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Home Run Derby 2019: Breaking Down Bracket's Top Participants

Six Major League Baseball players with 20 home runs or more will square off in Monday's Home Run Derby.

League leader Christian Yelich was forced to withdraw from the competition due to a back issue, leaving two of the five best home run hitters in MLB in the eight-man event.

The bracket, which was seeded by the most home runs of the eight original participants, did not change with Yelich's departure, as Matt Chapman took his place against Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the first round.

The field is split evenly with four sluggers from the American and National Leagues vying to follow in Bryce Harper's footsteps as Home Run Derby champion.