ATLANTA, GA — BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, GONE!
The stage is set for one of the most electrifying sporting events of the year, the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby.
Eight sluggers—Cal Raleigh (SEA), James Wood (WSH), Junior Caminero (TB), Byron Buxton (MIN), Brent Rooker (ATH), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (NYY), Matt Olson (ATL) and Oneil Cruz (PIT, 2022 NL LatinoMVP Rookie of the Year)—whom all believe they have what it takes to be named the 2025 Home Run Derby Champion, and head home in style with a dazzling one-of-a-kind, Atlanta-inspired Home Run Chain.
Who will take home Atlanta’s-styled Home Run Derby chain tonight? Image Credit: MLB
So, who will be deemed the Home Run Derby King? All the action takes place tonight, July 14th, at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia—live broadcast begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio, the ESPN App and Fubo.
Our final prediction at Latino Sports comes down to a pair of Dominican-born MLB players—Oneil Cruz of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays.
In the last three consecutive Home Run Derby’s, a Dominican MLB athlete has been the last man standing—Teoscar Hernández of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays in 2023, and Juan Soto in 2022 as a Washington National.
Teoscar Hernández won the 2024 Home Run Derby to become the first ever Dodger to win the event – Image Credit: MLB
2021 AL LatinoMVP Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the 2023 Home Run Derby King – Image Credit: MLB/Twitter
Multiple-time LatinoMVP Juan Soto holds his 2022 HR Derby trophy at Dodger Stadium – Image Credit: Bill Menzel/Latino Sports
If Cruz were to come out on top, the Nizao, Dominican Republic native would become the first-ever Pittsburgh Pirate to win the HR Derby in the franchise’s history, while Tampa Bay’s Caminero, 22, hailing from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, would be the youngest player in MLB history to be named the King of the Derby.
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