{"id":253000,"date":"2026-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/mlbs-revamped-home-run-derby-was-a-major-success-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:00:00","slug":"mlbs-revamped-home-run-derby-was-a-major-success-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/mlbs-revamped-home-run-derby-was-a-major-success-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB\u2019s revamped Home Run Derby was a major success | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaywwAztcxj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patti LaBelle\u2019s high notes<\/a> to star-studded swings, MLB All-Star Week played all the hits in Philadelphia. Here\u2019s the latest from the extra sparkly diamond before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regular-season action resumes<\/a> tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcaa <strong>Jordan Walker becomes first St. Louis Cardinal to win Home Run Derby: <\/strong>Much to the disappointment of the loyal and loud Philadelphia crowd, first-time All-Star Walker topped the hometown hero, the Phillies\u2019 Kyle Schwarber, in Monday\u2019s Home Run Derby final.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walker blocked out the boos and blasted six straight long balls to claim the trophy, not to mention the $1M prize \u2014 a significant bonus on his $799K salary. Making Mom and Dad <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/jordan-walker-may-won-home-155201531.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oh so proud<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And Walker wasn\u2019t the only one winning \u2014 MLB\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/mlb-all-star-week-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revamped Derby format<\/a> was, well, a home run, generating tension and anticipation with every swing. Truly knocking it out of the park.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83e\udd29 American League wins All-Star Game 4\u20130: <\/strong>The AL is back on top, now boasting a 49-45-2 all-time ASG record against their National League foes. The team\u2019s pitchers stole the show, combining for a whopping 15 strikeouts in the dub.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/revamped-home-run-derby-success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: From Patti LaBelle\u2019s high notes to star-studded swings, MLB All-Star Week played all the hits in Philadelphia. Here\u2019s the latest from the extra sparkly diamond before regular-season action resumes tomorrow. \ud83d\udcaa Jordan Walker becomes first St. Louis Cardinal to win Home Run Derby: Much to the disappointment of the loyal and loud Philadelphia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}