New York Mets' Pete Alonso watches after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
The All-Star Week kicks off with the 2022 MLB Home Run Derby, with the best longball sluggers in the sport squaring off at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Monday, July 18 (7/18/2022) at 8 p.m. ET.
The Home Run Derby will be broadcast on ESPN, and can be streamed live on DirecTV Stream, fuboTV and other live TV services.
Pete Alonso of the New York Mets looks for his third Home Run Derby win in a row, but he’s the No. 2 seed behind Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies.
If he wins, Alonso would become just the second player ever to claim three Derby titles after Ken Griffey Jr., and the first to ever do it three years in a row.
Here’s how to watch.
What: MLB Home Run Derby
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Channel finder: Verizon Fios, XFinity, Spectrum, Optimum/Altice, Cox, DirecTV, Dish
Live stream: DirecTV Stream, fuboTV, Sling, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV
Cable subscribers can log in to ESPN.com or associated apps with their cable credentials to enjoy a FREE live stream of the game.
Cord cutters can sign up for free trials of fuboTV, DirecTV Stream, Sling and YouTube TV to enjoy free broadcasts for a limited time.
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Preview by The Associated Press
Pete Alonso, Albert Pujols and Kyle Schwarber tee off in the All-Star Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium, where we see how far and fast the sluggers can launch ‘em into the Los Angeles twilight.
Alonso is trying to become the first player to win the derby three straight times. He tops the majors with 78 RBIs and has hit 24 home runs this season for the NL East-leading New York Mets.
Alonso takes on Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. in the first round. The other pairings: Schwarber vs. Pujols, Juan Soto vs. José Ramírez and Julio Rodríguez vs. Corey Seager.
Schwaber’s 29 homers for Philadelphia are the most among the eight contestants. Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads the majors with 33 home runs and will start Tuesday in the All-Star Game, but isn’t taking part in the longball event.
Seager, the 2020 World Series MVP when the Dodgers won the title, has hit 22 homers for Texas in his first season since leaving Los Angeles.
Pujols has hit six homers this year for St. Louis, boosting his career total to 685. He’s 42 years old and made his big league debut just a few months after Rodríguez was born — a rookie at 21, Rodríguez has hit 16 homers for Seattle.
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