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As we gear up for the MLB All-Star break http://www.bluejaysfanproshop.com/authentic-roy-halladay-jersey , fans have quite a few other festivities to enjoy leading up to the showcase of the best of the American and National leagues. a lot of fan interest.This is an event in which eight of the most powerful hitters get together to demonstrate their power in a competition to see who the home-run-hitting king is.While fans won't see last year's champion, New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, they'll still have eight excellent competitors to watch.Below, we'll go over where to watch the event, the format, the odds for the competitors and the eight-man bracket. 2018 MLB Home Run DerbyWhen:Monday, July 16Time:8 p.m. ETWhere:Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.National TV:ESPNLive Stream:WatchESPNOdds鈥擳ournament WinnerBryce Harper: +225Kyle Schwarber: +333Jesus Aguilar: +500Javier Baez: +550Rhys Hoskins: +650Max Muncy: +700Freddie Freeman: +850Alex Bregman: +1100via OddsShark. FormatOver the last few years, MLB has decided to tinker with the Home Run Derby format to make it a bit more exciting for viewers.In the past, players were given 10 "outs," which was basically any hit that was not a home run or aswing and a miss.Now, it's a bit more like a video game and adds the element of a time limit.There's also a bracket of eight players, which was determined based on season home run totals. For those that were tied in home runs, a tiebreaker was determined based on how many a player had since June 15, which is a clause in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, per Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com.For each of the three rounds Dalton Pompey Jersey , each player gets four minutes to smash as many homers as they can. However, it gets a little different in the final minute. When a player hits a home run in the final minute of their respective round the clock will stop and will restart once the player completes a non-home run swing.Players can also earn a bonus of 30 seconds when they hit two home runs that travel 440 or more feet. That time will be added on after the initial four minutes.And yes, there are timeouts. In the firstand second rounds, players will get a 45-second timeout. In the final round, players will get two separate timeouts of 45 and 30 seconds.But what if there are ties? Well, if that happens, players will compete in a one-minute swing-off.If there is a tie even after that, players will compete in apitch-by-pitch sudden death.Derby Bracket, Round 1 (seed)(1) Jesus Aguilar vs. (8) Rhys Hoskins(2) Bryce Harper vs. (7) Freddie Freeman(3) Max Muncy vs. (6) Javier Baez(4) Alex Bregman vs. (5) Kyle Schwarber Latest BuzzAaron Judge Not Defending His TitleAfter a monstrous performance in which we saw four home runs sail 500 or more feet in 2017, Judge opted to not participate in this year's Home Run Derby.If he had, he'd be given the automatic No. 1 seed.Earlier this season, Judge said that there was "no need to" defend it after knocking out 47 total home runs and needing to come back after a 22-home run outburst from his opponent, Miami Marlins first basemen Justin Bour, in the first round.Judge also alluded to the fact that the Yankees are having an excellent season and doesn't want to risk injury in the Home Run Derby. Bryce Harper Favored to WinThe odds have shifted, and the Nationals' own Bryce Harper is now the favorite to take home the crown.Earlier this week, Chicago Cubs outfielder/catcher Kyle Schwarber was the betting choice.Aside from his ability, Harper will also have a home crowd surrounding him, which should help pump up the adrenaline.And Harper is an excellent power hitter http://www.bluejaysfanproshop.com/authentic-roberto-osuna-jersey , having hit 23 home runs this season.Sure, we could talk about his .214 batting average, but that has no bearing on this particular event.Harper has a fairly easy route to the finals. In the first round, he gets Freddie Freeman, who he should be able to handle. However, he could run into a bit of a competition with Los Angeles Dodgers first basemen Max Muncy.Maybe Muncy loses to Javier Baez? If that happens, Harper will handle him鈥攈e's not exactly a known masher of any kind.Facing potentially the easiest route to get into the final round, coupled with being at his home park, Harper is an easy guy to peg as the favorite for this event. HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros toasted a playoff berth in a private moment, and then moved on to their next goal.“You’ve got to take it step by step so it’s nice to acknowledge and celebrate it because you don’t take it for granted,” right-hander Gerrit Cole said. “But we’ve got some more work to do.”Yuli Gurriel hit a grand slam and a two-run homer on his way to a career-high seven RBIs, and the Astros secured a spot in the postseason with an 11-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.George Springer added a three-run shot in the eighth for the Astros, who are still looking to secure the AL West title. The defending World Series champions maintained a 3 1/2-game lead over second-place Oakland, which beat Minnesota 7-6 in 10 innings.Cole (15-5) allowed three hits and three runs in seven innings in his fifth straight win. He also struck out 12, giving him 1,006 for his career and moving him in front of teammate Justin Verlander (269) for most in the AL this season with 272.Gurriel hit his third career grand slam in the first inning. He connected for his 12th homer against Andrew Heaney (9-10) in the third and singled in Tyler White in the fifth.It was his first career multihomer game. His brother Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also homered twice for Toronto on Friday night, marking the first time in major league history that brothers had multihomer games on the same day.“My parents were so happy that they didn’t know what to do with themselves, hearing the great news Roberto Alomar Jersey ,” Yuli Gurriel said through a translator. “Sometimes I have a good game and sometimes he has a good game, but for us to have a great game together is very special.”Gurriel’s seven RBIs were the most for a Houston player since J.R. Towles set a franchise record with eight 11 years ago on Friday.Mike Trout homered for the second straight game for the Angels, who lost their third in a row. They allowed 42 runs combined in those three losses.Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman hit consecutive singles with one out in the first and Heaney walked Marwin Gonzalez to load the bases. Gurriel then belted an opposite-field shot to right field.Gonzalez walked again with one out in the third before Gurriel drove an 81-mph curveball into the Crawford Boxes in left field.Heaney allowed six runs in three innings.“At the wrong times, he hung some pitches and those guys didn’t miss them,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “He had eight baserunners in three innings, so he was a little out of sorts and they turned the page on him.”Jose Fernandez doubled with two outs in the sixth before Trout’s 37th homer cut Houston’s lead to 7-2. Andrelton Simmons tripled with one out in the seventh and scored on a single by Francisco Arcia.TRAINER’S ROOMAstros: SS Carlos Correa was out of the lineup and manager A.J. Hinch said he’ll sit out until at least Monday as he continues to deal with soreness in his lower back. “Carlos is still not right,” Hinch said. “He’s played through it and it hasn’t worked out.” Correa was on the disabled list from June 26-Aug. 10 and has struggling since his return, hitting just .174 in with one homer and 13 RBIs in 34 games.COLE’S K’SCole’s strikeouts are the fourth-most in franchise history. He said it was special to reach 1,000 career strikeouts.“The guys took a moment tonight to recognize it and that meant a lot,” he said. “There are a lot of really professional and special arms in this room so that kind of keeps you in perspective.”THEY SAID ITHinch on the team teasing Yuli Gurriel in the dugout as they watched what his brother was doing: “I think he was trying to keep up with his brother. Every time they kept putting the fantasy numbers up on the board he came up with another RBI, another homer, another hit. We had some fun with him.”UP NEXTVerlander (16-9, 2.67 ERA) opposes Jaime Barria (10-9, 3.61 ERA) when the series continues Saturday night. Verlander has won his last three starts and needs just one strikeout to set a career high. Barria is 1-1 with a 2.81 ERA in three starts against the Astros this season.