Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce went on a quest for a different kind of idol than the one Indiana Jones got in Raiders of the Lost Ark., Get in-depth, sideline coverage of Kansas City area sports - only $1 a month. That Trumbo also managed to hit it is downright mind-boggling. That's the shortest distance that an over-the-fence home run ball has been hit since 2015. pic.twitter.com/1dxAMdZnBr. 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. The Yankees were on a seven-game winning streak and about to make it eight in a row when Judge sent one a long way. (MLB Random Stats) On April 23rd, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ozzie Albies both hit leadoff homers on the first pitch they saw. What's the one moment we'll all be talking about long after this HR derby ends? It was also Judge's 33rd homer that year at the House That Ruth Built, eclipsing the franchise record set by the Bambino himself back in 1921. You have to remember, the Mariners haven't had a homegrown star since Felix Hernandez -- and Hernandez was a pitcher, which means must-watch TV only once every five or six days. Its the first time thats happened with two players at the age of 21 or younger. Here we break out our own system, which we have featured in several articles over several years. This guy just continues to amaze us., Even Perez told The Stars Lynn Worthy: Its got to be more than that, come on guys.. No harm done, really; as the old baseball saying goes, a 500-footer counts for the same run as an inside-the-park job. The Cubs outfielder homered in this loss. Acua, along with everybody else at Truist Park on April 27, 2021, knew this ball was gone. It was nearly 112 mph off the bat. 10 is a 453-foot homer by Miguel Cabrera and there is simply no way his home run traveled a foot farther than Perezs bomb on Monday night. This was also his first career MLB homer. 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the longest Wrigley homer of the Statcast Era [VIDEO], BCB After Dark: Making things right (field), Seiya Suzuki has withdrawn from the World Baseball Classic and is out indefinitely. Cool stuff happens on the baseball field on a daily basis. Getting it into that ivy backdrop is a long way. The Washington Nationals outfielder set his best mark with a 454-foot blast against the Colorado Rockies on Sept. 19, 2021. However, he also led the squad with 76 RBI. The liner rose only 59 feet above the field and was the fourth-hardest-hit homer of the season at 118.4 mph. Thats the second-longest average during the Statcast era. Off those, the league has hit a collective .138 with a .190 slugging percentage. TV: Bally Sports Kansas CityStream: https://t.co/fWzhPoK5Vl#Royals pic.twitter.com/vq38vzAfLo. (OnlyHomers), The longest average home run distance was 428 feet. Game on, Pete. The Cleveland third baseman entered as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning against the. 5. Check out how accurate our experts were in their predictions, relive the biggest dramatic moments of the Derby and see what it all means going forward. Seattle teammate Ty France put it this way, talking about the team's slow start and recent surge: "That's baseball. Ramirez didn't show the raw power of Rodriguez or Alonso -- no surprise there -- but finished with 17 home runs, just enough pressure that Soto won't be able to cruise into the second round. Julio Rodriguezs first taste of big-league action included 28 homers and 25 stolen bases. And Joey Votto is still the most interesting man in baseball. Judge's third straight game with a home run perhaps showed that the rookie's emergence wasn't a fluke. Right center side of center field. For comparison, the longest MLB home run in 2022 (more below) traveled. However, the 6-foot-2 slugger made history with the longest home run ever officially recorded through StatCast. Currently viewing seasons between 2022 and 2022. Not exactly striking range, but New York used it to stage a 14-11 comeback win. We're not only going to see a few fly out of the ballpark during the contest, we're going to see a couple longer than 506. If he decides to get pull happy this year, he'll clear Dodger Stadium a few times. FirstCorey Seager, then Gavin Lux, and nowMookie Bettsare all on the injured list. Mookie Betts finished his season with 35 home runs and 40 doubles for the Dodgers. 17 HR - 12.7 xHR = 4.3 HR over expectation. 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. So far, Wrigley is playing as a top-12 park in terms of HR Park Factor so there aren't any teams that would realistically acquire him that would provide an edge in home stadium. Along with his 40 homers, Trout drove in just 80 runs. The left-handed slugger unloaded on a 94.7-mph fastball from Reynaldo Lpez and sent it soaring into the upper deck in right field at Globe Life Park in Arlington. (@Drianrogelio) July 26, 2021. Judge had three RBIs off homers in this extra-inning win against the Orioles. When Snider accomplished this feat, the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn. Judge followed up his first homer of the season with a high-flying blast in an 8-1 win against the Tampa Bay Rays. 2. 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. The Seattle Mariners rookie outfielder crushed the milestone homer off fellow All-Star Sandy Alcantara on May 1. Judge tacked on his 21st homer of the season in the latest Bronx romp to spoil Yankees fans. pic.twitter.com/uB68XYitRU. Shohei Ohtani reaches upper deck in Seattle with 33rd. Two years ago, we concluded that KBs home run, hit to proper trajectory, would be well short, but Sammy Sosas well-attested 536-footer in 2003 might have scraped the bottom of the board, assuming the parabola is applicable. (OnlyHomers), Jack Suwinskis historic three-homer game. Rodriguez's first round of 32 home runs was spectacular, and when he raised his arms in triumph, it wasn't just a moment for him or even Mariners fans. 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]. 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. At 23 years and 266 days, Soto becomes the second youngest player ever to win the Derby. (tie) Miguel San: 496 feet, Sept. 17, 2019, vs. CWSSan tapped into his prodigious power for a breakout 34-homer season in 2019, and this was the most majestic of those blasts. On September 16th, Yordan Alvarez enjoyed a three-homer night. So what happened? It went 392 feet and had an exit velocity of 113 miles per hour. "Right now, I'm not even thinking about it," Soto told ESPN's Buster Olney on the field, after having the Derby chain placed around his neck by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. If you think fans, announcers and the Royals are just exaggerating how far Perez hit that ball, check out this video of the longest home runs at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Cubs got some good pitching and timely hitting and held on for a Cactus League win. This included the Yankees and Twins both going over 300 dingers. Its promoted as sine qua non for on-field performances, down to fractions of inches and of miles per hour. It was the shortened 2020 season when he hit six. 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. A GRAND SLAM to. Then with the Chicago Cubs, Schwarber launched a grand slam off Milwaukee Brewers starter Zach Davies on July 28, 2019. Note to pitchers: Don't make a mistake against Aaron Judge. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Judge made his mark on Independence Day. That's still the fastest pitch hit for a home run since the Statcast era began in 2015. It was really loud. You can watch the highlight at the 1:24 mark of the video above. 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. Three home runs in four games since his return. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. So, on June 30 the ballhawks got a genuine treat, two home runs cleared the left field structures and found pavement beyond. Though he handles them the way he handles pitches -- staring at them with enmity or whacking them away with fury -- the notion that Soto was prepared to win the derby seemed unlikely. It's also worth noting that his lineup support keeps deteriorating. Thats the fewest dingers to lead Chicago in a single season since 1989. McKinstry won't produce much in the way of counting stats at the bottom of a decimated lineup and we should expect very little in the way of power going forward. In 2017, Rafael Devers was playing in only his 15th game with the Boston Red Sox when he came up against New York Yankees closer andnoted velocity maestro Aroldis Chapman for the first time. During a tilt between the Red Sox and Kansas City Royals on July 29, 2017, Lorenzo Cain hit a ball that just barely made it to the Pesky Pole. 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. Join the Best Live Fantasy Chat Community! Facing lefty Zach Duke, Ramirez pulled a ball 447 feet into left field for a homer. Hes the only player ever to do this more than once. Pitches that low and lower are typically swung at only 1.0 percent of the time, and they're hit for just a .019 average. Statcast has him under 13 homers, which would move him out of the top-30 power hitters outside of the top 75. 4. These home runs were hit under extraordinary circumstances, whether it was because of the pitch that was hit or the angle at which the ball left the bat. Keeping it .This is @coreyseager_5's 100th career home run and his second of the game! Christopher Morels barely cleared, but Wisdoms overshot Waveland and landed beyond the crosswalk onto Kenmore, we had Ballhawk Dave Davison point out the exact spot after the game. Statcast Home Run Tracker No Doubters: Out at All 30 Stadiums, Mostly Gone: Out at 8 to 29 Stadiums, Doubters: Out at 7 Stadiums or Fewer xHR: Ballparks Gone At/30 * Environmental variables (elevation/weather/wind/etc.) Hes the first player ever to finish with more than 25 in each category during his debut season. He knows this event, having competed in the first timed derby in 2015, and it'll be Soto who swiftly eliminates him in Round 2. Brewers 6, Cubs 3: An opportunity for Nelson Velzquez. We want to see Soto hit a ball 515 feet, and we will. Passan: He will have a better showing than expected, which is to say his first-round matchup against Schwarber will not end with Schwarber having a minute-plus left on the clock. (Baseball Savant), The shortest home run traveled 271 feet. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Besides, having gone through the trouble of digging into the archives for all this stuff, lets use some more of it. The 459-foot blast was Pujols longest of the Statcast era. To wit, their batting average is a microscopic .014. He is second in the majors with 28 homers and also has the third-longest home run of the 2022 MLB season, ripping a 468-foot dinger against the Colorado Rockies on April 20. This metric is determined by finding the parabolic arc of the baseball and projecting the remainder of its flight path. A crowd quickly swelled around him. There hasnt been that few since 2018 when Khris Davis (48), J.D. are factored into these values. Does Seiya Suzukis injury give Matt Mervis a shot at the Opening Day roster? Smiting another Angel, Judge blasted his 25th homer of the season -- and 20th career in Yankee Stadium -- against veteran Jesse Chavez. (ESPN Stats & Info), Shohei Ohtanis brilliance knows no bounds. After the league saw a record of 6,776 balls fly out of the yard in 2019, that number has decreased drastically. Passan: The prodigious power of Soto is so free, so easy, one takes it for granted. 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. Schoenfield: There have been only five home runs hit out of Dodger Stadium during an action game -- two by Willie Stargell and one each from Mark McGwire, Mike Piazza and Giancarlo Stanton. His average distance for those three homers was 443 feet. 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