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CandyVision: Home Run Derby

Name CandyVision: Home Run Derby
How to Play

Can you predict the outcome of the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby? Prove it by submitting your predictions for the 2024 Home Run Derby, and get rewarded!

Rookie Challenge

How to Play: 

  1. Entrants must select who they believe will finish as the top four (4) 2024 MLB Home Derby contestants in the correct placement order. The Derby contestant that comes in third place will be determined by who hits the most home runs between the two semifinalists in the semifinals that do not advance to the Derby’s final round.
  1. Entrants must also submit their predictions for the total number of home runs hit by all eight (8) Derby contestants in the first round of the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby.*
      1. *Entrant submissions for the total number of home runs hit in the first round of the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby will be utilized to determine a scenario in which Entrants end in a tie.
  1. Entrants must also submit their predicted distance (in feet) of the farthest-hit home run in the first round of the Derby.*
      1. *Entrant submissions for the predicted distance (in feet) of the farthest-hit home run in the first round of the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby will be utilized to determine a scenario in which Entrants end in a tie.

How to Earn Points:

  1. Entrants will earn one (1) point for each Derby contestant they correctly predict to finish in the top four (4) of the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby.
  1. Entrants will earn one (1) point for predicting the correct order of each contestant’s placement at Derby’s end.
      1. For example, correctly submitting the winner of the Derby in the first slot, the Derby runner-up in the second slot, third place in the third slot, and fourth place in the fourth slot would earn a user 4 points.

Determining Tiebreakers:

  1. Candy Digital will utilize the two tiebreaker questions in the potential scenario that sees Entrants finish in a tie. An Entrant’s tiebreaker score will be calculated based on the combined difference between their answers to the tiebreaker questions and the actual outcome from the Derby. 
      1. For example, suppose an Entrant predicts 150 as the total number of home runs hit in round one of the Derby, but the actual number is 160. In that case, Candy Digital will subtract the Entrant's prediction from the actual outcome to find the difference. In this case, the difference between the predicted and actual is 10. 
      1. From there, if an Entrant predicts 420 feet as the farthest-hit home run hit in round one of the Derby, but the actual distance is 421 feet, Candy Digital will subtract the Entrant's prediction from the actual outcome to find the difference. In this case, the difference between the predicted and actual is 1. 
      1. Both differences will then be combined to produce an Entrant’s tiebreaker score. In the case above, the tiebreaker score is 11. The Entrant with the tiebreaker score closest to zero (0) will be considered the winner. 
      1. If two or more Entrants are still tied, Candy Digital will randomly select the winner at its sole discretion.

Pro Challenge

 

How to Play:

  1. Entrants must select who they believe will finish as the top four (4) 2024 MLB Home Derby contestants in the correct placement order. The Derby contestant that comes in third place will be determined by who hits the most home runs between the two semifinalists in the semifinals that do not advance to the Derby’s final round.
        1. Up until all contestants have been announced, there will be placeholders available to select. You may edit your guesses up until 8pm ET on July 15th
  1. Entrants must also submit their predictions for the number of home runs they believe the winner and runner up of the Derby will hit in the final round.*
      1. *Entrant submissions for the total number of home runs hit by the winner and runner up in the final round of the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby will be utilized to determine a scenario in which Entrants end in a tie.
  1. Entrants must also submit their predicted distance (in feet) of the farthest-hit home run in the final round of the Derby.*
        1. *Entrant submissions for the predicted distance (in feet) of the farthest-hit home run in the final round of the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby will be utilized to determine a scenario in which Entrants end in a tie.

You can edit your guesses up until 8pm ET on July 15th. 

How to Earn Points:

  1. Entrants will earn four (4) points for correctly predicting the winner of the Derby.
  1. Entrants will earn three (3) points for correctly predicting the runner-up.
  1. Entrants will earn two (2) points for correctly predicting the third-place contestant (the semifinalist with the most home runs in the semifinals who does not advance to the final round).
  1. Entrants will earn one (1) point for correctly predicting the fourth-place contestant (the semifinalist with the least home runs in the semifinals who does not advance to the final round).

Determining Tiebreakers:

  1. Candy Digital will utilize the two tiebreaker questions in the potential scenario that sees Entrants finish in a tie. An Entrant’s tiebreaker score will be calculated based on the combined difference between their answers to the tiebreaker questions and the actual outcome from the Derby.
      1. For example, suppose an Entrant predicts 25 as the total number of home runs hit by the winner and runner up in the final round, but the actual number is 27. In that case, Candy Digital will subtract the Entrant's prediction from the actual outcome to find the difference. In this case, the difference between the predicted and actual is 2.
      1. From there, if an Entrant predicts 420 feet as the farthest-hit home run in the final round, but the actual distance is 421 feet, Candy Digital will subtract the Entrant's prediction from the actual outcome to find the difference. In this case, the difference between the predicted and actual is 1.
      1. Both differences will then be combined to produce an Entrant’s tiebreaker score. In the case above, the tiebreaker score is 3. The Entrant with the tiebreaker score closest to zero (0) will be considered the winner.

      2. If two or more Entrants are still tied, Candy Digital will randomly select the winner at its sole discretion.
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Requirements 
  1. Rookie Challenge: Your knowledge of baseball!

  2. Pro Challenge: To access the Pro Challenge, purchase the five-dollar ($5) 2024 MLB Home Run Derby Gem at candy.com/mlb/candyvision. The Pro Challenge can also be accessed by Candy Digital collectors who fall within the Top 25 on the Candy League Leaderboard that will be airdropped a Home Run Derby Gem. Each account is limited to one (1) Home Run Derby Gem and may enter the challenge once.
Start Time Both the Rookie Challenge and Pro Challenge will open at 2:30PM ET on July 11
End Time Both the Rookie Challenge and Pro Challenge will close on Monday, July 15, at 8pm ET ahead of the start of the 2024 Home Run Derby.
Price

 

  1. Rookie Challenge: The Rookie Challenge is free to play.
  2. Pro Challenge: The Pro Challenge is available to Entrants who have purchased the $5   2024 MLB Home Run Derby Gem at candy.com/mlb/candyvision.
Rewards
  1. Rookie Challenge 
    1. Place 1: José Ramírez signed baseball, 2024 All-Star Gems pack, 2024 Hall of Fame ICONs Premium pack
    2. Place 2: Ozzie Albies signed baseball, 2024 All-Star Gems pack 
    3. Place 3: Walker Buehler signed baseball, 2024 All-Star Gems pack
    4. Place 4: Gleyber Torres signed baseball, 2024 All-Star Gems pack 
    5. Place 5: Nestor Cortes signed baseball, 2024 All-Star Gems pack
  1. Pro Challenge:
    1. Place 1: $250 Candy Balance, Walker Buehler signed jersey, 2024 All-Star Gems pack, 2024 Hall of Fame ICONs Premium Pack
    2. Place 2: $150 Candy Balance, Ozzie Albies signed jersey, 2024 All-Star Gems pack
    3. Place 3: $100 Candy Balance, Gleyber Torres signed jersey, 2024 All-Star Gems pack
    4. Place 4: Sandy Alcantara signed jersey, 2024 All-Star Gems pack
    5. Place 5: Gavin Lux signed jersey, 2024 All-Star Gems pack

Winners will receive an email shortly after the winners have been announced to provide their shipping information. 
Account & Transaction Limits

Entrants can enter each version of the challenge one (1) time per Candy Digital account
Additional Details

You can edit your guesses up until 8pm ET on July 15th.

Following the event, the Home Run Derby Gem will update to feature a compilation of swings from the winner. At that time it will be available to list on the secondary marketplace.

For more information on the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby's updated rules, please read MLB’s breakdown here.

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