2025 MLB Home Run Derby Odds - Baseball Betting

2025 MLB Home Run Derby Betting

While the Home Run Derby is the most anticipated event of Major League Baseball’s All-Star festivities, the competition has lost some star power over the years. That’s actually not a bad thing since other players can take the spotlight. Of the six confirmed contestants at the time of this writing, five of them will compete in the Home Run Derby for the first time. The competition has evolved over the years with different players and, most of all, different formats. Despite all the changes the desire of the fans has remained the same. All they want to see are majestic big flies into the night sky.

While most of the competitors are new to the Home Run Derby they certainly aren’t to baseball fans. Four of the six confirmed players have hit at least 20 home runs through games of July 8 led by MLB leader Cal Raleigh. Seattle’s catcher hit his 36th dinger of the year on Tuesday night giving him the third most homers before the break in MLB history. Barry Bonds set the record with 39 pre-break homers in 2001, the same year he set a single season mark with 73 home runs. Given that he’s hit 13 more dingers than Washington’s James Wood, it’s safe to assume that Raleigh is the man to beat. And there will be a new champion since Teoscar Hernandez declined to defend his title. In fact, each of the past three winners did not return the next year.

The 2025 Home Run Derby will take place on Monday, July 14, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN from Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit BookMaker.eu for Derby betting odds and to place your wager.

MLB Betting Lines

2025 Home Run Derby Field

Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta (9 HRs)

Cal Raleigh, Seattle (36 HRs)

James Wood, Washington (23 HRs)

Byron Buxton, Minnesota (20 HRs)

Oneil Cruz, Pittsburgh (16 HRs)

Junior Caminero, Tampa Bay (22 HRs)

TBD

TBD

Of the confirmed players Ronald Acuna Jr. is the only one to participate in a past Home Run Derby, doing so in 2019 and 2022. He will have the advantage of being rested and playing in his park making him a contender. Acuna didn’t play his first game until late May while recovering from a knee injury and smoked an estimated 467-foot homer in his first at-bat. He had nine homers in his first 28 games of the season.

2025 Home Run Derby Format

The Home Run Derby has gone through many formats over the years but the 2025 edition will have the same rules as the 2024 contest. There were significant changes ahead of the 2024 Derby designed to reduce the pace that has concerned past participants. The format change was a success. All eight participants compete against each other with the four highest scores advancing. Hitters will have a maximum of 40 balls over three minutes. Each player also gets three ‘bonus’ outs where they can keep hitting home runs until three outs (non-homers) are recorded. A fourth out is earned with a home of at least 425 feet in bonus time.

Players are seeded 1-4 in the semifinal round based on first round scores with 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3 in head-to-head matchups. Once again players are given 40 pitches over three minutes to hit as many homers as possible. The same bonus rules apply giving anyone who is trailing a chance to make up ground.

In the final round the two remaining players get a maximum of 27 pitches or two minutes and a timeout. The same bonus rules apply in the finals.

MLB Home Run Derby Champions (2000)

Pete Alonso became one of the few players to win the event back-to-back when he won the competition in 2021. Yoenis Cespedes and Ken Griffey Jr. are the only other players to have won the event in back-to-back contests. A hometown representative has won the Home Run Derby three times in its history with former Chicago Cub Ryne Sandberg doing it at Wrigley Field in 1990, Todd Frazier of the Cincinnati Reds putting on a show in the Queen City sending blast after blast into the night sky at Great American Ball Park and Bryce Harper thrilled the fans in 2018 at Nationals Park.

Most Home Runs in a Single Round

Two of the highest round totals were accomplished in 2023 with Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez setting the mark with 41 home runs. The structure of the rounds and the derby itself has changed over the years, leaving these numbers a bit hard to compare. Despite the apples to oranges comparison, it’s worth noting some of the familiar names on this list.

Most Home Runs in a Single Derby

Two of the highest round totals were accomplished in 2023 with Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez setting the mark with 41 home runs. The structure of the rounds and the derby itself has changed over the years, leaving these numbers a bit hard to compare. Despite the apples to oranges comparison, it’s worth noting some of the familiar names on this list.

Most All-Time Home Runs

Kudos to Pete Alonso for continuing to give the fans what they want by participating in the Home Run Derby. One of the premier sluggers in the game will take part in his fifth straight Derby in 2024, and he is far and away the all-time leader when it comes to long balls at this event. As long as he continues to participate, Alonso will only grow his lead in the current head-to-head format too.

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