MLB tweaks Home Run Derby format and rules for 2024

The first round and semifinals will conclude whenever three minutes, or 40 pitches, comes first (excluding the bonus period, which will be ...

MLB has tweaked its rules and format for the 2024 Home Run Derby, limiting the number of pitches a batter can face and switching up the ...

In 2024, the rule has shifted significantly: Now, hitters will either see 40 pitches or hit for three minutes — whichever mark comes first — for ...

MLB has tweaked its rules and format for the 2024 Home Run Derby, limiting the number of pitches a batter can face and switching up the ...

The marquee changes to the format for the 2024 derby involves batters facing limited pitches. In the first round and semifinals, each batter ...

He can also earn a fourth out by hitting a 425-foot homer during bonus time. That could allow a batter to keep hitting home runs until he ...

Additionally, hitters can still gain "bonus time" by hitting long homers during the normal period but the "bonus period" is now measured in ...

The rules for the 2024 Home Run Derby have been altered significantly, with some of the changes designed to reduce the frantic pace that has ...

The 2024 Home Run Derby will be held on Monday, July 15, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN and will be live-streamed on ESPN+. This is one of baseball's ...

While the rule changes this year limited swings and therefore kept home runs down a bit from recent editions of the Derby, there were still ...

MLB Home Run Derby 2024: Two-time champ Pete Alonso leads the field ... Major League Baseball's prime-time showcase of prodigious power is set to ...

Heading into this year, for whatever reason, the MLB folks decided to tweak the Derby and it's clear now that was a mistake. One of the things ...

How the Home Run Derby format has changed from past years. With the new rules in place, let's take a look back to a season ago and point out the ...

10 outs. 3 fouls = 1 out, 3 takes in a row = 1 out, anything not a homer = 1 out. No time limit, pitch limit is fine, maybe use the average ...

They should go back to the 10 out format and make some minor tweaks. The new timed format is not nearly as fun to watch as the 10 out format and ...

With the 2024 rules, there will be no timer for the bonus period. Instead, hitters will have three outs and will continue to hit until three ...

The bonus round has also been tweaked. Previously, every player was granted 30 seconds of bonus time and could gain another 30 seconds if they ...

Former Home Run derby champion Todd Frazier breaks down the new rules for the HR derby and how participants can increase their chances of ...

In 2015, the rules changed from an “outs” game to one with a clock. This changed the dynamic of the competition, as now it's more a battle of ...

Two-time winner Pete Alonso is up next so get your popcorn ready. 9:11 p.m.— Well, that was anticlimactic. Pete Alonso hits 12 home runs and is ...