Two-time All-Star Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the New York Yankees will complete the field of eight competitors at the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby, it was announced earlier this evening on ESPN’s "Home Run Derby Preview Show." Chisholm joins previously announced sluggers Ronald Acuña Jr. of the host Atlanta Braves; Byron Buxton of the Minnesota Twins; Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays; Oneil Cruz of the Pittsburgh Pirates; Major League Baseball’s home run leader, Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners; Brent Rooker of the Athletics and James Wood of the Washington Nationals. The 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday, July 14 at Truist Park in Atlanta will be broadcast live by ESPN and ESPN2 beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Each of the eight participants will hit in the first round for up to three minutes or up to 40 balls, whichever comes first. At the end of the timed round, each hitter will receive a minimum of three bonus outs, and a fourth bonus out may be achieved by hitting a home run of at least 425 feet during the bonus swings. The top four home run totals will advance to a seeded and bracketed semifinal matchup (3 vs. 2; 4 vs. 1) in which each hitter will bat for up to two minutes or up to 27 balls. The two semifinals winners will meet in the final round, which will also last for up to two minutes or up to 27 balls. The same bonus rules will apply for all three rounds and hitters will also be given one timeout per round.
Chisholm, now a two-time All-Star, will compete in the Derby for the first time in his career after hitting 17 home runs thus far in 2025. The Nassau, Bahamas native will become the seventh different Yankees hitter to participate in the Derby (10th appearance overall), joining Tino Martinez (1997), Jason Giambi (2002-03), Nick Swisher (2010), Robinson Canó (2011-13), teammate Aaron Judge (2017) and Gary Sánchez (2017). Chisholm is bidding to become the fifth Yankees slugger to win the event, along with Martinez, Giambi, Canó and Judge. The Yankees are already the only franchise to claim four Derby victories.
During the annual showcase, the Derby participants will be wearing specially designed All-Star-specific uniforms that pay tribute to Hall of Famers Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth as the dates of the Home Run Derby (7/14) and All-Star Game (7/15) represent an iconic moment in the game’s history, when Aaron surpassed Ruth’s career home run total with his 715th career homer on April 8, 1974. In recognition of two of the sport’s most prolific power hitters, NL All-Stars will wear Aaron’s jersey number, 44, while AL All-Stars will sport Ruth’s jersey number, 3, throughout Gatorade All-Star Workout Day and during the T-Mobile Home Run Derby.
“I just saw the date of the Home Run Derby, and knew that the game was in Atlanta again, and thought it would be special to honor not only Hank, but Babe, in that way,” MLB Special Assistant to the Commissioner and 2025 Hall of Fame Inductee CC Sabathia, who developed the idea and spearheaded the effort, told ESPN.com earlier this week. “We’d be doing ourselves a disservice to not do the storytelling. Especially behind Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Atlanta. The history of our game, you know, we have so many opportunities to tell stories and just with the date and the number, I thought it would be so cool to tell this one.”
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