Peete to participate in the AFL Hone Run Derby Saturday. I’ll be there!
Tai Peete is In the Derby!
The @Cardinals No. 17 prospect is slugging .661 this Fall with eleven extra base hits including a pair of homers. Peete has double-digit homers in each of his past two MiLB seasons. pic.twitter.com/2OiWD6SRGG
— MLB's Arizona Fall League (@MLBazFallLeague) November 3, 2026
The Arizona Fall League has announced the participants and format for the 2026 AFL Home Run Derby at Salt River Fields on Saturday, November 7, at 6:30 p.m. MST.
The fifth-annual event, put on as part of “Fall Stars Weekend,” combines eight top sluggers from the Arizona Fall League in one showcase. Each of the six teams has one representative with two wild cards. Tickets to the event start at $20 and can be purchased at brushfire.com/arizonafallleague.
In 2026, the Arizona Fall League will be introducing a brand-new format where the eight (8) participants will be placed in a single-elimination head-to-head bracket. The participants include:
Antonio Anderson (BOS – Mesa Solar Sox)
Eric Bitonti (MIL – Scottsdale Scorpions)
Brooks Bryan (KC – Surprise Saguaros)
Yerlin Confidan (CIN – Peoria Javelinas)
Chase Harlan (LAD – Glendale Desert Dogs)
Alex McCoy (SD – Peoria Javelinas)
Jack O’Dowd (COL Salt River Rafters)
Tai Peete (STL – Peoria Javelinas)
Seeding:
The participants will be seeded in an eight-player bracket with seeding being determined by the number of home runs they hit in the Arizona Fall League through Friday, November 6. If two or more hitters are tied, the player with the farthest hit home run will be the higher seed. If hitters are still tied, the player with the higher combined total distance of home runs hit will be the higher seed.
Preliminary Round:
To begin the derby, all eight participants will have a 90-second preliminary round. Each home run will add one (1) point to the score. All points from each participants’ preliminary round will carry over into the first round. There will be no bonus for distance in any round.
First, Second & Final Rounds:
The first round will consist of four (4) head-to-head matches between all eight (8) participants with the No. 1 seed facing the No. 8 seed, No. 2 seed facing the No. 7 seed, No. 3 seed facing the No. 6 seed, and No. 4 seed facing the No. 5 seed. In each match, the higher seed will lead off. The winning hitters of the first-round matches will advance to the second round.
The second round will consist of two (2) head-to-head matchups between the No. 1/No. 8 winner facing the No. 4/No. 5 winner and the No. 2/No. 7 winner and the No. 3/No. 6 winner.
In the final round, the hitters that won the second-round matches will face each other in a head-to-head matchup to decide the Home Run Derby Champion.
The first, second, and final rounds will use an out-based format. Each hitter will have nine (9) outs to accumulate the highest score possible. Each home run will add one (1) point to the score. The player with the highest total score wins the match.
Tiebreaker: Ties will be broken by the hitters engaging in successive one-swing swing-offs until there is a winner. There is no bonus for distance during the tiebreaker.