This Home Run Derby was a long time coming, considering the event got canceled in 2020 due to the global pandemic. Alonso won the event for the second time in a row, hitting 23-22 in the final.

The inaugural Home Run Derby was in 1985 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, where 2025 Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Parker of the Cincinnati Reds topped a field that included six ...