Minnesota Twins star Byron Buxton, a Georgia native, will partake in the 2025 Home Run Derby. Major League Baseball made the announcement on Monday, a week before the Derby is slated to be held at Truist Park, the regular-season home of the Atlanta Braves.

Twins center fielder Byron Buxton, named an All-Star on Sunday, will also participate in the 2025 Home Run Derby during All-Star week in Atlanta, the team announced on Monday. It'll be the first time he's competed in the event.

They’re the hottest team in baseball, but they’re not the best team in the league over the past month. That honor belongs to the Astros, who are 24-8 with a plus-57 run differential since the start of June. Their latest work this weekend in Los Angeles, pulverizing the Dodgers by 23 runs over a three-game sweep, was especially eye-opening.

Do you remember back before this 2025 Major League Baseball season began, when six National League teams topped our preseason power rankings and it seemed inevitable that the NLCS was going to be more entertaining than the World Series?