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2025 MLB Home Run Derby

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B. Buxton to win MLB HR Derby(+950)

Reasoning

While most of the eyes from the betting public are going to be focused on the likes of Cal Raleigh or Oneil Cruz, I’ve traveled a bit down the board to focus on a dynamic player that has the power, bat speed and endurance to make it through the multiple rounds needed to win this competition. Byron Buxton has long been touted as one of the most electric players in the game and he’s putting up the results to back that up this season, posting 21 home runs through the first half of the campaign. Buxton sits at 2nd in the field in slugging percentage on this season (.574), and he also has some of the quickest bat-to-ball data in the game. All things considered, Buxton is too good to pass up on at nearly 10-1 odds.

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M. Olson to win MLB HR Derby(+950)

Reasoning

For my 2nd MLB Home Run Derby best bet, I’m going to take a stab on a crowd favorite and back Matt Olson to win the Derby in his home stadium. The Braves’ first baseman hasn’t quite lived up to being Freddie Freeman’s successor in Atlanta, but he’s still a rock-solid hitter and should be in good position to finish in the top 4 and advance to the next round. Olson is also the only player in this field who has competed in a Home Run Derby previously, having participated back in 2021. This current format is one that is more favorable to Olson, and it’s important to remember that he’s playing in a stadium that he’s very familiar with, while racking up 134 home runs over his past 3.5 seasons in Atlanta. Ultimately, it’s worth taking a shot on Olson to take home the trophy at longer odds.

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NL Win(-110)

Reasoning

Major League Baseball will play its 96th All-Star Game on Tuesday, and they will do it in Atlanta’s Truist Park. If you are interested in century-long trends, this game is pretty even, with the AL leading the series 48-44 (there isn’t always a winner). More recently, of course, the AL has dominated the Senior Circuit, winning 22 of the previous 27. When the AL took last year’s game, 5-3, it broke up a modest 1-game winning streak for the National League. Of course, I’m not sure any of that really matters when it comes to an exhibition game that (thankfully) has nothing at stake and in which the roster is different every year. But I’m sure plenty of people (myself included) will want action on this game because it is the only show in town on Tuesday (with apologies to Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham). So, what shall we do? Me, I am going with the NL.

When all the dust settles and we figure out who is playing or opting out, who is available to pitch and who isn’t, and all of those very key but very difficult things to ascertain, I think I like the NL roster better. We all know about Tarik Skubal vs Paul Skenes in the first inning, which is cool. But the rest of the pitching? On the AL side, we will NOT see Garrett Crochet, Max Fried, Yusei Kikuchi, Jacob deGrom or Hunter Brown. On the NL side, we will NOT see Zack Wheeler, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Robbie Ray or Freddy Peralta. Most of those guys pitched over the weekend and aren’t available. I almost prefer to try to guess who will give up runs instead. Clayton Kershaw? Kris Bubic? One of the 3 (yes, three) Padres relievers on the roster?

And the lineups? Look, everyone here is good, that’s why it is an All-Star Game. But when we get into the late innings and the non-starters are in the game, I definitely like the NL depth better. This game probably finishes with Fernando Tatis Jr., James Wood and Corbin Carroll in the outfield, and Kyle Schwarber and Elly de la Cruz in the lineup too. I’ll take my chances with those guys. The AL roster seems thin to me. It would be mean to say it is Cal Raleigh, Aaron Judge and whoever else would agree to play, but it is definitely not a collection of the truly best players in the AL. We all know this game will come down to a random solo homer somewhere in the middle innings, and that is always just a shot in the dark for our betting card, but I am going with the National League to deliver in Atlanta.

2025 MLB All-Star Game prediction: NL All-Stars ML (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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