Gonzalez: I have him shocking everybody by defeating Schwarber, the NL's home run leader, in the first round. Does Seiya Suzukis injury give Matt Mervis a shot at the Opening Day roster? Cardinals lefty Jaime Garcia tried to go inside with a fastball on an 0-1 count, but Castro got his bat around and lofted it 364 feet over the left field wall. One might even reach 510 feet. Rookie nerves? Schwarber has kept his slugging this season. That Trumbo also managed to hit it is downright mind-boggling. Let's see if he can pull a Willie Stargell and hit one out of the stadium. Al Yellon Patrick Wisdom with his 15th home run of the season. 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. That's the highest pitch hit for a homer during the Statcast era. Compartilhar isto . It was the fewest of any April day with that many games since April 28th, 1993. The Yankees pulled off an 8-6 win courtesy of that home run and the first three-hit game of Judge's MLB career. Standing in the box opposite Cardinals right-hander Mitch Harris, the then-Tigers slugger found himself looking at an 89.0 mph fastball over the inside edge. 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Instead, Devers whacked it for a 105.8 mph drive that landed 424 feet from home plate. Join the Best Live Fantasy Chat Community! With Gavin Luxon the IL along with the aforementioned Seager and Betts, McKinstry is going to get regular playing time for the foreseeable future at second base. Olney: Soto shuffling and dropping his bat after he puts up a huge number in the championship round. It's also worth noting that his lineup support keeps deteriorating. 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. The Pirates became the first MLB team to have three players do this in the same month. Not one of his long balls has been a 'no-doubter' which shouldn't be surprising for a guy whose game power grades out at 35. Hes got a lot of pop in his bat.. Aaron Judge (62) and Kyle Schwarber (46) led the American League and National League, respectively, in homers this year. Batted balls with similar measurements have yielded an average distance of 216 feet, not to mention justan.034 average. 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. He hasn't been, well, Albert Pujols, because his bat speed is no longer quick enough to adjust to the cartoonish velocities of today's game; it has nothing to do with his raw power. Mookie Betts finished his season with 35 home runs and 40 doubles for the Dodgers. Then with the Chicago Cubs, Schwarber launched a grand slam off Milwaukee Brewers starter Zach Davies on July 28, 2019. 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. That's still the fastest pitch hit for a home run since the Statcast era began in 2015. Trout finished with 40 homers despite missing 43 games. Mets first baseman Pete Alonso slugged 40 homers with 27 doubles in 2022. The future Hall of Famer ranks fifth out of this years contestants when it comes to biggest tape-measure homer in an MLB game. At 1.6 feet from the middle of home plate, Garcia's tater is essentially tied with one by Christian Villanueva in 2017 for the most outside pitch hit for a home run since 2015. This guy just continues to amaze us., Even Perez told The Stars Lynn Worthy: Its got to be more than that, come on guys.. Seattle teammate Ty France put it this way, talking about the team's slow start and recent surge: "That's baseball. 8. Rodriguez hit 16 more in that 1:44 then added eight in his minute of extra time to finish with 31. (Christopher Kamka), 2022 MLB Home Run Leaders: Each Teams HR King, Most Consecutive Games With a Home Run: Top 35. Hes the first player ever to finish with more than 25 in each category during his debut season. (OnlyHomers), The longest average home run distance was 428 feet. Thats the second-longest average during the Statcast era. Its the first time someone has reached at least 35 in both categories since Duke Snider in 1954. It's also one of a very few hits, period, against pitches of at least 102 mph. 4. Before the All-Star field of eight gets into the batters box for this years Derby, lets look at every participants longest home run of the Statcast era: Ramrezs longest MLB home run came in a pretty inconsequential spot. The Washington Nationals outfielder set his best mark with a 454-foot blast against the Colorado Rockies on Sept. 19, 2021. 2. Guess who's on site today: The Kid himself. 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. According to the somewhat limited info Statcast offers on MLBsites, it measures launch angle and exit velocity, and extrapolates everything else from there. 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. And New York came away with a lopsided 12-3 win after dropping 11 of 14. Then with the. Gonzalez: The final round. Sep 24, 2016. MLBis careful to state that Statcasts data are estimates, but thats not how they actually sell it. Admit it: You didn't even expect Pujols to get this far, did you? Getting a 91 mph fastball on a 1-1 count, Judge unloaded a 445-foot blast to left-center. 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. Odds & lines subject to change. New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge's prolific rookie season, and the home runs that come with it, have captivated fans across the country. Since it began in 2015, Major League Baseball's Statcast era has brought all new ways to measure and, by extension, appreciate home runs. Two more rounds to go, old man! The 459-foot blast was Pujols' longest of the Statcast era. He's improved since but not enough to qualify as having a successful season, although it would be hard to label anything around this team a success right now. Soto beat Shohei Ohtani in that epic overtime duel last year, including a Statcast-era-record 520-foot shot. 27 was a two-run homer that capped a five-run sixth against White Sox reliever Jake Petricka, breaking open a 3-2 game. Soto's longest blast was his 17th of the round: a 482-foot rocket just below the concourse in right-center. This was accomplished by Ronald Acua Jr. Pujols' oldest son, A.J., watched from nearby in tears. Three years ago, Acuna homered to all fields, producing a beautiful spray chart, but he lost to Alonso in the second round. Statcast measures the exit velocity and projected distance of Shohei Ohtani's 116.5 mph, 463-foot moonshot, his 33rd dinger of the season. Find peace -- and, with it, bring anyone who is watching pleasure. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. The other time was in 2021 by Miguel Rojas and Jonathan Villar. Pujols has definitely been hitting home runs the longest time-wise out of anyone in this years Home Run Derby field, but not distance-wise. With his victory over Seager, Rodriguez is the first Mariner to advance to the semifinals of the Derby since Griffey in 1998. 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. It was much farther than that. (FanGraphs), 4 MLB hitters slugged 40-plus homers. 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. Ours will be fun, though. Rodriguez finished at 31, 63 through two rounds. He's one of three rookies to do so, and both are contemporaries: Trevor Story did it in 2016, and Jose Abreu also hit 10 in 2014. Yet the then-Philadelphia Phillies outfielderhe was suspended for violating MLB's domestic violence policy and later designated for assignment in 2019still swung at the pitch and somehow sent it396 feet from home. When Snider accomplished this feat, the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn. Most of the players on the field at Dodger Stadium encircled the future Hall of Fame first baseman and began to applaud. He should return after a minimum length stay and might be an intriguing pickup based on his power-speed upside. 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. Essentially, they take those two pieces of data and build a parabola according to a preset formula. As well see soon enough, it wasnt nearly as many as weve seen in the recent past. Poor Dylan Covey. As it stands, New York would be the perfect fit for his power profile. 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. Facing lefty Zach Duke, Ramirez pulled a ball 447 feet into left field for a homer. This is gone. Schoenfield: As a longtime Mariners fan, this felt like the official arrival of Rodriguez on the national stage, even if Soto beat him out in the end. It was nearly 112 mph off the bat. The second-inning grand salami helped the Cubs earn an 11-4 victory over their NL Central rival. While the world waited for news of Trout's MRI on his injured hand, Judge took sole possession of the MLB lead in homers with his 17th, a bullet just to the right of dead center to bring the Yankees to within a run of the Orioles on Memorial Day. So, on June 30 the ballhawks got a genuine treat, two home runs cleared the left field structures and found pavement beyond. . Stat cast is broken on the south side that was farther than 452 Salvy!! And the longest: Schwarber is going to crack a 522-foot home run. Olney: Alonso will club a 512-foot homer, revitalizing conversation about a juiced ball. However, one is occasionally inclined to doubt the line, in the manner of the umpire grading sites. Chavez had already walked Judge in the first inning, but seeing him again in the bottom of the second, saw his two-out, full-count cutter get ripped to center for a 422-foot three-run homer to expand the Yankees' early lead to 5-1. It's also worth noting that his lineup support keeps deteriorating. 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. Continue with Recommended Cookies, Home Run History Daily, Nightly, and Ever So Rightly. Someone, or something, got one or both of the initial data points wrong. Judge tacked on his 21st homer of the season in the latest Bronx romp to spoil Yankees fans. The thin Colorado air doesn't sway the expectations for Story (-8 HR-xHR - first), Garrett Hampson (-7 HR-xHR - second), Charlie Blackmon (-5 HR-xHR - fifth), C.J. But after advancing past No. What it lacked in distance more than made up for it in importance, as the three-run shot in the third inning brought the Bronx Bombers to within one of the A's. 1-seeded Schwarber in the first round, Pujols' final Derby appearance came to an end when he was outhomered by Soto -- setting up a Soto-Rodriguez final showdown. Here the article proper ends, but we add a postscript, just for yucks. He may have only hit 15 homers in 2022, but he sure did make them count. Soto had registered only 10 home runs before taking a timeout with 32 seconds left in regulation, then he proceeded to hit five more -- the last one at the buzzer. After the league saw a record of 6,776 balls fly out of the yard in 2019, that number has decreased drastically. Dave has decades of experience, and his own system of measuring distance. (ESPN Stats & Info), A first in Los Angeles. 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. For just $0.83/month, get an ad-free experience and access to RotoBaller's VIP Discord Chat Community, If you can't subscribe, please consider turning off your adblocker for RotoBaller.com, Progressing, Alex Reyes Not Throwing Off Mound, Royals Sign Jackie Bradley Jr. To Minor-League Deal, John Klingberg Kept Out Of Wednesday's Game, James van Riemsdyk Back In Action Wednesday, Continues To Chase Elusive Florida Victory, Jalen Carter Facing Two Misdemeanor Charges, Lions, Jamaal Williams Have Mutual Interest In Reunion, Matthew Fitzpatrick Looking To Get His Season Rolling At Bay Hill. Judge hit this to Barrie, Ontario, but it was during batting practice. Hit to straightaway right field, the Babes preferred MO, it would have barely come up short of the Red Line tracks. You get the feeling he might just be warming up for some titanic home runs in the next two rounds. Ads help us pay RotobBaller's award-winning writers as much as possible they are vital to the site's operations and team. The oldest player ever to compete in the Derby, Pujols might have been the sentimental favorite, but he was hardly the favorite to win a contest that rewards stamina as much as raw power. Judge's home run gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead over the rival Red Sox, and New York improved to 7-0 in games when Judge hits a homer. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. Heres the monster home run against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which of two NRI outfielders should make the team. (Buster Olney), A different kind of 40/40 club. A crowd quickly swelled around him. This one hit the front wall of the Yankee Stadium outfield concourse so hard, it bounced back into play. The Texas Rangers All-Star set his career mark against the Diamondbacks on Sept. 26, 2021, one of his final regular season games as a Dodger. He turned a hanging curveball from White Sox starter Derek Holland and sent it into the bullpen in left-center. Thats the fewest dingers to lead Chicago in a single season since 1989. All videos courtesy of MLB, via YouTube. That was a bomb, a complete bomb, said Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus, who was on first base at the time of the home run. The Philadelphia Phillies slugger hit his biggest homer at Miller Park in 2019. Plenty of souvenirs will be launched into the crowd, and some may reach the nosebleeds or even leave Dodger Stadium entirely. Judge added his 26th homer of the season Saturday at the expense of 32-year-old rookie Austin Bibens-Dirkx to get the Yankees on the board against the Rangers. 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. Team; Services. Judge crushed this two-run blast off Francisco Liriano in the top of the sixth at Rogers Centre for his 18th homer of the season. Frankly, the video doesn't do this one justice. So why are we including it? Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Oddly enough, Story is one of five Rockies who reside in the top 11 underachievers as far as expected home runs go. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Unfortunately, he's staying put the rest of this season but his lineup support is also about to get worse if Whit Merrifield is traded to Seattle or somewhere else. That was the fewest of any day with that many games since September 24th, 2014. He joins Henry Aaron (1973), J.D. Right center side of center field. He uses eyewitness descriptions and old maps to calculate the distance (funny how that works). 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. Denver's Coors Field is a power hitter's heaven, and, for batted balls flying all over the place during tonight's Home Run Derby, ESPN will showcase this year's Statcast-driven alternative . The blast brought Judge back into a tie with Mike Trout for the major league lead in home runs. But the same parabola, at 575 feet, nails it. Fans watching at home scoffed at the estimate from Statcast. 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. You can see in the chart above the leaders from the 2020 season. (tie) Ryan McMahon: 495 feet, Aug. 9, 2022, vs. STLMcMahon crushed an 82 mph, low-and-inside changeup 495 feet for the longest home run by a Rockie in the Statcast era. A true legend. Statcast does not allow for prevaling wind, and there was a stiff wind blowing out that evening, but hardly anything that would account for a 40-foot shortfall. A couple of Patrick Wisdom homers from last week tell the tale. The Padres are in it to win it. Schoenfield: How about a passing of the torch? Once we make it past the All-Star break and a player is still below the .200 mark, most fantasy managers have moved on. No. He is four homers over expectation, but that gap widens if he moves to the NL East. Now, lets give the Statcast data for the two HRs, remembering that they extrapolate final distance for home runs, not necessarily where they first touch an obstruction. (FanGraphs), 23 players reached the 30-homer plateau. All of Judge's 6-foot-7 frame got behind this one. Including his, those swings have also produced a grand total of four hits. Many of those who formed that semicircle are fellow Dominican players who grew up worshipping him. It was bound to happen eventually: The Yankees fell to 14-1 when Judge hits a homer in a 9-5 loss at Tampa Bay. Going off older projected distance measurements, his farthest home run came 10 years earlier when he sent a Ryan Dempster pitch out of Wrigley Stadium all together. To celebrate the midsummer festivities, we asked ESPN MLB experts Alden Gonzalez, Buster Olney, Jeff Passan and David Schoenfield for their pre-Derby predictions and post-Derby takeaways. 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 he occupies the eighth spot in the lineup most nights and this iteration of the Dodgers is a far cry from the championship team we saw last year, he might still draw interest from fantasy managers in need of a replacement at second base. Shohei Ohtani reaches upper deck in Seattle with 33rd. His launch angle is a career-low 12.8 degrees, compared to a career average of 18.4. Passan: In the afterglow of his victory Monday, Juan Soto took a deep, cleansing breath, unleashed a mighty exhale and said, "That was fun." Some injuries are breaking out in Spring Training and none bigger than the one to Dodgers shortstop Gavin Lux. 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. The first is an overview of Wrigley and environs from Google Earth, the second superimposes a scale of distance, concentric from home plate. That home run was a tease of things to come for Devers. It's notthat uncommon (8.0 percent) that right-handed batters swing at pitches that far outside. Julio Rodriguez and Michael Harris faced off against one another in the same game on September 11th. His xHR would be at least the same or higher than 11 (his current home run total) in every other park except for Kauffman or Coors. Passan: The prodigious power of Soto is so free, so easy, one takes it for granted. Judge hit his 24th homer off a 93 mph fastball from Angels righty Parker Bridwell in the rookie's second start of the season. We know he can do that. TV: Bally Sports Kansas CityStream: https://t.co/fWzhPoK5Vl#Royals pic.twitter.com/vq38vzAfLo. Mazara, who was already no stranger to tape-measure blasts, hit the ultimate shot -- a 505-foot wallop to right field that set a record for the longest dinger tracked by Statcast since the tracking technology launched in 2015. Check. It's a record that will surely stand unbroken forever, and not necessarily just for reasons mentioned above. It also happened in 2015 (41 homers, 90 RBI). (tie) Jess Snchez: 496 feet, May 30, 2022 vs. COLDespite Coors Field's long history of majestic home runs, Snchez's 496-footer is third in terms of distance -- while it represented the only run the Marlins scored in an otherwise run-of-the-mill 7-1 loss, there was nothing forgettable about this shot. The ball went 450 feet into left-center, helping Seattle come away with a 7-3 victory against the Miami Marlins. Don't ever underestimate Pujols' pride and competitiveness. (tie) Aaron Judge: 495 feet, June 11, 2017, vs. BALThe Bronx was still buzzing from Judge's record-setting 121.1-mph home run off Orioles starter Chris Tillman, but he further cemented one of the grandest rookie campaigns in history the next day with this incredible rocket off Baltimore righty Logan Verrett. So few Wrigley moonshots land unobstructed that what Dave pointed out is a valuable landmark. The second-inning grand salami helped the Cubs earn an 11-4 victory over their NL Central rival. First-pitch ambushx2. The first of these, a mere 332-footer, was very un-Judge-ian. What's the old saw about doing something twice on Sunday? 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. To match his April performance, Judge has to hit five out of the park in the next 11 games; something tells us that's entirely possible. 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