I can go 0-for-30 or J.P. [Crawford] can go 0-for-30 or Julio can go 30-for-30.". The Washington Nationals left-hander made a bid for a strikeout on a 1-2 count by throwing a fastball 4.6 feet off the ground, but Trumbo was able to get under it and send it over the left field wall. But we need to put the formula in its place once in a while. (tie) Joey Gallo: 495 feet, July 20, 2018, vs. CLEGallo's moonshot is the most clutch homer on this list, as it came off Indians closer Cody Allen with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game. The Cubs will need someone to step up while their Japanese star is out. One of the few D-backs not on the trade block, Rojas was looking like an overhyped sleeper a month into the season. McKinstry doesn't have a huge homer total, but seven HR in 149 AB is promising and prorates to a 40-homer season with a full year worth of at-bats. 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. It's a fun field, spanning all the way from a 21-year-old rookie to a 42-year-old legend. 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. 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. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted 2. The homer didnt do much for Cleveland in the game, as Chicago secured a 7-4 win. Sam Haggerty of the Seattle Mariners accomplished this on July 14th. With 34 homers as a hitter and 15 wins as a pitcher, Shohei Ohtani is the first player ever to slug 30-plus homers while winning 10-plus games in the same season. Stat cast is broken on the south side that was farther than 452 Salvy!! For your further viewing pleasure, Stanton has also hit the fastest (121.7 mph in 2018) homer since 2015. The future Hall of Famer ranks fifth out of this years contestants when it comes to biggest tape-measure homer in an MLB game. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Dave has decades of experience, and his own system of measuring distance. Definition Projected Home Run Distance represents the distance a home run ball would travel if unhindered by obstructions such as stadium seats or walls. One thing about Alonso in the Home Run Derby: He never panics. The Seattle Mariners rookie outfielder crushed the milestone homer off fellow All-Star Sandy Alcantara on May 1. 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. Shohei Ohtani reaches upper deck in Seattle with 33rd. Judge tied Joe DiMaggio's Yankees rookie record , set in 1936, by hitting his league-leading 29th home run against the Blue Jays. The homer with the lowest launch angle that left the building was a 14-degree shot on August 31st by Xander Bogaerts at Target Field. The "Statcast era" encompasses six full MLB seasons (2015-2019, 2021) and two partial ones (2020 and 2022). None of this will matter for Story if he switches uniforms after the trade deadline, though. Salvy does it again! Thats the second-longest average during the Statcast era. 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. Now lets place the landing spots on the general image, and give our own distances for Wisdoms two home runs. ESPN Stats . 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. 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. Including his, those swings have also produced a grand total of four hits. Bryant has rebounded well from last year's disaster but not to his previous levels. Heres what each of the full seasons have looked like: This moonshot was provided by C.J. Aaron had to step up his game. The key word in that sentence is estimate, because no one believed that a home run hit Monday night by Royals catcher Salvador Perez traveled only 452 feet. Here the article proper ends, but we add a postscript, just for yucks. [21] The Seattle Mariners rookie outfielder crushed the milestone homer off fellow All-Star Sandy Alcantara on May 1. We want to see Soto hit a ball 515 feet, and we will. Then there's the fact he's the eighth-biggest overachievers compared to expected home run rate. After Suwinskis three-homer performance, Bryan Reynolds and Michael Perez each had one of their own. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, Juan Soto is your 2022 Home Run Derby champion after dueling it out with rookie Julio Rodriguez in a battle of the young bats Monday evening at Dodger Stadium. Justin Carlson (@HickCar25) August 2, 2022 If you think fans, announcers and the Royals are just exaggerating how far. This metric is determined by finding the parabolic arc of the baseball and projecting the remainder of its flight path. 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.) Once the year was done, the outfielder had compiled a .311/.425/.688 line with 62 homers, 131 RBI, 133 runs scored, 111 walks, and 177 hits. Two years ago, we marked the 20th anniversary of Glenallen Hills celebrated (pre-Statcast)rooftop home run, by giving an educated guess as to its true distance. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. That Trumbo also managed to hit it is downright mind-boggling. Cool stuff happens on the baseball field on a daily basis. Heres how to get one, Fans who buy tickets to Royals opener may receive special Bobby Witt Jr. bobblehead. Like any typical year, baseballs regular season and postseason were full of home runs for us to admire. It's impressive no matter when he smacked it. pic.twitter.com/qgGGrfFYEH. Amid the chaos of his life, he had found peace in one thing that always is there for him, even as the world turns him into a dollar figure and a trade chip: swinging a baseball bat. 5. First, we obviously see the fact he's the biggest overachiever in terms of home runs over expectation. Hes now the fourth player in MLB history to do that. 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. His most difficult test might come in the first round against Acuna, but they've faced one another before, in 2019, and the Polar Bear came out on top. Devious us, we provided him the image without the distance scale. Ditto for White Sox radio announcers Len Kasper and Darrin Jackson. 8. 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). Martinez's home run on May 15, 2015, they might have been onto something in thinking that it was "too high.". Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. 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. Kauffman Stadium isn't doing him any favors as the park with the eighth-lowest HR Factor. We would appreciate your support by either turning off your adblocker or signing up for our ad-free subscription tier.Thanks for being a reader! Absolutely blasted by Salvador Perez. Currently viewing seasons between 2022 and 2022. The Padres are in it to win it. 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. 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. Judge was just one of many to rough up Orioles starter Chris Tillman in the Yankees' 16-3 rout, with a first-inning blast down the left-field line that clocked in with an exit velocity of 116 mph, his fastest speed off the bat this season, according to ESPN's Stats & Info. Rojas is a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, which has worked against him for all counting stats including homers. That home run was a tease of things to come for Devers. To help pass time during the coronavirus pandemic, we thought we'd pause to appreciate eight home runs that should have been impossible. We know he can do that. He uses eyewitness descriptions and old maps to calculate the distance (funny how that works). Cain's clout came off the bat at just 90.4 mph with a 38.7-degree launch angle. Schoenfield: One and done. Since then, crickets. We want to see balls that never stop flying. However, one is occasionally inclined to doubt the line, in the manner of the umpire grading sites. 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. He also became the first Yankee to hit 20 homers before the All-Star Break in his age-25 (or younger) season since Roger Maris did it in 1960. It took a Stanton-ian combination of a 115.8-mph exit velocity and a very low 18-degree launch angle for Stanton to reach that part of the park. 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. That was the fewest of any day with that many games since September 24th, 2014. Using a known distance (the LFfoul line), we extrapolate the others we will do here, using simple math. Don't ever underestimate Pujols' pride and competitiveness. @ronaldacunajr24 is BRINGING the power. Many peripherals indicate he is hitting the ball well enough, such as a 51% HardHit%, 12.4% Barrel%, 92.2 MPH exit velocity. Could Judge reach that by the end of the month? 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. Soto, who would later defeat Pujols in Round 2, fanned him off with his cap. So few Wrigley moonshots land unobstructed that what Dave pointed out is a valuable landmark. No. * Stats Include Regular and Postseason 2022 Batters All Teams Minimum HR: 0 Update One Giancarlo Stanton laser has to be seen to be believed. Find peace -- and, with it, bring anyone who is watching pleasure. Instead, Devers whacked it for a 105.8 mph drive that landed 424 feet from home plate. Off those, the league. Gambling problem? 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. To find this on Baseball Savant, go to the statcast leaderboard and exit velocity and barrels tab. 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. Kasper: Perez got a lot of it. Only Trevor Story's 454-foot average distance in 2018 is better. After his earlier blast for distance, this one was a low line shot that he smoked to right to complete the Bombers' scoring in their 14-3 rout of Baltimore. pic.twitter.com/1dxAMdZnBr. 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. 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. The Cubs got some good pitching and timely hitting and held on for a Cactus League win. (ESPN Stats & Info), A first in Los Angeles. The All-Star Game in Los Angeles is just around the corner. While it would intuitively make sense that going anywhere other than Colorado would hurt his power production, it might do the opposite. After the league saw a record of 6,776 balls fly out of the yard in 2019, that number has decreased drastically. We hear of The Stacast Era a great deal, now. It was part of a three-homer game for the first baseman. Judge hit his 24th homer off a 93 mph fastball from Angels righty Parker Bridwell in the rookie's second start of the season. He'll crack a dozen in the first round, but Schwarber will knock him out. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. The second, which went 391 feet, made up for that relative blooper, and it brought in three runs in an eventual 11-5 win. What's the one moment we'll all be talking about long after this HR derby ends? First Corey. Soto got to admire his longest home run and watch it fly. 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. 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. Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 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? Judge had three RBIs off homers in this extra-inning win against the Orioles. By turning on a pitch that was 1.8 feet from the center of home plate, he wears the crown for the most inside pitchhit for a home run in the Statcast era. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. 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. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Cody Bellinger is batting a miserable .162 and shows no signs of turning things around. Al Yellon Patrick Wisdom with his 15th home run of the season. (tie) C.J. Bryant has put together a solid season amidst the burning dumpster fire on the North Side which could land him on a contending team soon. As you heard, Bally Sports Kansas Citys Ryan Lefebvre and Rex Hudler had never seen a ball hit that far at Guaranteed Rate Field. It doesn't work that way, of course. It was the shortened 2020 season when he hit six. A look ahead to the WBC. The blast brought Judge back into a tie with Mike Trout for the major league lead in home runs. We want to see tanks. No. No matter where he goes, power regression could be in store. Forty seconds later, Soto buckled to a knee, launched his bat to the air and embraced his teammates. 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. 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 . 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. The ball went 450 feet into left-center, helping Seattle come away with a 7-3 victory against the Miami Marlins. Hes the only player ever to do this more than once. Its promoted as sine qua non for on-field performances, down to fractions of inches and of miles per hour. No. 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. Ads help us pay RotobBaller's award-winning writers as much as possible they are vital to the site's operations and team. Gonzalez: Acuna is averaging 437 feet per home run this season, the longest in the majors. He is four homers over expectation, but that gap widens if he moves to the NL East. 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. He's enjoying an 18.4% HR/FB rate that should decline. And to go over that, Ive never seen it. From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete has done a little bit of everything since joining The Star in 1997. 27 was a two-run homer that capped a five-run sixth against White Sox reliever Jake Petricka, breaking open a 3-2 game. It's notthat uncommon (8.0 percent) that right-handed batters swing at pitches that far outside. J-Rod puts the pressure on the reigning champ. He didnt need the benefit of Coors Field, either, taking Jon Gray deep at Nationals Park. Though it predated Statcast, he also hit one at the 2014 Home Run Derby that traveled510 feet. But after advancing past No. Going off older projected distance measurements, his farthest home run came 10 years earlier when he sent a Ryan Dempster pitch, slugger hit his biggest homer at Miller Park in 2019. coors field home run distance coors field home run distance. Soto moves on -- not even needing his 60 seconds of extra time to beat Ramirez. Leandro Cedeo hit a home run measured at 527 feet (161 m) in the minor leagues. This is a tale of two home runs, both hit June 30, by Patrick Wisdom, the first a dramatic grand slam [VIDEO]. Many thanks for your patience and attention. 27 de fevereiro de 2023 | usssa baseball tournaments 2022. pic.twitter.com/uB68XYitRU. 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. Brewers 6, Cubs 3: An opportunity for Nelson Velzquez. The home run came just nine days after Alonso won his first Derby. 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. (Buster Olney), A different kind of 40/40 club. On April 23rd, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ozzie Albies both hit leadoff homers on the first pitch they saw. Business Advisory; Business Valuation; Corporate Finance; Cash Flow Modelling; M&A Advisory; Venture Capital; Private & Public Partnerships; Owner Supervision And Internal Control But when they have, they've hit for just a .047 average with four extra-base hits. MLBis careful to state that Statcasts data are estimates, but thats not how they actually sell it. He went opposite field off Matt Andriese in the top of the second for his fifth home run of the month. The xHR stat is actually one of the simpler Statcast metrics. He'll do so again this year, thwarting NL East foe Soto in the finals. There hasnt been that few since 2018 when Khris Davis (48), J.D. Cleveland came back to pull out a 9-8 victory. 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. The initial shot by Wisdom is the real subject here. 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. 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. The Washington Nationals outfielder set his best mark with a 454-foot blast against the Colorado Rockies on Sept. 19, 2021. It was just . 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. 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. You can see in the chart above the leaders from the 2020 season. If he decides to get pull happy this year, he'll clear Dodger Stadium a few times. (@Drianrogelio) July 26, 2021. At least one fan in Yankee Stadium was utterly stunned. The Cleveland third baseman entered as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning against the. Who will hit the longest home run of the night and how far? Martinez (2017), and Nelson Cruz (2019). (tie) Aaron Judge: 496 feet, Sept. 30, 2017, vs. TORThis clout to the left-center concourse at Yankee Stadium, Judge's 52nd homer of the season, inspired "M-V-P" chants from the Bronx faithful. It was also his 10th home run of the season, which tied the rookie record for home runs in April. * Click on a player to see more information about their specific events including videos of plays if available. (OnlyHomers), The home run with the lowest launch angle was 12 degrees. 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. Anthony Rizzo accomplished this for the Yankees on April 26th at Yankee Stadium. However, the steals are likely to decrease since the Yankees are 29th in SB attempts per game, the Mets are 26th, but Colorado is ninth. (Jim Passon), No cheap ones off Yordans bat. 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. Edit:The Dodgers have acquired Trea Turner and activated Corey Seager as of July 30, which renders McKinstry irrelevant in fantasy altogether. It rivals Deadball Era and Modern Era as citations. But he won't survive a really tough matchup against Schwarber. Jackson: Well, its as deep as Ive ever seen a ball hit in this ballpark, straight away center over all the shrubbery. ), Patrick Wisdom with his 15th home run of the season. Its up to you to decide whether, after what Statcast hastaught us about trajectories, the extrapolation from 1921 has any validity. 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. Three years ago, Acuna homered to all fields, producing a beautiful spray chart, but he lost to Alonso in the second round. Let's see if he can pull a Willie Stargell and hit one out of the stadium. 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. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Batted balls with similar measurements have yielded an average distance of 216 feet, not to mention justan.034 average. This is gone. It ended up on the stairs going up to the fan deck. 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'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. Takeaways and our favorite moments from Dodger Stadium Skip to main content Skip to navigation > ESPN Search MLB Home Spring Training Scores. It went 392 feet and had an exit velocity of 113 miles per hour. Also note, by this measure even a 575-footer is heading down (NOTrising)as it leaves the park. Rodriguez hit 16 more in that 1:44 then added eight in his minute of extra time to finish with 31. 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. When Snider accomplished this feat, the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn. 3 spot on this list -- it also topped his previous career best by 37 feet. The ball went 450 feet into left-center, helping Seattle come away with a 7-3 victory against the. At No. Its official distance, naturally, was 302 feet. Among the tens of thousands of home runs hit during that period, only four others. Acua, along with everybody else at Truist Park on April 27, 2021, knew this ball was gone. Not only did Schwarber get 473 feet of distance on his longest home run he also got four RBIs. Royals manager Mike Matheny told reporters it was the longest home run hed seen at Guaranteed Rate. Cron earned his first All-Star appearance for his efforts in 2022 and now sits just . pic.twitter.com/y2DOav8dgf. 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. pic.twitter.com/lfTmMKZNer. 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. If anything, moving to a winning squad with better lineup support could do wonders for his RBI totals. We knowanother email clouding up your inbox? So behold, here's one from Giancarlo Stanton. It was just the second time thats happened since 1960. 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 average distance for those three homers was 443 feet. After hitting two Sunday, Judge kept at it Monday in Anaheim with his 22nd homer of the season. 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. It was more like 600 feet. (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. Judge tacked on his 21st homer of the season in the latest Bronx romp to spoil Yankees fans. Check. Odds & lines subject to change. The 21-year-old phenom put together one of the most impressive rounds in Home Run Derby history, finishing with 32 home runs. Albert Pujols Top 10 Longest Home runs of the Statcast Era. 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. 47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 !function(e,i,n,s){var t="InfogramEmbeds",d=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement("script");o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src="https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js",d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,"infogram-async"); The 2022 season included 5,215 total home runs. (OnlyHomers), The longest average home run distance was 428 feet. Aaron Judge (62) and Kyle Schwarber (46) led the American League and National League, respectively, in homers this year. The total number of ballparks that would have counted it as a homer are summed up and then divided by 30 and voila, xHR is born and tallied over the course of the season. Brother statcast is trying to tell us this ball went only 452ftSo this ball only went 52 feet behind the 400ft fence? I think it was more than 505 feet. 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. "Balls with that trajectory, for a lot of guys it doesn't go out. The New York Mets first baseman owns the longest in-game home run of any player competing in this years 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. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. 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. (FanGraphs), 4 MLB hitters slugged 40-plus homers. The Polar Bear got it during his historic rookie season when he smashed a 489-foot moonshot against Twins reliever Matt Magill on July 17, 2019. Thats the fewest dingers to lead Chicago in a single season since 1989. 2. 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. ESPN's All-Star picks . It remains Judge's longest home run of the season. But as with his previous homer, Judge's blast would come in a game the Yankees would ultimately lose. 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