This 12 months’s T-Cellular Residence Run Derby will happen at Globe Life Subject on July 15 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN), and the primary participant to announce he will probably be collaborating within the annual event is Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson. Henderson, who trails solely Aaron Choose for many homers in MLB this season, made the announcement whereas mic’d up throughout Baltimore’s Sunday Night time Baseball contest in opposition to the Rangers.
We’ll be holding monitor of which sluggers throw their hat — or their bat — into the ring as we close to the Derby.
Longest HR of 2024: 430 toes, June 10 vs. Rays
Hardest-hit HR of 2024: 112.3 mph, April 29 vs. Yankees
Henderson belted 28 residence runs in his 2023 AL Rookie of the Yr marketing campaign, and he is almost equaled that quantity within the first half of the ’24 season. He’ll comply with teammate Adley Rutschman and make his Derby debut after Rutschman made his first Derby look in Seattle final 12 months.
Longest HR of 2024: 427 toes, June 30 vs. Marlins
Hardest-hit HR of 2024: 106.8 mph, June 30 vs. Marlins
Although he is by no means been a prolific residence run hitter — his profession excessive in a season is 20 — he undoubtedly has pop. 4 of his 11 homers this season have traveled 415 or extra toes and 9 of the 11 have been hit with an exit velocity of 101.9 mph or higher. Bohm has been a doubles machine up to now in 2024, however now he’ll try and up his recreation only for the enjoyable of it.