Tampa Bay Rays slugger Junior Caminero announced Wednesday he will take part in the Home Run Derby on Monday in Atlanta, then learned hours later he will start at third base for the AL squad in the ...

Tampa Bay Rays slugger Junior Caminero announced Wednesday he will take part in the Home Run Derby on Monday in Atlanta, then ...

Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz will compete in Monday’s Home Run Derby. Cruz, 26, leads the Pirates with 15 home runs this season. He slugged a career-high 21 in 2024. This year’s Home ...

In what has been an up-and-down year overall, Pirates slugger Oneil Cruz will get the opportunity to showcase the most ...

Cruz, 26, will join Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero, Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton, Washington ...

Also competing are Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr., Minnesota’s Byron Buxton, Seattle’s Cal Raleigh and Washington’s James Wood.

This means we need to see Oneil Cruz in the Home Run Derby this season. The Pirates superstar leads all qualified players with an exit velocity of 96.5 mph this season, and some of his 13 home ...

— Jake Mintz, Yahoo Sports Oneil Cruz, Pirates The thought of Cruz hitting 120-plus mph lasers at the Home Run Derby has to become a reality at some point.

Of the 78 players who have hit at least 10 home runs, nobody is hitting them harder than Cruz (110.8 mph), while his 409-foot average home run distance is only bested by nine hitters.

The thought of Cruz hitting 120-plus mph lasers at the Home Run Derby has to become a reality at some point. Since Statcast began tracking in 2015, no hitter has hit the ball harder than Cruz, who ...