The MLB All-Star break is rapidly approaching, which means it’s almost time for the 2025 MLB T-Mobile Home Run Derby. The annual slugfest will take place at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, July 14 at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 2025 MLB All-Star Game will take place on Tuesday at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, but before that entree is everyone's favorite appetizer of hitting prowess: The 2025 Home Run Derby.

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.

Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood and Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero are both 22 years old, which would make them the youngest Home Run Derby winners ever.

Which masher will win this year's Home Run Derby? The name at the top of the oddsboard might come as a surprise.

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.

James Wood didn't just announce his arrival on the national stage; he blew the doors off it. Hours after revealing he would participate in the 2025 Home Run Derby, the 22-year-old Nationals phenom went 5-for-5 with a home run in an 11–7 win over the Detroit Tigers,

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