This year’s Home Run Derby will be held Monday, July 13, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. It’s a great ballpark for dingers. , it’s the fifth-best home run park in baseball. That should make for a fun Home Run Derby, . The clock is no more. (.)
One player we won’t see in this year’s Home Run Derby: . The star returned from a hamstring injury on July 8 and said . Too bad. Trout is from Millville, New Jersey, about 40 miles south of Philadelphia. The Derby would have been something of a homecoming for the future Hall of Famer. Like Trout, star will also . The eight-player Home Run Derby field will trickle out over the coming days and we’ll keep track of the participants as they’re announced.
We know Trout and Alvarez are out, but eight sluggers are officially in with the final participant announced on Friday. Here’s who will take their hacks in the Home Run Derby on July 13.
Fresh off the injured list, slugger was announced Friday as the eighth and final participant in the Home Run Derby. Murakami, in his first MLB season after coming over from Japan, got off to a sizzling start before being sidelined for six weeks with a hamstring strain. Before the injury on May 29, Murakami clubbed 20 home runs in 57 games. Now his long ball talent will be on display in Philadelphia.
The reigning NL home run champ is in. joined the 2026 Home Run Derby field on Friday, and along with Bryce Harper, he gives the home crowd a second Phillies slugger to root for. At present, Schwarber, one of the top sluggers of his era, leads the majors with 32 homers on the season. Last season, he racked up a career-high 56 home runs, and since joining the Phillies prior to the 2022 season, Schwarber has launched 219 home runs in 717 games. Schwarber made it to the finals of the 2018 Derby before falling to, yes, Harper.
first baseman hasn’t been a Derby participant since winning the 2018 contest in front of his then-home fans in Washington D.C. Now with the Phillies, Harper will again be a fan favorite on All-Star Monday, as he’s joined the field. officially announced the news on Thursday night. This is only his second time in the event, so the question is whether he can go 2-for-2 in bringing home the championship. The Phillies have had two winners before, with Bobby Abreu and going back-to-back in 2005-06.
A breakout season has earned slugger a spot in the Home Run Derby. Still only 24, Walker entered play on July 9 with a .294/.355/.534 batting line and 21 home runs. He leads baseball with 70 RBI. Walker hit 27 home runs total from 2023-25, and now has nearly matched that total as we approach the All-Star break. Walker will be the first Cardinals player in the Home Run Derby since during his final season in 2022. No St. Louis player has ever won the event.
, who was as a replacement for , announced he will swing away in the Home Run Derby. Contreras is having a terrific first season with the , taking a .287/.381/.545 batting line and a team-leading 20 home runs into July 8. He is poised to smash his previous career high of 24 homers in 2019. Contreras will be the first Red Sox player in the Home Run Derby since Adrián González and David Ortiz way back in 2011.
slugger became the third player to announce his Home Run Derby commitment, doing so on July 8. Going into that day’s games, Caglianone was hitting .258/.322/.455 with 14 home runs, and he recently hit six homers in a five-game span. The No. 6 pick in the 2024 draft has , among other things. Caglianone will be the first Royal to take his hacks in the Home Run Derby since in 2024. No Royal has ever won the Home Run Derby.
first baseman/DH on July 7 signed on to participate in this year’s Derby. Going into that July 7 slate of games, Rice led the Yankees with 25 home runs, a tally that was also good for third place on the American League leaderboard. Overall, the lefty-swinging Rice is slashing .267/.360/.565 in his age-27 season. This year, he’s got some of the best batted-ball indicators around, and for his big-league career, he’s averaged 34 home runs per 162 games played. Three Yankees have won the Derby before, and Rice’s teammate was the most recent in 2017.
On June 30, third baseman became the first player announced for the Home Run Derby. That came after a monster week that saw him slug six home runs in four games. On the date of the announcement, Caminero was fifth in baseball with 22 home runs, and was hitting a stout .292/.384/.548 overall.
Last season, Caminero became only the fourth player in history to hit 40 home runs at age 21 or younger. His 45 homers were second to Hall of Famer Eddie Mathews’ 47 homers as a 21-year-old in 1953. Hall of Famer Mel Ott (42 homers at age 20 in 1929) and 2023 NL MVP . (41 homers at age 21 in 2019) are the only others to do it.
Players who hit this many home runs at this young an age tend to be become super duper stars, and Caminero is certainly on that trajectory, if he’s not there already.
This will be Caminero’s second Derby; last year, he came in second behind .
