2016 MLB Home Run Derby live stream: How to watch them belt dingers online

Last year was one of the most exciting Home Run Derbies in recent memory, likely a mixture of a change to a new format plus the crowd able to cheer on one of its own players to victory. This year, the 2016 Home Run Derby will try to duplicate that excitement, with the same timed elimination bracket format and a hometown All-Star for the folks at Petco Park in San Diego to cheer on.

The timed rounds and the eight-contestant single-elimination bracket infused some excitement into the 2015 Home Run Derby, which saw Todd Frazier, then of the Cincinnati Reds, outlast Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson in the third and final round with a home run in earned extra time.

Frazier and Pederson each hit 39 combined home runs in their three rounds, just two shy of the Home Run Derby record set by Bobby Abreu back in 2005 in Detroit. There was electricity in the air at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, which went nuts with every Frazier home run.

Frazier, now with the Chicago White Sox, is back to defend his title, but this year the hometown hero is San Diego Padres first baseman Wil Myers, a first-time All-Star and first-time Home Run Derby participant.

The other contests are Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton, Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano, Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Mark Trumbo, Reds outfielder Adam Duvall and Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager, with Seager just the seventh rookie ever to participate in the contest.

Myers is the first Padre in the event since former first baseman Adrian Gonzalez in 2009.