Pat McAfee Home Run Derby broadcast, explained: Why ESPN analyst is broadcasting from 2025 All-Star Weekend

Pat McAfee is group to look astatine yet different premier arena for ESPN.

The sports media personality, who has often appeared connected ESPN's NFL, assemblage football, and NBA sum previously, will bring "The Pat McAfee Show" to Atlanta connected Monday anterior to MLB's Home Run Derby.

Just earlier baseball's apical sluggers compete successful nan event, McAfee and his unit will beryllium extracurricular of Truist Park to get things started.

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Here's what to cognize astir McAfee's Home Run Derby broadcast from Atlanta connected Monday.

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Pat McAfee Show Home Run Derby broadcast, explained

Front Office Sports first reported connected July 7 that "The Pat McAfee Show" would beryllium successful Atlanta for nan Home Run Derby. With McAfee becoming arguably ESPN's biggest prima extracurricular of Stephen A. Smith, it was a important determination for nan network, erstwhile again allowing McAfee's show to deed nan roadworthy for a awesome event.

ESPN later confirmed nan news, penning that nan show would "emanate from nan Coca-Cola Roxy, adjacent to Truist Park."

"Breaking news," McAfee said during an section of his show recently. "We will beryllium unrecorded from, I judge it’s called nan Roxy Theater, which is connected to Truist Park down location successful Atlanta, Monday, nan time of nan Home Run Derby. Shout-out to nan MLB for inviting us. Obviously, nan All-Star Game is connected Tuesday. Monday is nan Home Run Derby. It’s a spectacle of shot and, obviously, nan Home Run Derby is nan astir electrifying sporting event, twelvemonth in, twelvemonth out."

McAfee besides said astir his excitement for nan broadcast and nan Derby.

"Every year, there's thing magical that comes retired of it," McAfee said. "Shoutout to nan MLB for making that happen."

"The Pat McAfee Show" broadcast is conscionable 1 facet of ESPN's Home Run Derby coverage, which besides includes a Georgia extremity successful the SportsCenter "50 States successful 50 Days" series, a pre-Derby section of "Baseball Tonight," and a return of an alternate Statcast accumulation of nan arena connected ESPN2.

Among nan different apical events McAfee's show has traveled for successful nan past are June's NBA Finals, nan 2025 NFL Draft successful Green Bay, and Week 0 of nan 2024 assemblage shot play successful Ireland.

ESPN's Home Run Derby coverage, including McAfee's show, besides comes astatine a clip erstwhile nan network's early pinch MLB is uncertain. Earlier successful nan year, reports indicated that ESPN was leaning toward stepping distant from MLB authorities by nan extremity of nan 2025 season, but successful nan past fewer weeks, Front Office Sports reported that talks betwixt nan convention and ESPN person picked backmost up.

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How to watch Pat McAfee Show's Home Run Derby broadcast

• Time: 12-2 p.m. ET
• TV: ESPN
• Live stream: YouTube | ESPN+ | Fubo

Just for illustration astir different editions of "The Pat McAfee Show," nan Atlanta broadcast for nan Home Run Derby will aerial connected ESPN, but will besides beryllium disposable to watercourse connected YouTube, ESPN+ and Fubo, which carries ESPN.

The unrecorded broadcast extracurricular Truist Park will statesman astatine 12 p.m. ET and tally until 2 p.m.

Where is The Pat McAfee Show filmed?

Typically, "The Pat McAfee Show" is filmed successful a workplace successful Indianapolis. 

However, successful instances for illustration nan 2025 Home Run Derby, nan show has traveled to apical sports events for its unrecorded broadcasts.