The most-awaited event of MLB's All-Star Week, the Home Run Derby will take place at Truist Field, home of the Atlanta Braves, in 2025.

Atlanta's own Ronald Acuña Jr. will represent the Braves and look to take home the chain in front of a home crowd. Though Acuña didn't make his season debut until late May, he's been on fire since returning to the field and is now up to 11 home runs, 20 RBI and a .336 batting average in 41 games.

The Atlanta Braves will host the 2025 MLB All-Star game at Truist Park in Cumberland, Georgia next week, but the game is far from the only thing happening.

Baseball's midseason festivities go down across the Atlanta metro area, from Friday's HBCU Swingman Classic to Tuesday's All-Star Game.

MLB announced the eight participants in Monday's Home Run Derby at Truist Park in Atlanta.The eight sluggers will square off using the same three-round format that was first implemented last year. In Round 1,

A’s designated hitter Brent Rooker will make his Home Run Derby debut when the All-Star break highlight begins on Monday, Major League Baseball announced Thursday. Rooker, 30, leads the A’s with 19 home runs and slashed .

Acuña helped lead the Braves to a 9-2 win against the Athletics — just their third victory in 13 games — a day after an embarrassing 10-1 series-opening loss. The Braves hit a season-high five homers, with others from Drake Baldwin, Austin Riley and Marcell Ozuna, who hit his first in 22 games, since June 13.