 14 Time: 8 p.m. ET Location: Truist Park | Atlanta, Georgia TV channel: ESPN, ESPN+ Follow along with Yahoo Sports for live updates, highlights and more from the 2025 Home Run Derby:
Axios
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Your guide to 2025 MLB All-Star week in Atlanta
Summer is in the air, and we're in the thick of baseball season, so what better way to celebrate both than the 2025 MLB All-Star Week. Why it matters: The festivities, which include events leading up to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, can serve as a distraction to our Braves' current losing record and its fourth-place standing in the National League East. Driving the news: Truist Park will host the All-Star game, which is set for 8pm Tuesday, and there are plenty of baseball-related activities leading up to the main show. Zoom in: Things kick off Friday with the HBCU Swingman Classic featuring student athletes from Division I historically Black colleges and universities taking the field at 7pm at Truist Park. Expect to see marching band performances, step shows by Black fraternities and sororities, and fireworks after the game. On Saturday, you'll have a chance to watch up-and-coming talent take part in the All-Star Futures Game and watch your favorite public figures participate in the Celebrity Softball Game. Get your tickets to both here. Jermaine Dupri and former Braves catcher Javy López will each manage their teams through the five-inning game. Participating celebrities include Atlanta hip-hop icon Big Boi, R&B singer Kandi Burruss, hip-hop artist Quavo, NFL Hall of Fame inductee Terrell Owens and Olympian Jordan Chiles. MLB will also open its All-Star Village Saturday through Tuesday at Cobb Galleria Centre, where you can get autographs, snap photos with mascots and former players and try out the virtual reality home run derby batting cages. Sunday's Home Run Derby X, which is free to the public, will have a different format that MLB describes as a "3-on-3 co-ed competition alternating between power hitting and athletic catching." The derby starts at 2:45pm at Georgia Tech's Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium. Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. is among the participants, though that is up in the air since he's been sidelined with a sore back. Don't forget to tune in to the MLB Draft, which begins at 6pm on ESPN. If you're at The Battery, you can join other fans for a watch party at the Plaza Green and Georgia Power Pavilion Stage. Before Tuesday's All-Star Game, Dupri and Atlanta rapper Ludacris will headline the pre-game music celebration at 7pm. The duo will introduce players for the 2025 game "in a unique hometown tribute to honor the city's influence on global music with a medley inspired by Atlanta's" music stars, MLB said. They will be joined on stage by Clark Atlanta University 's Mighty Marching Panthers and Essence Dance Line. Other musicians performing include the Zac Brown Band, Kane Brown and Lauren Spencer Smith. The 95th All-Star game pits players from the National League against their American League counterparts. Acuña is slated to be among the starting players on the National League team while fellow Brave Chris Sale is among the starting pitchers. Braves' first baseman Matt Olson is on the reserves list.
