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Which masher will win this year's Home Run Derby? The name at the top of the oddsboard might come as a surprise.
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 around the corner. Eight of the best sluggers in baseball will be swinging for the fences inside Truist Park in Atlanta on July 14.
The Arizona Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suarez is not in the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby field, which prompted outrage from baseball fans on social media.
Atlanta's own Ronald Acuña Jr. will represent the Braves and look to take home the chain in front of a home crowd. Though Acuña didn't make his season debut until late May, he's been on fire since returning to the field and is now up to 11 home runs, 20 RBI and a .336 batting average in 41 games.
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The format worked wonders in 2024 as Teoscar Hernandez out-dueled Bobby Witt Jr. in the final round. Notably, Bryce Harper in 2018 was the last player to win a Home Run Derby in his home stadium. We'll see if Acuna can end that streak.
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.
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