2022 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby
| Date | July 18, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Dodger Stadium |
| City | Los Angeles, California |
 | This article documents a current baseball tournament. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses, and initial news reports may be unreliable. The latest updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (July 2022) |
The 2022 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby is a home run hitting contest between eight batters from Major League Baseball (MLB). The derby will be held on July 18, 2022, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA, the site of the 2022 MLB All-Star Game.
Rules
The bracket is a single-elimination bracket with three rounds total. The higher seed in each matchup always hits second.
The contestants have three minutes in the first and second rounds and two minutes in the final round to hit as many home runs as possible. The timer begins with the release of the first pitch, and the round ends when the timer hits zero. A home run will count if the timer hits zero, so long as the pitch was released beforehand. If the second contestant in the matchup exceeds their opponents home run total, the round ends.
Each contestant receives 30 seconds of bonus time after the regulation time expires. Additionally, the contestants can receive an additional 30 seconds of bonus time if they hit at least one home run that equals or exceeds 475 ft (144.78 m) during regulation. Each contestant is entitled to one 45-second timeout in each regulation period. Timeouts cannot be called during bonus time.
Ties in any round are broken by a 60-second tiebreaker with no bonus time or timeouts. If a tie remains, the contestants will engage in successive three-swing swing-offs until there is a winner.
The prize pool for the contestants totals $2.5 million, with the winner receiving $1 million of that total.[1]
Bracket
The participants for the 2022 derby are New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (3rd appearance), Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. (2nd appearance), St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols (5th appearance), Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto (2nd appearance), Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodríguez (1st appearance), Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Kyle Schwarber (2nd appearance), Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez (1st appearance), and Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager (2nd appearance).[2][3]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kyle Schwarber (PHI) | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Albert Pujols (STL) | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Juan Soto (WAS) | |||||||||||||
| 5 | José Ramírez (CLE) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Pete Alonso (NYM) | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Ronald Acuña Jr. (ATL) | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Corey Seager (TEX) | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Julio Rodríguez (SEA) | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Castrovince, Anthony (July 7, 2021). "Can't remember the Derby rules? This will help". MLB.com. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Who is participating in the 2022 Home Run Derby?". MLB.com. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ "Corey Seager added to ASG and rounds out Derby field". MLB.com. Retrieved 2022-07-15.