The All-Star break is upon us, and that means that it’s time to take a look at all of the best action on the diamond with the biggest stars in the game. A collection of sluggers will battle it out on the 2013 Home Run Derby odds, and we’ll be making our HR Derby picks and predictions for what should be a great slug-off in the Big Apple.

2013 Home Run Derby Odds, Picks & Info
2013 Home Run Derby Date: Monday, July 15th
2013 Home Run Derby Location: Citi Field, Flushing, NY
2013 Odds To Win The Home Run Derby Favorite: Chris Davis & Prince Fielder (3.50 to 1)
2013 Home Run Derby TV Coverage – Network: ESPN

The Home Run Derby is so close this year that there are actually co-favorites to win the event. The man that is going to get a lot of publicity is Chris Davis (Current Home Run Derby Odds: 3.75 to 1 at JustBet Sportsbook) of the Baltimore Orioles. Davis has earned himself the nickname of “Crush” this year, and he is living up to his moniker. Going into the last weekend of the first half of the year, Davis has 35 dingers to lead the league by a country mile. There is at least a mild threat of him reaching the all-time home run record this year, and the hope is that he can put on a real show in this year’s Home Run Derby in front of the Citi Field faithful.

A man that never needs an introduction at the All-Star Game or at the Home Run Derby is the other co-favorite, Prince Fielder (HR Derby Odds: 3.75 to 1 at 5Dimes Sportsbook). Fielder already has not just one, but two Home Run Derby titles under his belt, and he is the defending Home Run champion after last year when he bombed a whopping 28 home runs, the fifth most ever in this competition. Fielder has 63 home runs under his belt at the Home Run Derby over the years, and he is 14 short of the all-time record for most Home Run Derby homers, 77 set by David Ortiz.

List Of Past Home Run Derby Champions (Since 2000)
2012 Home Run Derby Winner: Prince Fielder
2011 Home Run Derby Winner: Robinson Cano
2010 Home Run Derby Winner: David Ortiz
2009 Home Run Derby Winner: Prince Fielder
2008 Home Run Derby Winner: Justin Morneau
2007 Home Run Derby Winner: Vladimir Guerrero
2006 Home Run Derby Winner: Ryan Howard
2005 Home Run Derby Winner: Bobby Abreu
2004 Home Run Derby Winner: Miguel Tejada
2003 Home Run Derby Winner: Garret Anderson
2002 Home Run Derby Winner: Jason Giambi
2001 Home Run Derby Winner: Luis Gonzalez
2000 Home Run Derby Winner: Sammy Sosa

The new kid on the block who should be blasting balls a long way is Yoenis Cespedes (Current MLB Home Run Derby Lines: 5.50 to 1 at 5Dimes Sportsbook). Cespedes only has 15 home runs for the season, but he does have one inherent edge over the rest of the competition. Cespedes is used to needing to hit the ball a mile to get it out of the park at the O.co Coliseum, and he is going to have to do the same thing at Citi Field on Monday night. Don’t be all that shocked if the Cuban superstar turns out to hit some of the longest bombs of the night, as he has become known to do through the years.

We really like the idea of backing Robinson Cano (Odds To Win HR Derby: 6 to 1 at 5Dimes Sportsbook) on Monday night as well. Cano is the hometown boy, playing in the Bronx for the New York Yankees, and he really knows how to pack of punch. Of all of the middle of infielders in the game, there isn’t another man that we would rather have blasting homers for us than Cano. He has 21 home runs this year, and this is going to inevitably be his fifth straight season with at least 25 home runs, so don’t let his position in the field throw you off any. Cano can mash, and he has the 2011 Home Run Derby championship under his belt to prove it.

It seems interesting to think that Pedro Alvarez (Home Run Derby Gambling Lines: 6.50 to 1 at JustBet Sportsbook) is in the Home Run Derby this season. Sure, Alvarez is leading the Pittsburgh Pirates with 23 homers on the campaign, and yes, he did hit 30 bombs last year, but he just doesn’t feel like the type of guy that should be batting in a Home Run Derby. Perhaps we’ll all be proven wrong, and Alvarez will turn out to be a relatively good competitor. However, we just don’t see it turning out that way, and we’re actually a little surprised to see him this high on the totem pole when you consider who else is around him.

Bryce Harper (HR Derby Lines: 7 to 1 at 5Dimes Sportsbook) makes for a delightful addition to this year’s game, knowing that he is one of the stars of the future of this game. Harper doesn’t have the following that Yasiel Puig does, but he’ll be the closest thing on the field when he represents the National League. Harper only has 13 home runs this season, but do remember that he has only played in 56 games as well. Harper can really mash the baseball, and he too, is used to pitching in a humongous park in DC. That could play right into his hands as well.

And then there’s the hometown hero, David Wright (Home Run Derby Odds: 12.50 to 1 at 5Dimes Sportsbook). Wright hasn’t been in a Home Run Derby since 2006, making it one of the longest layoffs we have ever seen from one Home Run Derby to the next. That season though, the then up and coming star produced 22 home runs on the competition, one of the best marks in the history of this event. Wright was edged out by a homer by Ryan Howard on that day, and he would love nothing more than to get out there and blast a ton of bombs for the hometown crowd at Citi Field.

Finally, we have the man that makes absolutely zero sense whatsoever for being in a Home Run Derby, Michael Cuddyer (Odds To Win HR Derby: 15 to 1 at 5Dimes Sportsbook). We’ve seen stranger things before, but this one just doesn’t make any sense to us. Cuddyer has a hot bat at the moment, but he only has 15 home runs for the whole season. He has only hit 30 home runs once in his career, and he only hit 16 homers last season while playing for the Rockies. Cuddyer is helped by that light air in Denver quite a bit, and though he has a lot of home runs on the road too, we’re not talking about homers in parks like this all that often. We’d be shocked to see Cuddyer get out of the first round of the Home Run Derby.

MLB Home Run Derby Odds @ 5Dimes Sportsbook (as of 7/12/13):
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Chris Davis 3.50 to 1
Prince Fielder 3.75 to 1
Yoenis Cespedes 5.50 to 1
Robinson Cano 6 to 1
Pedro Alvarez 6.50 to 1
Bryce Harper 7 to 1
David Wright 12.50 to 1
Michael Cuddyer 15 to 1

MLB Home Run Derby Odds @ JustBet Sportsbook (as of 7/12/13):
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Prince Fielder 3.50 to 1
Chris Davis 3.75 to 1
Bryce Harper 5 to 1
Robinson Cano 5.50 to 1
Yoenis Cespedes 5.50 to 1
Pedro Alvarez 6.50 to 1
David Wright 8 to 1
Michael Cuddyer 9 to 1