The High School Home Run Derby is back for its 12th rendition and will once again provide a jolt of power to the lineup of electric All-Star-related events. Prep sluggers have taken their best hacks over the years.

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

Will Cal Raleigh take the Derby crown? Maybe Ronald Acuna takes advantage of home cooking. Here are the odds for each participant in this year's event.

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.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. said he had a few fashion-forward fits in mind for the All-Star Red Carpet Show, promising his entrance would be memorable. It appears the Yankees infielder is planning to put on a show of a different kind,

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Athletics slugger Brent Rooker is adding his name to the list of Home Run Derby participants. Rooker announced Thursday that he's participating in the event, which takes place Monday in Atlanta. He will become the first Athletics player in the Home Run Derby since Matt Olson in 2021.

Alonso won the Home Run Derby in 2019, but his 2021 performance at Coors Field to repeat as champion was his best in a stretch of five-straight appearances. The Mets slugger led each of the three rounds in homers and totaled 74 home runs overall, well above runner-up Trey Mancini's 58 in the contest.