The Derby, which will be televised live by ESPN and MLB.com, will follow a new format featuring brackets and timed rounds, with players seeded from the start according to their season home run total prior to July 7. They are seeded and matched up in the following order:
Pujols (1) will face Bryant (8), Frazier (2) vs. Fielder (7), Donaldson (3) vs. Rizzo (6) and Pederson (4) vs. Machado (5).
The top four players in the field are among the Major Leagues' 10 leading home run hitters this year. Pujols, who ranks eighth all-time with a total of 50 Derby home runs, joins Frazier, Donaldson and Fielder -- one of just three players (Ken Griffey Jr.