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The Round 2 winner from each league faced the Round 1 winner, and the Round 3 winner crowned the league winner. Each round stands alone, with the score reset for each round. If the players remain tied, the players engage in a sudden-death swing-off until one player homers. A "home run" in the context of the competition, consists of hitting a baseball in fair territory out of the playing field on the fly.
Pederson’s home run statistics are the most impressive of this group. Finally, his 480-foot shot off the Rockies’ David Hale on June 2 is the third longest home run on the season, behind a pair of 484-foot homers by Giancarlo Stanton. However, Pederson has been slumping badly of late and has just three home runs in his last 146 plate appearances dating back to June 4.
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Machado just turned 23 a week ago, and his 19 home runs this season have already surpassed his previous career high by five. He has hit 13 home runs in his last 40 games and his line-drive approach won’t necessarily prevent him from getting balls out of the GAP. Each batter will receive a four-minute time limit per round and players will earn a 30-second bonus if they hit two homers of at least 425 feet. They can get one additional minute for hitting two home runs that equal or exceed 420 feet (as measured by MLB Advanced Media’s Statcast). A home run greater than or equal to 475 feet will result in 30 bonus seconds. The eight competing players were seeded 1-8 based on their home run totals as of July 7.
After a discussion with ESPN's Joe Morgan and another with Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, Griffey changed his mind, and then won the Derby at Coors Field. The derby was first nationally televised by ESPN in 1993 on a same-day delayed basis, with the first live telecast in 1998. Although two hours are scheduled in programming listings for the telecast, it has rarely ever been contained to the timeslot and consistently runs three to four hours. Chris Berman has gained notoriety for his annual hosting duties on ESPN, including his catchphrase, "Back back back...Gone!". Berman starts this phrase when the ball is hit, and does not say "Gone!" until the ball lands. On July 11, 1988, the day before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Cincinnati, TBS televised the annual All-Star Gala from the Cincinnati Zoo.
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As announced by Major League Baseball, there were changes to the format of the Home Run Derby in 2015. Eight players participated in the derby in a bracket-style, single-elimination timed event. Each player had five minutes to hit as many home runs as possible. Hitters were also awarded bonus time for hitting long home runs. Hitters were awarded an additional minute if they hit two home runs over 420 feet and an additional 30 seconds if they hit a home run over 475 feet.
For the derby, an out is defined as any swing that is not a home run. The winner of the contest was the player with the most total home runs in the two innings. In 2000, the field reverted to the current four-player-per-league format. The only exception was 2005, when Major League Baseball changed the selection criteria so that eight players represented their home countries instead of their respective leagues. The change was believed to be in promotion of the inaugural World Baseball Classic, played in March 2006.
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Larry King hosted the broadcast with Craig Sager and Pete Van Wieren handling interviews. The broadcast's big draw would have been the Home Run Derby, which TBS intended on taping during the afternoon, and later airing it in prime time during the Gala coverage. Unfortunately, the derby and a skills competition were canceled due to rain. In honor of the World Baseball Classic, the 2005 contest featured eight players from different countries. In 2000, a "match play"-style format was instituted for the second round. The player with the most home runs in the first round faced the player with the least among the four qualifying players, as did the players with the second- and third-most totals.
The show ran for 26 episodes with the winner receiving $2,000. Future Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg took home top honors in a Derby that was decidedly toned down from what it would become in later years. He needed only three home runs to win it at Wrigley Field, his home ballpark. He began the 2018 season on the injured list while he recovered from the shoulder operation and then returned that June.
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Stanton hit towering shot after towering shot, wowing the crowd with his ability to spray balls all over the field. The Marlins outfielder hit the 10 longest bombs of the night, as well as 18 of the 19 longest. Sammy Sosa electrified the Turner Field crowd by crushing the field with a then-record 26 homers. The next-highest total belonged to Boston's Carl Everett with 12, though it was Ken Griffey Jr. who made it to the final round opposite Sosa. Cal Ripken Jr. blew away the field with 12 home runs at the Skydome and then homered in the All-Star Game as well to take home MVP honors.
After the top four hit, the top two would compete in the final round. This Derby is set up as single elimination, one-on-one matchups. Each matchup is in a bracket very much like the NCAA tournament with players seeded based on how many home runs they hit from the start of the season through July 7.
Pujols is the first member of the 500 Home Run Club to participate in the Derby since 2004, when Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro and future member Jim Thome all lost to Miguel Tejada. Despite being the Derby’s oldest participant this year, Pujols is the deserving top seed. He is tied with Mike Trout and Bryce Harper for the second most homers in the majors behind the injured Giancarlo Stanton, and he is second to Joc Pederson in home runs on contact percentage among this year’s field.
Given the weather forecast and his propensity for cloud-scraping home runs, expect plenty of references to Donaldson’s humble twitter handle @BringerOfRain20 tonight. Frazier, who is third in the NL in home runs, has hit 15 of his 25 homers at the GAP this season, but he enters the Derby having not homered in his last 53 plate appearances. Just two years ago, Rodon was non-tendered by the White Sox after another injury-riddled season.
The 2016 version is a simple gray bill with a team color crown and the San Diego all star patch on the left hand side. This is also the first Home Run Derby for Anthony Rizzo , first baseman for the Chicago Cubs. Rizzo and Kris Bryant are the 15th pair of teammates to play in the Home Run Derby in the same year.
Bryant, the Cubs’ rookie third baseman, is also making his first Derby appearance. Josh Donaldson , Toronto Blue Jays third baseman, is competing for the second consecutive time. Ryan Howard's 23rd and final homer eliminated runner-up David Wright and clinches his first Derby crown in Pittsburgh. At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Miguel Tejada topped hometown favorite Lance Berkman in the final round with five home runs and an overall total of 27. Reigning single-season Home Run King Mark McGwire lived up to his title by blasting 13 home runs over the Green Monster to open the Derby at Fenway Park. McGwire would falter in the second round, though, as Ken Griffey Jr. took his second consecutive crown.
He is one of just three two-time champions (joining Ken Griffey Jr. and Yoenis Cespedes), having won in 2009 and ‘12, and this will be his sixth Derby, the most among this year’s participants. However, Fielder’s HR/Con% this season is by far the lowest among the eight participants of this year’s event. From 2005 to 2013, a gold ball has been used once a player reaches nine outs (in 2014 when the T-Mobile Ball came into play, six; since 2015, during the final minute). If a batter hit a home run using the golden ball, Century 21 Real Estate and Major League Baseball would donate $21,000 (a reference to the "21" in "Century 21") per home run to charity . In both 2005 and 2006, $294,000 was raised for the charities, equaling fourteen golden ball home runs per year. State Farm continued this in 2007 as they designated $17,000 per home run (one dollar for each of State Farm's agencies), to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
