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Editor's note: Follow the 2026 Home Run Derby live
Eight players are set to face off in the 2026 MLB Home Run Derby at 8 p.m. ET on July 13 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
Two Phillies players will participate: Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. The other six are Jac Caglianone of the Kansas City Royals, Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays, Willson Contreras of the Boston Red Sox, Ben Rice of the New York Yankees, Jordan Walker of the St. Louis Cardinals and Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox.
Unsurprisingly, that list includes some of baseball’s best home run hitters this season. Schwarber leads MLB with 32 homers, while Rice is third with 29 and Caminero is tied for fourth with 28. Four of the remaining five have gone long at least 20 times.
Track all the regular-season home runs belted so far in 2026 by the eight players below. This graphic has their homers laid over Citizens Bank Park, providing a glimpse of how they might fare in the Derby itself:
If you can't see the graphic above, click here to view.
DIG DEEPER: Watch every home run at Citizens Bank Park in 2026
Citizens Bank Park has seen 121 home runs across 46 Phillies home games in 2026. Statcast rates the park as the fifth friendliest for home runs in MLB by its home run park factor calculation.
Among this year’s participants, Harper won the Home Run Derby in 2018 as a member of the Washington Nationals. Caminero finished runner-up last year to Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners, while Schwarber participated in the 2022 Derby, but lost to Albert Pujols in the first round.
This year’s Home Run Derby will consist of a three-round format. In the first round, players will have 20 swings to hit as many home runs as they can. The top four will advance to a head-to-head second round, and the two winners from that round will face off in the final. The semifinals and finals will have 15 swings, and players who homer on their final swing can continue until they don’t hit a homer.
Methodology note: Home run data from Baseball Savant. Home run locations are plotted over Citizens Bank Park using available Statcast hit-location data; homers without hit-location data are approximated using available distance data.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dinger or no dinger? How Derby sluggers' home runs stack up in Philly
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Eight players are set to face off in the 2026 MLB Home Run Derby at 8 p.m. ET on July 13 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
Two Phillies players will participate: Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. The other six are Jac Caglianone of the Kansas City Royals, Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays, Willson Contreras of the Boston Red Sox, Ben Rice of the New York Yankees, Jordan Walker of the St. Louis Cardinals and Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox.
Unsurprisingly, that list includes some of baseball’s best home run hitters this season. Schwarber leads MLB with 32 homers, while Rice is third with 29 and Caminero is tied for fourth with 28. Four of the remaining five have gone long at least 20 times.
Track all the regular-season home runs belted so far in 2026 by the eight players below. This graphic has their homers laid over Citizens Bank Park, providing a glimpse of how they might fare in the Derby itself:
If you can't see the graphic above, click here to view.
DIG DEEPER: Watch every home run at Citizens Bank Park in 2026
Citizens Bank Park has seen 121 home runs across 46 Phillies home games in 2026. Statcast rates the park as the fifth friendliest for home runs in MLB by its home run park factor calculation.
Among this year’s participants, Harper won the Home Run Derby in 2018 as a member of the Washington Nationals. Caminero finished runner-up last year to Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners, while Schwarber participated in the 2022 Derby, but lost to Albert Pujols in the first round.
This year’s Home Run Derby will consist of a three-round format. In the first round, players will have 20 swings to hit as many home runs as they can. The top four will advance to a head-to-head second round, and the two winners from that round will face off in the final. The semifinals and finals will have 15 swings, and players who homer on their final swing can continue until they don’t hit a homer.
Methodology note: Home run data from Baseball Savant. Home run locations are plotted over Citizens Bank Park using available Statcast hit-location data; homers without hit-location data are approximated using available distance data.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dinger or no dinger? How Derby sluggers' home runs stack up in Philly
Continue reading...
