Where to watch the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby: TV channel, time, live stream online, odds, new format explained

Major League Baseball’s 2024 Home Run Derby is scheduled for Monday night as All-Star festivities continue at Globe Field, home of the reigning champion Texas Rangers. Headlining the eight-slugger bracket is Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, a two-time Home Run Derby champion (2019 and 2021). Alonso hopes to join Hall of Famer and Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. as the only three-time champions in Home Run Derby history. He’s making his fifth consecutive appearance in the Derby.

This year’s field consists of eight players, supplemented by Adolis García (Rangers), Gunnar Henderson (Orioles), Bobby Witt Jr. (Royals), José Ramírez (Guardians), Marcell Ozuna (Braves), Alec Bohm (Phillies) and Teoscar Hernández (Dodgers).

Here’s how to watch this year’s Home Run Derby, plus more information.

Where can you watch the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby?

Time: 8:00 PM ET | Date: Monday July 15
Place: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
TV channel:ESPN | Livestream: fubo (try for free)
Highlights: CBS Sport Headquarters

Home Run Derby Format

The Home Run Derby has undergone several changes in recent years, making the event more lively. This year’s addition brings with it a new round of format changes. Gone are the first-round head-to-head matchups. Instead, all eight competitors will compete in the first round, with four advancing. Here’s how the new format works:

First round: All eight players get three minutes or 40 pitches, whichever comes first, plus one timeout. The top four home run hitters advance. Ties are decided by the longest home run distance. After the first three minutes or 40 pitches, each player gets three bonus outs, where they continue hitting until three outs are recorded. Hitters can earn a fourth bonus out with a 425-foot home run in bonus time. This gives anyone behind a chance to catch up, because they can continue hitting home runs in bonus time until they have no more outs.

Semi-finals: The four remaining players are seeded 1-4 using home run totals in the first round, then it’s 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3 in head-to-head matches. It’s three minutes or 40 pitches with one timeout. The same bonus time rules apply.

Final: The last two players have two minutes or 27 pitches with one timeout, and the same bonus time rules. The player with the most homers wins.

In recent years, the eight players have been seeded 1-8 using home run totals in the regular season, followed by head-to-head matches and a single-elimination tournament to decide the Home Run Derby. There was a time limit (three minutes in the first and second rounds, two minutes in the final), but no pitch limit. Last year, no player saw fewer than 43 pitches in a round, so the new 40-pitch limit will speed things up and put a premium on efficiency (i.e., home runs per pitch).

Home Run Derby Odds

According to Caesars Sportsbook, Alonso is the favorite to take home that elusive third Home Run Derby title. Here are the full odds for Monday’s showdown (as of Monday night):

• Pete Alonso: +300
• Gunnar Henderson: +400
• Bobby Witt Jr.: +430
• Marcel Ozuna: +470
• Adolis Garcia: +580
• Teoscar Hernández: +1200
• José Ramirez: +1400
• Alec Bohm: +2500