Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz accepted an invitation on Tuesday to compete in Monday's Home Run Derby in Atlanta. Cruz is the fifth player to commit to the competition, held one day before the All-Star Game.

Even though Cruz has the fewest number of home runs (15) of any slugger in the derby, his exit velocity prowess makes him a must-watch. Cruz leads the majors in exit velocity at 108.3 mph, a statistic that measures how hard a player hits a baseball, and bat also in bat speed at 78.6 mph.

Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz has launched some of the hardest-hit balls since Major League Baseball started keeping track of exit velocity 2015. He’ll get a chance to show that skill to a national audience when he participates in the Home Run Derby on Monday,