2026 HR Derby - Discussion and Transactions

[Southpaw19]

Welcome to Year 20 of the Home Run Derby on NSBB!

Make sure to submit your entries in the 2026 Entries thread.
Good luck to everyone, and LET'S GO!

[sneakypower]

i noticed there are some players like Andy Pages & Bellinger who are just generic OF, either i missed a wrinkle in the rules to address that or it's a data error

[Southpaw19]

10 hours ago, sneakypower said:

i noticed there are some players like Andy Pages & Bellinger who are just generic OF, either i missed a wrinkle in the rules to address that or it's a data error

It's not "generic OF" -- it means they qualified for all 3 OF positions and can be slotted into any of them.

Apologies for the confusion.

[Southpaw19]

This year's bench selections:

[Southpaw19]

First scoreboard will be posted in 1 week.

[Derwood]

Rutschman was not a good bench pick

[Southpaw19]

2026 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (through 4/12)

1. sweetpeteman (39) 

2. Rob (37) 

3. Southpaw19 (33) 

4. Derwood (30) 

5. sneakypower (29) 
Tangled Up in Plaid (29)
Tinkertini26 (29) 

8. Rex Buckingham (25) 

9. Bryan Jaeger (23) 

10. Andy (20) 
BaconRev (20) 

12. C-Gangster (19)

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Drop J. Chourio $75
Add T. Soderstrum $75

[Derwood]

Drop J. Churio (MIL)

Add M. Moniak (COL)

[Southpaw19]

20 hours ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Drop J. Chourio $75
Add T. Soderstrum $75

Done and done.
This is your first main roster transaction of the first half.
You have three remaining.

[Southpaw19]

14 hours ago, Derwood said:

Drop J. Churio (MIL)

Add M. Moniak (COL)

Done and done.
This is your first main roster transaction of the first half.
You have three remaining.

[Southpaw19]

2026 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (through 4/19)

1. Rob (60) +23 
sweetpeteman (60) +21 

3. Southpaw19 (50) +17  

4. Derwood (47) +17 

5. Bryan Jaeger (45) +22
Rex Buckingham (45) +20

7. sneakypower (43) +14 
Tangled Up in Plaid (43) +14

9. Tinkertini26 (42) +13 

10. BaconRev (33) +13

11. C-Gangster (28) +9

12. Andy (25) +5 

Biggest Output of the Week: Rob

[Derwood]

Drop Rutschman (BAL)

Add Jeremiah Jackson (BAL)

[Southpaw19]

On 4/21/2026 at 9:40 PM, Derwood said:

Drop Rutschman (BAL)

Add Jeremiah Jackson (BAL)

This is your first bench transaction of the first half.
You may make another after May 21st.

[Southpaw19]

2026 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (through 4/26)

1. Rob (79) +19 

2. sweetpeteman (76) +16 

3. Southpaw19 (70) +20  

4. Derwood (68) +21 

5. Rex Buckingham (60) +15

6. sneakypower (59) +16

7. Bryan Jaeger (58) +13

8. Tangled Up in Plaid (57) +14

9. Tinkertini26 (51) +9 

10. BaconRev (45) +12

11. Andy (41) +16

12. C-Gangster (34) +6

Biggest Output of the Week: Derwood

[Rob]

Drop Francisco Lindor ($100)

Add Corey Seager ($75)

[Southpaw19]

9 hours ago, Rob said:

Drop Francisco Lindor ($100)

Add Corey Seager ($75)

Done and done.
This is your first main roster transaction of the first half.
You have three remaining.

[Bryan Jaeger]

Drop Bobby Witt - Add Elly De La Cruz (same price)
Drop Brent Rooker ($100) - Add Mike Trout ($75)

Bench - Drop Cags - Add Sal Stewart

[Southpaw19]

On 4/29/2026 at 8:59 AM, Bryan Jaeger said:

Drop Bobby Witt - Add Elly De La Cruz (same price)
Drop Brent Rooker ($100) - Add Mike Trout ($75)

Bench - Drop Cags - Add Sal Stewart

Done and done x3.
These are your first and second main roster transactions of the first half.
You have two remaining.

This is your first bench transaction of the first half.
You may make another after May 29th.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Drop Vlad Jr. ($75) - Add Ben Rice ($75)

Bench - Drop Cags - Add Murakami

Edited Monday at 03:37 PM by Tangled Up in Plaid

[sweetpeteman]

Drop Roman, add Sal Stewart

[Southpaw19]

2026 HR DERBY SCOREBOARD (through 5/3)

1. Rob (97) +18 

2. sweetpeteman (84) +8 

3. Derwood (83) +15
Southpaw19 (83) +13  

5. Rex Buckingham (74) +14

6. Bryan Jaeger (73) +15

7. sneakypower (71) +12

8. Tangled Up in Plaid (66) +9

9. Tinkertini26 (60) +9 

10. BaconRev (56) +11

11. Andy (52) +11

12. C-Gangster (41) +7

Biggest Output of the Week: Rob

BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (128)

C Shea Langeliers (10)
1b Ben Rice (12)
2b Brandon Lowe (8)
3b Junior Caminero or Max Muncy (9)
SS Elly De La Cruz (10)
LF Mickey Moniak (11)
CF Byron Buxton or Mike Trout (10)
RF Aaron Judge (13)
DH Kyle Schwarber (11)
B1 Munetaka Murakami (13)
B2 Yordan Alvarez (12) 
B3 Kazuma Okamoto or Sal Stewart (9)

[Rob]

1 hour ago, Southpaw19 said:

BEST POSSIBLE TEAM SCORE (128)

C Shea Langeliers (10)
1b Ben Rice (12)
2b Brandon Lowe (8)
3b Junior Caminero or Max Muncy (9)
SS Elly De La Cruz (10)
LF Mickey Moniak (11)
CF Byron Buxton or Mike Trout (10)
RF Aaron Judge (13)
DH Kyle Schwarber (11)
B1 Munetaka Murakami (13)
B2 Yordan Alvarez (12) 
B3 Kazuma Okamoto or Sal Stewart (9)

Is Mike Trout CF eligible? I thought the wiki had him at DH and RF. 

[Southpaw19]

On 5/4/2026 at 8:20 PM, Rob said:

Is Mike Trout CF eligible? I thought the wiki had him at DH and RF. 

You are correct. Luckily, that did not slip past me for sign-ups. Just the "best possible" team. No biggie. It'll be corrected next posting.

[Southpaw19]

On 5/4/2026 at 10:33 AM, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Drop Vlad Jr. ($75) - Add Ben Rice ($75)

Bench - Drop Cags - Add Murakami

Done and done.
This is your second main roster transaction of the first half.
You have two remaining.