This article was originally published on www.si.com as Junior Caminero Shows Off Perhaps the Most Unique Bat in the 2025 Home Run Derby. The Tampa Bay Rays will be represented during Monday's Home Run Derby as 22-year-old Junior Caminero is among the eight-man player pool for the slugfest at Truist Park.

Three practice sessions, advice from a past winner and a favored pitcher on the mound are part of his preparation.

Tampa Bay Rays Third Baseman Junior Caminero has had a great first half of the regular season. He is the fifth player in league history, 21 or younger, to have 23+ home runs in the first half of the regular season.