Matt Olson is set to replace his Atlanta Braves teammate, Ronald Acuña Jr., in the 2025 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby.

MLB's biggest fireworks show of the summer takes place a little more than a week after July 4. The 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby is around the corner. Eight of the best sluggers in baseball will be swinging for the fences inside Truist Park in Atlanta on July 14.

Ronald Acuña Jr. won’t participate in the Home Run Derby, replaced by Atlanta teammate and fellow All-Star Matt Olson.

The Arizona Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suarez is not in the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby field, which prompted outrage from baseball fans on social media.

Mike Rizzo, a former Nationals executive, offered to buy fans' drinks before this year's Home Run Derby, adding he had "no regrets" about his 16-year tenure.

Recently fired Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo is bidding farewell to his former team by buying beers for fans on Monday night.

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. now has a limited itinerary for the upcoming MLB All-Star festivities. Acuna has officially been removed from the Home Run Derby, which is scheduled for Monday, July 14 in Atlanta. He has competed in the event before, reaching the semifinals in 2019 and the quarterfinals in 2022.