Here the article proper ends, but we add a postscript, just for yucks. They've also produced only 316 extra-base hits, and to call many of those "hits" (see here, here,hereand here) is putting it charitably. 8. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Garcia, however, took a whack and poked it 376 feetover the right field fence. Not including the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign, this was the sixth straight season with at least 5,000 dingers. We knowanother email clouding up your inbox? We're one batter in, but the message has been sent: Julio is coming for your crown, Pete Alonso. His home run is one of just 10 hits against pitches of at least 4.5 feet in height, not to mention one of only two extra-base hits. Cron: 504 feet, Sept. 9, 2022, vs. ARIIt's only fair for the longest measured home run in Coors Field history to belong to a member of the Rockies -- even if Cron's towering 504-foot blast has to share the honor with the one Giancarlo Stanton hit in 2016. He is the second Washington Nationals player to win the event (Bryce Harper won in 2018) and first Dominican-born champion since Robinson Cano (2011). While Rodriguez may draw the ire of the crowd for ousting Seager, a longtime Dodger, in the first round, he'll win them back with a show in the next round only to be thwarted by the champ not yet ready to cede his crown. Once you skip to the 0:60 mark of the above video, you'll see Avisail Garcia needing every last inch of his reach to hit a home run for the Chicago White Sox in 2015. Olney: He'll get the second-biggest ovation of the night, and all the players will surround him to congratulate him after an impressive first round. Soler might jack a few more homers, but his production at this point is easily replaceable off the waiver wire without the batting average sink. Here are the longest homers Statcast has tracked since Opening Day of the 2015 season. At 23 years and 266 days, Soto becomes the second youngest player ever to win the Derby. pic.twitter.com/y2DOav8dgf. Nomar Mazara: 505 feet, June 21, 2019, vs. CWSAfter crushing a a 482-foot shot on Opening Day in '19, Mazara topped himself for the Statcast record with a colossal smash against the White Sox. on Sept. 8, 2015. Poor Dylan Covey. The rookie dented a metal casement above a door behind the left-center field wall with his major league-leading 28th home run, a drive that would have traveled 456 feet had it landed unimpeded, according to MLB's Statcast. While it would intuitively make sense that going anywhere other than Colorado would hurt his power production, it might do the opposite. For that we used Statcasts own data for the Kris Bryant video board moonshot of September 6, 2015, still the longest Wrigley homer of the Statcast Era [VIDEO]. Seager will return to his former home ballpark for the first time as a Ranger on Monday looking to send even more pitches into the Dodger Stadium bleachers. Connecting with another scorching 118.6-mph exit velocity, Judge reached the back of the concourse in left-center to leave the Yankee Stadium crowd -- and his own teammates -- shaking their heads in disbelief. With the Yanks trailing 6-3 in the bottom of the third inning, Judge hit a towering two-run homer to bring New York to within one run. It also broke a tie with Albert Pujols for the second-most home runs by the end of May by a rookie; Mark McGwire holds the record with 19 in 1987. are factored into these values. Long rumored to be on the move to a team like the Yankees or Mets after failing to negotiate an extension in the offseason, Story could be in a completely different team context. On Monday, he will look to complete a three-peat. (OnlyHomers), The longest average home run distance was 428 feet. Sep 24, 2016. Manage Settings (@Drianrogelio) July 26, 2021. Is your favorite star headed to Hollywood? Soto spent Monday afternoon begrudgingly answering questions about his hometown team potentially trading him over the next couple of weeks, and then he went out and showed the world why every executive throughout baseball is salivating at the possibility. Judge hit this to Barrie, Ontario, but it was during batting practice. Dave has decades of experience, and his own system of measuring distance. Using our old KB parabola as the standard for MLBmoonshots, what would the Babe have done at Wrigley had he hit that one in Chicago? No. (MLB x @PapaJohns) pic.twitter.com/zv4WgEvSBf. According to the somewhat limited info Statcast offers on MLBsites, it measures launch angle and exit velocity, and extrapolates everything else from there. Keeping it .This is @coreyseager_5's 100th career home run and his second of the game! The rookie Rodriguez moves on, knocking out the two-time defending champ, with Alonso failing to become the first three-peat Derby winner. Since then, crickets. Along with his 40 homers, Trout drove in just 80 runs. 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Gonzalez: Acuna is averaging 437 feet per home run this season, the longest in the majors. It doesn't work that way, of course. We had Dave mark his observed landing spot for Wisdoms blast. Bryant isn't likely to see a surge in value if traded, so it might be best for fantasy managers to take advantage of the hype once he is moved and do the same. Back on June 12th, Aaron Judge was on pace to slash .313/.388/.681 with 66 homers, 132 RBI, 137 runs scored, 80 walks, and 187 hits. A true legend. According to ESPN's Stats & Info, Judge's home run was calculated at 448 feet, his fourth-longest of the season and his ninth this season of 425-plus feet, most in the majors in 2017. We're asking for your help to make it through the offseason and ensure that we're here to cover baseball in the 2021 season and beyond. In reality, this is Trout's farthest home run of the Statcast Era because it didn't have the luxury of being hit at Coors Field. Right center side of center field. While the moonshot broke team records, it was only the third-longest in Coors Field behind Stanton and Snchez's long balls. Join the Best Live Fantasy Chat Community! pic.twitter.com/e53aeAcHCe. It was an organic moment of appreciation as Pujols winds down his final season in baseball. He should return after a minimum length stay and might be an intriguing pickup based on his power-speed upside. The rookie has a bit of clutch in him, too; his sixth-inning two-run shot came with two outs and turned a 9-2 deficit into a five-run game. Pujols crushed his record home run 459 feet off Taylor Rogers in a July 4, The 459-foot blast was Pujols longest of the Statcast era. This one hit the front wall of the Yankee Stadium outfield concourse so hard, it bounced back into play. Its official distance, naturally, was 302 feet. After hitting two Sunday, Judge kept at it Monday in Anaheim with his 22nd homer of the season. During his seven-game home run streak, Trout posted a 1.648 OPS with 11 RBI and 10 runs scored. That launch angle is the highest of any over-the-fence homer since 2015. If he decides to get pull happy this year, he'll clear Dodger Stadium a few times. Does Seiya Suzukis injury give Matt Mervis a shot at the Opening Day roster? How about the center-field scoreboard? Passan: An Alonso-Rodriguez matchup in the semifinals would be everything: king vs. prodigy, right-handed thunder vs. right-handed thunder, a could-be coronation vs. a national coming-out party. Oh, and since the Mariners are currently riding a 14-game winning streak, fans are beginning to dream of the franchise's first playoff berth since 2001. Perhaps nobody in the world does it as well as Soto, the Washington Nationals star who, upon turning down a 15-year, $440 million contract extension, recently found himself in the middle of rumors about his present and future. It was more like 600 feet. That's why he's available in 60% of Yahoo leagues and might be dropped in more because of his recent placement on the IL with a dislocated pinky. Cron at Coors Field on September 9th. Setting aside those of the inside-the-park variety, the shortest possible distance for a home run in a major league stadium resides at Fenway Park, where the "Pesky Pole" sits only 302 feet down the right field line. His 496-foot blast to left field was the longest home run hit by anybody since ESPN started recording homer distances in 2009, and it came in his first career four-hit game. You can toggle the input boxes to help further dissect the pitches and spray. Heres the monster home run against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. Let's see if he can pull a Willie Stargell and hit one out of the stadium. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Ditto for White Sox radio announcers Len Kasper and Darrin Jackson. A pity, on both counts. 603 for The Machine. Statcast has him under 13 homers, which would move him out of the top-30 power hitters outside of the top 75. The goal of the Home Run Derby is to hit the most homers, but this years group of contestants has a track record of posting incredible distances on their long balls, too. However, one is occasionally inclined to doubt the line, in the manner of the umpire grading sites. (Sarah Langs), First-pitch ambushx2. That's the highest pitch hit for a homer during the Statcast era. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. This particular dinger is from April 2015, when Stanton and the Miami Marlins were facing the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. (Buster Olney), Mike Trout adds himself to another exclusive list. Stay up-to-date on new posts, giveaways, special deals, and more by signing up for our newsletter. Among all home runs that were hit 113 mph and at a 27-degree launch angle, Trout's 473-foot big fly traveled the furthest. All Statcast data is current as of July 25, 2021 and data/graphs are taken from BaseballSavant.mlb.com, 12 HR - 20.1 xHR = 8.1 HR under expectation. Who will hit the longest home run of the night and how far? The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which of two NRI outfielders should make the team. On August 8, Atlanta Braves right-hander Julio Teheran threw an 0-2 slider that spooked Herrera into moving his back foot out of its path. But he won't survive a really tough matchup against Schwarber. Not only did Schwarber get 473 feet of distance on his longest home run he also got four RBIs. Anyone with bleacher seats at Dodger Stadium on Monday better bring a glove. McKinstry was hot to start the season, hitting .296 with three HR and 14 RBI in April and drew plenty of interest as a waiver pickup. You can read more about the state of the site here. He's enjoying an 18.4% HR/FB rate that should decline. Courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information research, we've captured every one of the first-year slugger's homers and the story that goes with it, from the victim on the mound to the speed off the bat. Few people on the planet can describe the feeling of hitting a ball so far that even the camera operators have trouble tracking its flight. With his victory over Seager, Rodriguez is the first Mariner to advance to the semifinals of the Derby since Griffey in 1998. Washington's star outfielder might have taken the crown Monday night, but the Derby was full of surprises -- from Rodriguez usurping back-to-back reigning champion Pete Alonso in the second round, to Albert Pujols upsetting Kyle Schwarber in the first round. Nomar Mazara hit a 505-foot (154 m) home run with the Texas Rangers to set the record for the longest distance measured by Statcast in the major leagues. Business Advisory; Business Valuation; Corporate Finance; Cash Flow Modelling; M&A Advisory; Venture Capital; Private & Public Partnerships; Owner Supervision And Internal Control Judge made his mark on Independence Day. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. Cleveland came back to pull out a 9-8 victory. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. The mark for Wisdoms second HR, which landed in the bleachers, is taken from video. That Trumbo also managed to hit it is downright mind-boggling. Usually the definition of a steady veteran and reliable fantasy presence, there are some warnings that Turner could be less valuable in the second half. We need your support to make FanGraphs sustainable so you can continue to enjoy all of the stats and tools you've come to rely on, like The Leaderboards. At No. With 19 home runs in the final round -- and 53 total -- Soto became champion of the Home Run Derby by defeating the 21-year-old rookie Rodriguez, who put on an incredible performance himself that included amassing 32 home runs in Round 1 and defeating two-time reigning champion Alonso in Round 2. Of course, he just enjoyed a two-homer game for the first time since last August so maybe he will go on a power binge after all. Hes the only player ever to do this more than once. Full coverage , Snubs, surprises takeaways by giving an educated guess as to its true distance, the longest Wrigley homer of the Statcast Era [VIDEO], BCB After Dark: Making things right (field), Seiya Suzuki has withdrawn from the World Baseball Classic and is out indefinitely. They Yankees were up 10-5 in the top of the ninth when Judge sent this no-doubter into the upper deck of PNC Park. Getting a 91 mph fastball on a 1-1 count, Judge unloaded a 445-foot blast to left-center. And the longest: Schwarber is going to crack a 522-foot home run. Pirates rookie Jack Suwinski enjoyed a three-homer performance on June 19th. Olney: Soto shuffling and dropping his bat after he puts up a huge number in the championship round. He hits them a long way.". He uses eyewitness descriptions and old maps to calculate the distance (funny how that works). They are then categorized as a No Doubter which would be a home run at every single park, Mostly Gonewhich could have been a homer at anywhere between 8-29 parks, or Doubter which would be gone at seven parks or fewer. After Suwinskis three-homer performance, Bryan Reynolds and Michael Perez each had one of their own. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Soto has been scorching hot this month and will dethrone Pete Alonso in the finals. It's also one of a very few hits, period, against pitches of at least 102 mph. He's the most prolific home run hitter on the planet. That number was cut in half to 12 in 2021 before nearly getting cut in half again in 2022. by Handedness. Statcast, which was created in 2015, gives us a precise measurement of just how far those homers would travel. Off those, the league. Passan: In the afterglow of his victory Monday, Juan Soto took a deep, cleansing breath, unleashed a mighty exhale and said, "That was fun." Judge hit his 24th homer off a 93 mph fastball from Angels righty Parker Bridwell in the rookie's second start of the season. A look ahead to the WBC. Everyone knows Judge has power, but 438 feet worth of opposite-field power is something else. Its promoted as sine qua non for on-field performances, down to fractions of inches and of miles per hour. Of course, in 1921, the board, like interleague play, wasnt even in existence. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Admit it: You didn't even expect Pujols to get this far, did you? pic.twitter.com/UeoxyXHABp, Drian Bernal / ???? Whoops. As you heard, Bally Sports Kansas Citys Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler had never seen a ball hit that far at Guaranteed Rate Field. Gonzalez: Heading into his 30-second bonus time in the opening round, while stuck on 10 home runs and seemingly lagging, Pujols stepped out of the batter's box to take a breath. We want to see tanks. We want to see balls that never stop flying. 1 overall; Results and analysis for every first-round pick, 2022 MLB All-Star Game: Results and analysis from when baseball's biggest stars hit Hollywood. Of his 12 homers in 2021, nine would have gone out at Coors but that total would have been in the 20s for either Yankee Stadium or Citi Field. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Even by Judge's already blast-happy standards, this was perhaps his most impressive homer yet as the Yankees kept piling up runs against the Orioles. For raw distance, we can use our concentric scale; an unobstructed 575-footer, hit to straightaway center (as in Detroit) would land just across the Waveland/Sheffield intersection. His average distance for those three homers was 443 feet. The best pure hitter of this generation against one of the most illustrious derby competitors ever, in a rematch of last year's semifinals from Coors Field. To bring some of those things to life, weve compiled a list of 25 interesting stats and facts about home runs in 2022. His power-speed upside data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie the highest hit. Decides to get this far, did you only did Schwarber get 473 feet of on... 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