A thletics slugger Brent Rooker put on a show in Monday's Home Run Derby, slugging 17 home runs as the second participant and being the one that had to set the bar for the six batters that would swing after him. Three would clear his bar, two would fall short, and Cal Raleigh would end up with 17 of his own.

The baseball world converged in Atlanta for an entertaining edition with the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby Monday night at Truist Park. After a underwhelming event last year in Texas, fans saw balls soar over 500 feet and a late rally from a hometown slugger.

A switch-hitting catcher winning the Derby. A young slugger crushing a 513-foot home run (and many more towering blasts). A tiebreaker determined by less than an inch. The 2025 Home Run Derby had it all.

Brent Rooker is hitting back after a fan criticized him for feeding his daughter on live TV. The Athletics player responded to a post on X after a fan called him out for giving his 11-month-old daughter, Blake Eloise, a bottle live on camera during the 2025 Home Run Derby on Monday, July 14.

Ahead of the 2025 Home Run Derby, let's take a trip down memory lane and look at the longest homers in the event's history.

MLB's biggest fireworks show of the summer takes place a little more than a week after July 4. The 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby is tonight. Eight of the best sluggers in baseball will be swinging for the fences inside Truist Park in Atlanta.

Raleigh will become the second-ever player to switch hit in the Derby ( Adley Rutschman in 2023, lost 2nd round), plus no catcher has ever won the derby. This is year 39 of the event, so odds are against Raleigh despite him being the favorite.

From hometown heroes to family affairs to jaw-dropping feats, we've come up with the greatest Home Run Derby memories of all time, ranked.

Here are some of the funniest comments Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino during the All-Star Game Home Run Derby.