The Home Run Derby is possibly facing its first rainout since 1988

Cincinnati experienced strong thunderstorms on Monday afternoon in the hours before the Derby’s scheduled 8 p.m. ET start time.

For the second straight year, no Detroit Tigers player will participate in the 30th anniversary edition of the Gillette Home Run Derby, which is a bit of bad luck and misfortune.

According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, Albert Pujols, Joc Pederson and Prince Fielder are all favored at 9/2 odds, respectively, to win the Home Run Derby.

Matchups: Pujols vs. Bryant; Pederson vs. Machado; Frazier vs. Fielder; Donaldson vs. Rizzo.

Finally, one of the leaders in home runs in the sport, J.D. He set records with the number of votes he received for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and will first be competing as the #3 seed in the 2015 Derby.

Former commissioner Bud Selig put the blame on ESPN, who airs the Home Run Derby, saying that “television wants a three-hour program”.

What’s The New Format For The Major League Baseball Home Run Derby? Hitting at least two homers that equal or exceed 420 feet (as calculated by MLB.com’s revolutionary Statcast technology), earning one minute of bonus time 4. He only has 13 home runs on the season, and is coming off an injury that sidelined him for the entirety of previous year, hence his seventh seed. The ball flew an estimated 535 feet before its first bounce. But, as predicted, Puig didn’t even hit a home run. It was. 252 at the break last year, the lowest since 1972, the year before the American League adopted the designated hitter.

Longest HR: Frazier – 436 ft.; Fielder – 446 ft. Exhibition games or events of this sort are generally only worth watching when the players care and along with the All-Star game, which decides home-field advantage in the World Series, there is certainly something to slug for on Monday evening. And if there’s one thing he knows how to do, its hit home runs at his home park.