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Who won the Home Run Derby in 2025? Full results, HR totals, highlights from MLB dinger contest

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A historic first half of the 2025 MLB season, which even put him in conversations with Barry Bonds, set expectations high for Cal Raleigh when he decided to join the league's premiere slugging competition — but he undoubtedly put on a show for the crowd in Atlanta.

The Mariners catcher and AL MVP candidate won the 2025 Home Run Derby, mashing a total of 54 home runs over the three rounds and defeating Rays slugger Junior Caminero in the finals on Monday night. Consistency was Raleigh's key all night, as he may not have had the eye-popping shots that some of his competitors did, but the catcher did put his compact swing to good use.

With his father, Todd Raleigh, pitching to him, "Big Dumper" hit 17 home runs in the first round — swinging from both sides of the plate — advancing to the semifinals via some controversy. Because he was tied in homers with Brent Rooker and both had hit their longest blast for 470 feet, there was initially a question over whether a second tiebreaker would be necessary.

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Instead, it was ruled that based on the tracking data, Raleigh's longest shot actually went less than one inch further than Rooker's, allowing him to advance. That one inch wound up being the difference in the Derby, as Raleigh then defeated Oneil Cruz in the semifinals and Caminero in the finals.

Raleigh, who's on pace to hit over 60 home runs this season as a switch-hitting catcher, continued his miraculous stretch of power Monday night, becoming the first-ever backstop to win the Derby. But there were plenty of other storylines from the Derby as well, from a 513-foot shot off the bat of Oneil Cruz, to a kid even "robbing" a home run at the wall from Caminero.

The Sporting News tracked live updates and highlights from the 2025 Home Run Derby in Atlanta. Here's what you may have missed from the event, where Cal Raleigh came out on top.

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Who won the Home Run Derby in 2025?

Cal Raleigh joined the list of power-hitting stars to win a Home Run Derby title, racking up 54 homers throughout the evening and defeating Junior Caminero in the finals. Coming in with 38 homers at the All-Star break, just one shy of Barry Bonds' record of 39, the Mariners catcher didn't slow down his slugging pace one bit.

Raleigh became the first catcher to ever win the Derby, and also fulfilled a childhood dream, as evidenced from a video when he was a kid: 

Home Run Derby results

Total home runs

PlayerHome Runs
Cal Raleigh, Mariners54
Junior Caminero, Rays44
Oneil Cruz, Pirates34
Byron Buxton, Twins27
Brent Rooker, Athletics17
James Wood, Nationals16
Matt Olson, Braves15
Jazz Chisholm Jr., Yankees3

Round 1 results

PlayerHome Runs
James Wood, Nationals16
Brent Rooker, Athletics17
Junior Caminero, Rays21
Oneil Cruz, Pirates21
Byron Buxton, Twins20
Jazz Chisholm Jr., Yankees3
Cal Raleigh, Mariners17
Matt Olson, Braves15

Round 2 results

Oneil Cruz vs. Cal Raleigh

SeedPlayerHome Runs
1Oneil Cruz13
4Cal Raleigh19

Junior Caminero vs. Byron Buxton

SeedPlayerHome Runs
2Junior Caminero8
3Byron Buxton7

Final results

Junior Caminero vs. Cal Raleigh

SeedPlayerHome Runs
2Junior Caminero15
4Cal Raleigh18

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MLB Home Run Derby updates, highlights from 2025 HR contest

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10:51 p.m. — We have a new Derby champion, and his name is Cal Raleigh. MLB's home run leader lives up to the expectations he's set in the first half of the season, blasting a total of 54 homers tonight and defeating Junior Caminero in the Finals after the Rays slugger comes up short with 15. 

10:47 p.m. — The Home Run Derby is coming down to the wire. Junior Caminero has 14 at the end of his regulation round, but will have the bonus to add either four to force a swing-off, or five to win it. Can the Rays star pull it off with a few swings?

10:45 p.m. — Caminero was in the middle of mashing home runs, up to seven ... until it appeared one of the kids catching fly balls in left field robbed him of a homer at the wall. It's a strange moment, but after his timeout, Caminero gets back to it, on a solid pace to reach 19. 

The "robbery" did, in fact, still count as a home run.

 

10:38 p.m. — The big number is set for Caminero. Cal Raleigh had a terrific Final round, hitting 18 homers to put himself, at the very least, in a strong spot to contend for the Derby title. The catcher is having a magical power season. Could he add a Home Run Derby trophy, or will Caminero play spoiler with at least 19 homers?

10:34 p.m. — What a show Cal Raleigh is putting on. He bludgeons some baseballs in the Finals, finishing with 15 before the bonus round. He'll have a chance to pad that total even more before Junior Caminero comes to the dish.

10:31 p.m. — Cal Raleigh is up first in the Final. Can MLB's current home run leader fend off Caminero for the Derby title?

10:22 p.m. — Your 2025 Home Run Derby Final matchup: Cal Raleigh vs. Junior Caminero. Cruz comes up short, finishing with 13 homers, although he did hit another blast that went beyond the roof in right field. 

10:19 p.m. — Oneil Cruz finishes with 10 homers before the bonus round, meaning he'll need quite the remarkable performance to catch Raleigh and advance. After putting on a show in Round 1, the Pirates star is in some trouble if he doesn't get hot.

10:13 p.m. — Cal Raleigh goes for 19 in the semifinals. That will be the mark to beat for Oneil Cruz, but the Mariners catcher simply caught fire after his timeout and into the bonus round. MLB's home run leader has had a strong performance tonight.

10:10 p.m. — "Big Dumper" goes on an absolute tear after the timeout, hitting another eight dingers to reach 16 before the bonus round. Raleigh barely reached the semifinals, doing so by less than an inch, but he's making the most of it.

10:09 p.m. — Cal Raleigh is up to eight homers at his timeout, with 14 pitches remaining. Can he hit enough to hold off Cruz?

10:00 p.m. — Junior Caminero makes it look easy. He doesn't need many pitches at all to hit eight homers and surpass Buxton's total, and he's heading to the Finals. Either Oneil Cruz or Cal Raleigh await him, as the Rays star has been mashing all night.

9:57 p.m. — Buxton hits seven homers in Round 2, slowing down compared to the opening round. That means Junior Caminero will need just eight to advance to the Finals.

9:52 p.m. — Byron Buxton will begin the semifinals, and he's matched up head-to-head against Caminero. Home runs from Round 1 no longer mean anything; the two paired batters will now compete to hit more than the other, with Oneil Cruz-Cal Raleigh being the other matchup.

9:45 p.m. — Your semifinalists are set, and there is some drama. Cal Raleigh advances by a hair; because Olson hit just 15, the tiebreaker was between Raleigh and Rooker, who each hit 17. Both hit their longest homers, the tiebreaker, for 470 feet, but MLB then provides more precise data on those distances.

Incredibly, Raleigh's longest shot went about one inch further than Rooker's according to the tracking data. He'll join Byron Buxton, Oneil Cruz and Junior Caminero in the semifinals.

9:39 p.m. — There's a solution to the potential tiebreaker: Raleigh would advance, as they tracked his longest homer at 470.61 feet and Rooker's at 470.53 feet. Apparently, Statcast gets that precise, and 0.08 feet could be necessary to decide who advances, depending how Olson performs.

9:36 p.m. — Cal Raleigh finishes with 17, tying himself with Rooker, which also makes for a fascinating tiebreaker if it's necessary, as both hit their longest homer for 470 feet. If Matt Olson doesn't get to 18, there will have to be some kind of solution for another tiebreaker.

Meanwhile, Caminero, Buxton and Cruz have locked in their spots in the semifinals.

9:32 p.m. — MLB's home run leader is up next, and Cal Raleigh hits a few homers from the left side, calls timeout, then switches to the right side of the plate. Can "Big Dumper" get enough to advance?

9:25 p.m. — Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn't have the Derby performance he may have wanted. He finishes with just three in the first round, well-short of the remainder of the group, and he's eliminated. 

9:08 p.m. — Byron Buxton didn't have a great pace in his opening portion of the first round, but he absolutely comes through in the bonus round, adding six additional blasts to finish with 20 homers. After initially looking like he'd come up short of the 17-homer mark to remain in contention for the semifinals, Buxton is firmly in third place, for now.

James Wood has also now been eliminated.

9:02 p.m. — Further context for Oneil Cruz's 513-foot homer, which is also the longest-ever recorded at Truist Park:

8:59 p.m. — In just a round, Oneil Cruz is a Home Run Derby star already. With some unreal exit velocity and a 513-footer, the Pirates star finishes with 21 homers to tie Caminero at the top. The remaining four hitters in the first round will have to hit at least 16 to be in contention to advance.

8:56 p.m. — 513 for Oneil Cruz! He obliterates a ball into right-center field for the longest Derby home run outside of Coors Field, and not hit by Aaron Judge in 2017. That's up there with the longest Derby blasts in the Statcast era.

8:53 p.m. — Much was made of how hard Oneil Cruz hits the ball entering the Derby ... and he is living up to expectations. As he racks up homers in Round 1, Cruz rocked a baseball for 488 feet, the longest so far.

8:44 p.m. — Two sluggers have now one-upped the previous hitter. Caminero is your new first-round leader, mashing 21 home runs after some bonus swings. The Rays slugger hit a ton of long shots:

8:41 p.m. — Junior Caminero comes out on fire. Before he even uses his timeout, he's got 11 homers in the first round, owning plenty of time to potentially tie or take the lead.

8:36 p.m. — Two batters, two leaders of the pack. Rooker finishes with 17, surpassing Wood's mark of 16, including a 471-foot shot. Both have set the bar high to advance to the semifinals though, with just four hitters advancing.

8:31 p.m. — The A's Brent Rooker comes next, and before he begins the bonus round, he's swatted 14 dingers. His hot start cooled down a bit toward the end, but with a few good swings, he could surpass Wood as the early leader.

8:24 p.m. — James Wood opens the Derby with a fantastic round, hitting a total of 16 homers after his bonus outs. His longest went for 486 feet, well-over the roof in right field of Truist Park:

Pre-Derby

8:13 p.m. — Winner gets a massive "Derby Champ" chain:

8:08 p.m. — Pat McAfee helps open the spectacle in Atlanta:

8:05 p.m. — Here's the order for the first round. James Wood will get things started.

8:01 p.m. — The 2025 Home Run Derby is about to get started.

7:26 p.m. — James Wood is getting ready for his Derby debut.

6:08 p.m. — Here's the first-half home run total for each of the eight participating sluggers tonight:

  • Cal Raleigh: 38
  • James Wood: 24
  • Junior Caminero: 23
  • Byron Buxton: 21
  • Brent Rooker: 20
  • Jazz Chisholm Jr.: 17
  • Matt Olson: 17
  • Oneil Cruz: 16

6:02 p.m. — Home Run Derby legend Ken Griffey Jr., now a photographer, has got his camera for tonight's festivities.

6:00 p.m. — Here are the last 10 Home Run Derby winners. There will be a new face to join the club tonight.

What time is the Home Run Derby?

  • Time: 8 p.m. ET

The 2025 Home Run Derby will begin at 8 p.m. ET and will air on both ESPN and ESPN2.

What channel is the Home Run Derby on?

  • TV channel: ESPN, ESPN2 
  • Live stream: ESPN+, MLB.com, Fubo

ESPN will carry live coverage of this year's Home Run Derby. 

Streaming options for the Derby include ESPN+, MLB.com, and Fubo, which offers a free trial to new users.

MLB All-Star schedule

Monday, July 14

EventTime (ET)TV
Home Run Derby8 p.m.ESPN

Tuesday, July 15

EventTime (ET)TV
All-Star Red Carpet Show2 p.m.MLB Network
2025 MLB All-Star Game8 p.m.Fox

Daniel Mader

Daniel Mader is a Content Producer for The Sporting News. He joined SN in 2024 as an editorial intern following graduation from Penn State University. He has previously written for Sports Illustrated, NBC Sports, the Centre Daily Times, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Daily Collegian and LancasterOnline. Daniel grew up in Lancaster, Penn., with a love for baseball that’ll never fade, but could also talk basketball or football for days.