The Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby is back for its fourth run, and this year’s version comes with a new wrinkle: a single-elimination bracket that will decide the winner head-to-head.
The event is set for Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET, which is 6:30 p.m. local time, at Salt River Fields.
Eight hitters will be seeded by the number of home runs they’ve hit in the Arizona Fall League through Friday. If players are tied, the higher seed goes to the one with the longest homer.
If that still doesn’t settle it, the tiebreaker is the combined distance of their home runs.
The format starts with a 90-second preliminary round for every participant, and each homer counts as one point. Those preliminary-round points carry into the first round, but there is no distance bonus at any stage.
From there, the competition moves into a bracket: No. 1 against No. 8, No. 2 against No.
7, No. 3 against No. 6 and No. 4 against No. 5.
The higher seed bats first in each matchup. The four winners advance, with the No.
1/No. 8 winner meeting the No. 4/No. 5 winner and the No.
2/No. 7 winner facing the No. 3/No. 6 winner.
The final round will pit the second-round winners against each other for the title.
Each round is based on outs, and every hitter gets nine outs to post the highest score. If a matchup ends in a tie, the hitters go to successive one-swing swing-offs until someone breaks through.
Here’s the field.
Antonio Anderson, INF, Mesa (Red Sox), comes in after a solid offensive season with High-A Greenville, where he hit nine homers and posted an .826 OPS. He has carried that power into Arizona, too, with three home runs in 15 games for Mesa.
Eric Bitonti, 1B/3B, Scottsdale (MIL No. 26), has built a reputation as a power bat over his first three full pro seasons, averaging 60 home runs. He set a career high with 25 in 2026, all of them coming with High-A Wisconsin, and he has added two more for Scottsdale this fall.
Brooks Bryan, C/OF, Surprise (Royals), played only 33 games of affiliated ball after being drafted in the eighth round in 2025, but the power has shown up quickly. He hit 33 homers across his three-year college career and has already gone deep four times in 10 Fall League games.
Yerlin Confidan, OF, Peoria (Reds), put together a career year in the homer department in 2026 with 15 long balls between High-A Dayton and Double-A Chattanooga. He has added two more in the Fall League and owns a 1.053 OPS through 13 games.
Chase Harlan, 1B/3B, Glendale (LAD No. 9), made noise in a deep Dodgers system during his second pro season. The 20-year-old hit 14 home runs and posted a .509 slugging percentage between Single-A Ontario and High-A Great Lakes, then tacked on four more in 15 Arizona Fall League games.
Alex McCoy, 1B/OF, Peoria (SD No. 26), took a big step forward in his second pro season, jumping to 19 home runs after hitting 11 in 2025. He’s been one of the Fall League’s hotter bats, with five homers and a 1.024 OPS in 14 games.
Jack O’Dowd, C/INF, Salt River (Rockies), found his footing in 2026 after a big season in independent ball with Billings in the MLB Partner League. Colorado signed him to a Minor League deal last winter, and he responded with 23 home runs and a .946 OPS across three levels in the organization. In Arizona, he’s continued to mash, with five homers and a 1.031 OPS in 16 games.
Tai Peete, SS/OF, Peoria (STL No. 17), has already hit two home runs for Peoria after launching 13 across three levels in the Cardinals system this season. He posted a .908 OPS and arrived in St.
Louis’ organization after a three-team trade with the Mariners and Rays in February. Peete joins McCoy and Confidan as Peoria’s three Derby entrants.
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