Overview

• The event will air live on ESPN and stream across ESPN.com, MLB.com and MLB.tv.
• Five competitors have been confirmed—Ronald Acuña Jr., Cal Raleigh, James Wood, Byron Buxton and Oneil Cruz—with three slots remaining.
• In the opening round each slugger gets three minutes or 40 pitches plus a bonus period until they record three outs, which may be extended by an extra out for any homer of at least 425 feet.
• Semifinal matchups will be determined by first-round home run totals and longest-hit tiebreakers, pitting the top-seeded hitter against the fourth seed and the second against the third in knockout play.
• The final features a two-minute, 27-pitch showdown to decide the champion on the eve of All-Star Game festivities.