This year’s event takes place at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, featuring Jazz Chisholm Jr., Ronald Acuña Jr., Byron Buxton, and more pros
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Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, will host the 2025 Home Run Derby tonight, as eight pros step up to the plate for the annual baseball event. This year, Byron Buxton of the Minnesota Twins, Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the New York Yankees, Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners, the Atlanta Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr., Tampa Bay Rays’ Junior Caminero, Oneil Cruz of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brent Rooker of the Athletics, and James Wood of the Washington Nationals will compete in tonight’s Derby.
At a Glance: How to Watch 2025 Home Run Derby Online
Tonight, the players will don numbers 44 and 3 on their uniforms, which “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,” per a release. Ready to watch the Derby at home? Here’s what you need to know.
How to Watch the Home Run Derby Online
ESPN will air tonight’s Home Run Derby. But if you’re looking for ways to watch the Home Run Derby tonight without cable, read on for our quick streaming guide.
Top Pick
Sling
Cord-cutters who want to catch the 2025 Home Run Derby livestream can watch ESPN without cable with a live TV streaming service, like Sling.
Sling TV is a baseball fan’s dream thanks to wide selection of sports networks, including ESPN. The streamer carries the channel in its Sling Orange package. The plan includes 34 channels overall, and starts at $23 a month for your first month of streaming. After the first month, the plan goes up to $45.99 a month.
The bottom line: Sling TV is one of the most affordable streaming service options for sports fans who don’t want to commit to traditional cable.
How Does the Home Run Derby Work?
There are three rounds in the Home Run Derby overall. According to a release for this year’s Derby, all of the pros will have “three minutes or up to 40 balls, whichever comes first.”
Afterwards, they’ll all “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.”
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