{"id":8536,"date":"2014-07-14T12:20:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T16:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=8536"},"modified":"2014-07-14T23:33:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T03:33:13","slug":"2014-all-star-home-run-derby-contestants-tv-info-and-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/07\/14\/2014-all-star-home-run-derby-contestants-tv-info-and-format\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 All-Star Home Run Derby contestants, tv info and format"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Major League Baseball will hold it’s annual Home Run Derby on Monday night, one day prior to the All-Star Game.<\/p>\n

A new format has ten\u00a0competitors – five\u00a0from the American League and five\u00a0from the National League – looking to claim the title of home run champion.<\/p>\n

The home run derby itself will air on ESPN beginning at 8:00 pm ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
American League<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RF<\/td>\nJose Bautista, TOR (Captain)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3B<\/td>\nJosh Donaldson, OAK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2B<\/td>\nBrian Dozier, MIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CF<\/td>\nAdam Jones, BAL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LF<\/td>\nYoenis Cespedes, OAK*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
National League<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS<\/td>\nTroy Tulowitzki, COL (Captain)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3B<\/td>\nTodd Frazier, CIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1B<\/td>\nJustin Morneau, COL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RF<\/td>\nYasiel Puig, LAD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RF<\/td>\nGiancarlo Stanton, MIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Below is the format for the Home Run Derby as provided by Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n

2014 GILLETTE HOME RUN DERBY FORMAT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Round 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Ten participants total; five participants representing each league.<\/li>\n
  • Batting order will be determined prior to the event. Hitter No. 1 for the NL will hit first followed by Hitter No. 1 for the AL (home team). This order will continue for hitters Nos. 2-5 for each league, with the NL going first followed by the AL.<\/li>\n
  • Each participant will receive seven outs.<\/li>\n
  • The player from each league who hits the most home runs (AL 1; NL 1) will automatically advance to round three (semifinals).<\/li>\n
  • The next two participants with the most home runs from each league (AL 2; AL 3 \/ NL 2; NL 3) advance to Round 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Round 2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • The two participants advancing from Round 1 for each league will compete against each other (AL 2 vs. AL 3 \/ NL 2 vs. NL 3).<\/li>\n
    • The NL matchup will occur first, followed by the AL matchup, with NL 2 and AL 2 choosing if they want to hit first or second.<\/li>\n
    • Each participant will receive seven outs.<\/li>\n
    • The winners from the Round 2 matchups (one from each league) will advance to Round 3 (semifinals).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Round 3 (Semifinals)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • The top seed from each league (AL 1; NL 1) will face the winner from his league’s Round 2 matchup.<\/li>\n
      • The NL matchup will occur first, followed by the AL matchup, with NL 1 and AL 1 choosing if they want to hit first or second.<\/li>\n
      • Each participant will receive seven outs.<\/li>\n
      • The participant from each league with the most home runs will advance to the Finals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Round 4 (Finals)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • The semifinal winners (one player from each league) will compete for the crown of Home Run Derby champion.<\/li>\n
        • The batting order will be determined by a coin flip, which will be held at a meeting at home plate between the two finalists and their league captains (note that a finalist and team captain could be the same participant).<\/li>\n
        • Each finalist will receive seven outs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Major League Baseball will hold it’s annual Home Run Derby on Monday night, one day prior to the All-Star Game. A new format has ten\u00a0competitors – five\u00a0from the American League and five\u00a0from the National League – looking to claim the title of home run champion. The home run derby itself will air on ESPN beginning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[503,501],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":["post-8536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-front","tag-mlb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8536"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8540,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8536\/revisions\/8540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8536"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}