ESPN brought Pat McAfee to Atlanta to emcee the Home Run Derby on Monday night — a choice that’s proving to be quite controversial for baseball fans.
McAfee was a big part of the pre-Derby festivities and delivered introductions for all 8 competitors. Here’s a clip from the broadcast:
Pat McAfee leads the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby introductions. #MLB pic.twitter.com/RsTroC17Kf
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 15, 2025Although McAfee has established himself as one of the ESPN’s biggest college football personalities, baseball fans may not be quite as familiar with his emceeing style. Complaints about McAfee’s presence at the event filled up on social media during and after his appearance on the broadcast.
Here’s some of the reaction on social media:
Me after 30 seconds of Pat McAfee’s HR Derby intro pic.twitter.com/5unpYmrykQ
— Sean Zerillo (@SeanZerillo) July 15, 2025Get Pat McAfee as far away from baseball as humanly possible.
— La Mole (@FranmilsEyebrow) July 15, 2025ESPN needs to enable a feature that allows people to unsubscribe from Pat McAfee in all formats
— Moneybagg Yo(hannes) ?? (@AronYohannes) July 15, 2025I can’t wait until baseball has nothing to do at ESPN. Why is Pat McAfee at the home run derby? Garbage product.
— Carson ? (@carson_3903) July 15, 2025Dawg get pat mcafee away from baseball pic.twitter.com/oLbeLmtPLT
— J (@synceifys) July 15, 2025Pat McAfee is exhausting. ESPN is doing to him what it did to Stephen A. Smith. He's everywhere, and it's tiresome.
— Scott Simmons (@ScottSimmonsEsq) July 15, 2025Pat McAfee at the Home Run Derby is loud and unnecessary.
— Charlie Murray? (@grizz01) July 15, 2025Man we really don’t need to see Stephen A. Smith or Pat McAfee on TV at all times
— Rob “Stats” Guerrera (@StatsOnFire) July 15, 2025I'm not a Pat McAfee hater, but I don't know why you get a football guy that knows nothing about baseball, and admitted as much on his show in the past, to do baseball events.
— Baseball's Not Dead (@dead_baseball) July 15, 2025Kids today don't realize it, but you used to be able to turn on ESPN and not see Stephen A. Smith or Pat McAfee. They were glorious times….
— Nick Field (@nick_field90) July 15, 2025I know I'm probably in the minority, but can't the Home Run Derby be a way to escape Pat McAfee?
— Corbin K. Smith (@CorbinSmithNFL) July 15, 2025This is McAfee’s first time at MLB All-Star week for ESPN. He’s become a fixture for the World Wide Leader across numerous live events in addition to his work on College GameDay each fall.
McAfee will presumably play a part in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game broadcast as well. His daily show, the Pat McAfee Show, is being staged in Atlanta this week. Notable names such as Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge were guests on his show on Monday afternoon.
Tuesday night’s All-Star game is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET.
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