2024 MLB Home Run Derby Odds - Baseball Betting

2024 MLB Home Run Derby Betting

One of the most anticipated events of the Major League Baseball All-Star festivities is the Home Run Derby and the 2024 edition promises to be one of the most exciting in the history of the show. The competition has evolved over the years with different players and, most of all, different formats. Despite all the changes the desire of the fans has remained the same. All they want to see are majestic big flies into the night sky.

This year’s edition has the potential to be one of the best competitions in recent memory. Three of the eight participants rank among the top 5 in MLB in home runs through games of July 10 and all are stars. There will be a new champion with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. out of the competition. Gunnar Henderson, who leads the octet with 27 dingers, will be among the favorites to carry the torch. The bracket format and seeding that defined the first round in previous Derby’s no longer exists. Instead the top four scores from all eight hitters advance to the semifinal round.

The 2024 Home Run Derby will take place on Monday, July 15, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN from Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Visit BookMaker.eu for Derby betting odds and to place your wager.

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2024 Home Run Derby Field

Gunnar Henderson, Baltimore (27 HRs)

Marcell Ozuna, Atlanta (23 HRs)

Jose Ramirez, Cleveland (23 HRs)

Teoscar Hernandez, LA Dodgers (19 HRs)

Pete Alonso, NY Mets (18 HRs)

Adolis Garcia, Texas (17 HRs)

Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City (15 HRs)

Alec Bohm, Philadelphia (11 HRs)

Pete Alonso is a fixture in this event belting the most home runs in the history of the competition. That tends to happen when you’ve appeared as many times as he has. Alonso does have two wins on his resume and another will match Ken Griffey Jr. for most all-time. Also back from last year is Adolis Garcia, who has the homefield advantage. He’s not the Dodgers player we hoped to see in the event, but Teoscar Hernandez will do his best in his first Derby appearance.

2024 Home Run Derby Format

The Home Run Derby has gone through many formats over the years and we’ll see a new version in 2024. There are no longer head-to-head matchups in the first round instead all eight participants compete against each other with the four highest scores advancing. Hitters will have a maximum of 40 balls over three minutes. Each player also gets three ‘bonus’ outs where they can keep hitting home runs until three outs (non-homers) are recorded. A fourth out is earned with a home of at least 425 feet in bonus time.

Players are seeded 1-4 in the semifinal round based on first round scores with 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3 in head-to-head matchups. Once again players are given 40 pitches over three minutes to hit as many homers as possible. The same bonus rules apply giving anyone who is trailing a chance to make up ground.

In the final round the two remaining players get a maximum of 27 pitches or two minutes and a timeout. The same bonus rules apply in the finals.

MLB Home Run Derby Champions (2000)

Pete Alonso became one of the few players to win the event back-to-back times when he won the competition in 2021. Yoenis Cespedes and Ken Griffey Jr. are the only other players to have won the event in back-to-back contests. A hometown representative has won the Home Run Derby just three times in its history with former Chicago Cub Ryne Sandberg doing it at Wrigley Field in 1990, Todd Frazier of the Cincinnati Reds putting on a show in the Queen City sending blast after blast into the night sky at Great American Ball Park and Bryce Harper thrilled the fans in 2018 at Nationals Park.

Most Home Runs in a Single Round

Two of the highest round totals were accomplished in 2023 with Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez setting the mark with 41 home runs. The structure of the rounds and the derby itself has changed over the years, leaving these numbers a bit hard to compare. Despite the apples to oranges comparison, it’s worth noting some of the familiar names on this list.

Most Home Runs in a Single Derby

Format matters here. The new time limit has made it possible for some of the early records to be obliterated. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit an amazing 91 home runs in the 2019 contest and yet he still didn’t win, as Pete Alonso beat him in the final. We’ve seen a trend recently toward more and more home runs with eight players hitting 50+ home runs since 2018, so 100 homers isn’t inconceivable.

Most All-Time Home Runs

Kudos to Pete Alonso for continuing to give the fans what they want by participating in the Home Run Derby. One of the premier sluggers in the game will take part in his fifth straight Derby in 2024, and he is far and away the all-time leader when it comes to long balls at this event. As long as he continues to participate, Alonso will only grow his lead in the current head-to-head format too.

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