​Major League Baseball hasn’t shied away from experimenting with the Home Run Derby format over the years. And we’re due to see yet another major change to the event come Monday in Philadelphia.The past couple seasons have seen Home Run Derby participants compete in a head-to-head bracket with a clock as opposed to outs or swings. And though the clock did give players the ability to boost their home run totals, it didn’t make for a great viewing experience with the broadcast unable to show the full flight of the ball before the next swing.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThat’s going to end with the new format that MLB is introducing on Monday night.The timer is gone, but that doesn’t mean a return to outs either. Instead, MLB is going with a swing limit.Round 1: Each player has 20 swings, regardless of if it’s a home run or not.Round 2: Each player gets 15 swings.Final round: Each player gets 15 swings.If a player hits a home run on the final swing, he keeps going until he fails to hit a home run.Home run distance is the tiebreaker for Round 1. Round 2 and Round 3 would be decided by a three-swing swing-off.Round 1 is no longer a head-to-head format. The top 4 home run totals move on to the next round, which will be a 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3 semifinal round.We’ll have to see how this new format plays out in action. But being able to see the full flight of home runs already sounds like an improvement.The Phillies will have two players competing in front of a home crowd at Citizens Bank Park with Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper.The Home Run Derby is no longer on ESPN and will air exclusively on Netflix.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThis article originally appeared on For The Win: What are the new rules for the 2026 Home Run Derby?