For the first time since 2018, there is not a representative of the New York Mets participating in the Home Run Derby. However, this is one of the nights that Major League Baseball usually gets correct, as it spotlights young players doing one of the most exciting pieces of the game: hitting massive dingers.
Speaking personally, the 1993 Home Run Derby was one of the first events that sticks in my mind as a young baseball fan of 11. I was a fan before then, but that Derby and the following All-Star
Game were what got me to be a die-hard baseball fan, and I haven’t missed a Derby since.
The eight participants for the Derby this year are the Twins’ Byron Buxton, the Rays’ Junior Caminero, the Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr., the Praites’ Oneil Cruz, the Braves’ Matt Olson, the Mariners’ Cal Raleigh, the Athletics’ Brent Rooker, and the Nationals’ James Wood.
The Derby will be broadcast on ESPN at 8pm Eastern for, reportedly, the final time, as ESPN’s deal with MLB expiring at the end of the season.
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