Juan Soto is your 2022 MLB Home Run Derby champ! Shohei Ohtani reaches upper deck in Seattle with 33rd. Heres what each of the full seasons have looked like: This moonshot was provided by C.J. Had the fans fromMajor League been in the stands to see J.D. Besides, having gone through the trouble of digging into the archives for all this stuff, lets use some more of it. Cool stuff happens on the baseball field on a daily basis. At least one fan in Yankee Stadium was utterly stunned. Soto moves on -- not even needing his 60 seconds of extra time to beat Ramirez. ), Patrick Wisdom with his 15th home run of the season. Then with the. Statcast has him under 13 homers, which would move him out of the top-30 power hitters outside of the top 75. The Pirates became the first MLB team to have three players do this in the same month. 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. One Giancarlo Stanton laser has to be seen to be believed. It's the 1969 Mets of Home Run Derby results: Pujols moves on, hitting seven home runs in his one minute of extra time to knock out Schwarber. It went 392 feet and had an exit velocity of 113 miles per hour. (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 hit his 24th homer off a 93 mph fastball from Angels righty Parker Bridwell in the rookie's second start of the season. 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. 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. With the count in his favor at 1-2, Detroit Tigers left-hander Kyle Ryan missed his spot with a changeup that a more patient hitter would have taken for a ball. Leandro Cedeo hit a home run measured at 527 feet (161 m) in the minor leagues. It's impressive no matter when he smacked it. On September 16th, Yordan Alvarez enjoyed a three-homer night. This included the Yankees and Twins both going over 300 dingers. We're not far removed from the Home Run Derby so it seems like an appropriate time to examine the Statcast side of home run production for some big-name players. 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. Brewers 6, Cubs 3: An opportunity for Nelson Velzquez. BCB After Dark: A tale of two outfielders. 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. Rodriguez has been on fire, and he's not lacking in confidence. 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. And Joey Votto is still the most interesting man in baseball. It's also worth noting that his lineup support keeps deteriorating. All distances according to baseball savant. Thats the fewest dingers to lead Chicago in a single season since 1989. Salvy does it again! It's also one of a very few hits, period, against pitches of at least 102 mph. His launch angle is a career-low 12.8 degrees, compared to a career average of 18.4. That number was cut in half to 12 in 2021 before nearly getting cut in half again in 2022. 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. (tie) Ronald Acua Jr.: 495 feet, Sept. 25, 2020, vs. BOSAcua had already proven his power had matured to another level when he went 473 feet off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole earlier in the 2020 season. 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 . 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. We're one batter in, but the message has been sent: Julio is coming for your crown, Pete Alonso. It was largely happenstance that Soto and Alonso wound up on opposite sides of this year's bracket, and it will ultimately produce one of the most electrifying rounds this event has ever produced. 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. They each enjoyed two-homer performances. If Daniel Castro's name doesn't ring a bell, it's probably because he's hit only three home runs in 98 career games in the major leagues. He'll do so again this year, thwarting NL East foe Soto in the finals. It's a wonder that Trumbo even swung at it, given that pitches that are more than 4.5 feet high have drawn swings only 1.4 percent of the time. 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He has returned to All-Star form this season, becoming the NLs leading vote-getter for the Midsummer Classic and earning a slot in his second MLB Home Run Derby. 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. Batted balls with similar measurements have yielded an average distance of 216 feet, not to mention justan.034 average. 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. However, this is the lowest number the game has seen since 2015. 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. (Sarah Langs), Pirates hit the trifecta for three-homer games in one month. This three-run homer easily made the third deck in left at Target Field, and it made San the fifth Twins player that season to reach 30 homers -- an MLB record. Pujols' oldest son, A.J., watched from nearby in tears. 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. Judge followed up his first homer of the season with a high-flying blast in an 8-1 win against the Tampa Bay Rays. Cron at Coors Field on September 9th. A few months after Mark Trumbo reached for the proverbial skies for a home run in 2017, Odubel Herrera practically went underground for one of his own. 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. It was nearly 112 mph off the bat. The Washington Nationals outfielder set his best mark with a 454-foot blast against the Colorado Rockies on Sept. 19, 2021. Many peripherals indicate he is hitting the ball well enough, such as a 51% HardHit%, 12.4% Barrel%, 92.2 MPH exit velocity. The other time was in 2021 by Miguel Rojas and Jonathan Villar. (Buster Olney), A different kind of 40/40 club. Sam Haggerty of the Seattle Mariners accomplished this on July 14th. Many of those who formed that semicircle are fellow Dominican players who grew up worshipping him. As recently as 2019, there were 24 (!) 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. (OnlyHomers), The longest average home run distance was 428 feet. This one hit the front wall of the Yankee Stadium outfield concourse so hard, it bounced back into play. Here the article proper ends, but we add a postscript, just for yucks. Not for Julio Rodriguez. Having covered home runs hit at the steepest launch angles for 2021, it's worth taking note of extreme distances as well, particularly given that Wednesday night brought the season's longest. 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. Not exactly striking range, but New York used it to stage a 14-11 comeback win. 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. To wit, their batting average is a microscopic .014. 11 HR - 17.4 xHR = 6.4 HR under expectation. The future Hall of Famer ranks fifth out of this years contestants when it comes to biggest tape-measure homer in an MLB game. Because of three numbers in this order: 5-1-0. Getting a 91 mph fastball on a 1-1 count, Judge unloaded a 445-foot blast to left-center. Stay up-to-date on new posts, giveaways, special deals, and more by signing up for our newsletter. Some injuries are breaking out in Spring Training and none bigger than the one to Dodgers shortstop Gavin Lux. However, the 6-foot-2 slugger made history with the longest home run ever officially recorded through StatCast. Balls hit at14 degrees or lower have gone for a solid .332 batting average, but with just a .379 slugging percentage. Everyone knows Judge has power, but 438 feet worth of opposite-field power is something else. He may have only hit 15 homers in 2022, but he sure did make them count. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. After blasting an MLB-high 47 long balls in 2016, Mark Trumbo flopped in 2017 by hitting only 23 total home runs for the Baltimore Orioles. 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. Rodrguez is up to 15 home runs in his MLB career, and he might hit more than that on Monday at Dodger Stadium. Aaron Judge (62) and Kyle Schwarber (46) led the American League and National League, respectively, in homers this year. As well see soon enough, it wasnt nearly as many as weve seen in the recent past. It ended up on the stairs going up to the fan deck. 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. Ditto for White Sox radio announcers Len Kasper and Darrin Jackson. "I think we like seeing it fly like that, especially if it's our guys hitting it," Marlins manager Don Mattingly told MLB.com. We know he can do that. 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. Judge tacked on his 21st homer of the season in the latest Bronx romp to spoil Yankees fans. MLBis careful to state that Statcasts data are estimates, but thats not how they actually sell it. Soto's longest blast was his 17th of the round: a 482-foot rocket just below the concourse in right-center. 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. "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. (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. 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. 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. Definition Projected Home Run Distance represents the distance a home run ball would travel if unhindered by obstructions such as stadium seats or walls. 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 and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. 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. As you can imagine, batted balls with a launch angle of at least 49 degrees almost always result in outs. The 459-foot blast was Pujols longest of the Statcast era. ESPN's All-Star picks . Call 1-800-GAMBLER. 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. by Handedness. He uses eyewitness descriptions and old maps to calculate the distance (funny how that works). 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. Updated: Thursday, March 2, 2023 3:23 AM ET, Park Factors It was more like 600 feet. It also happened in 2015 (41 homers, 90 RBI). TV: Bally Sports Kansas CityStream: https://t.co/fWzhPoK5Vl#Royals pic.twitter.com/vq38vzAfLo. Rodrguez sent his first big league home run a long way. @ronaldacunajr24 is BRINGING the power. Currently viewing seasons between 2022 and 2022. 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. So, on June 30 the ballhawks got a genuine treat, two home runs cleared the left field structures and found pavement beyond. The 2022 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby is underway with Mariners phenom Julio Rodriguez getting it started in Los Angeles. How about the center-field scoreboard? Julio Rodriguez (32 home runs) defeats Corey Seager (24 home runs), Pete Alonso (20 home runs) defeats Ronald Acuna Jr. (19 home runs), Juan Soto (18 home runs) defeats Jose Ramirez (17 home runs), Albert Pujols (20 home runs) defeats Kyle Schwarber (19 home runs) in extra time, Julio Rodriguez (31 home runs) defeats Pete Alonso (22 home runs), Juan Soto (16 home runs) defeats Albert Pujols (15 home runs), Juan Soto (19 home runs) defeats Julio Rodriguez (18 home runs). Jackson: Well, its as deep as Ive ever seen a ball hit in this ballpark, straight away center over all the shrubbery. Cain's clout came off the bat at just 90.4 mph with a 38.7-degree launch angle. Hes now the fourth player in MLB history to do that. The issue is that he's still stuck on the Diamondbacks, the team around him will get worse not better, and his xHR differential is precarious. Right center side of center field. 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. Junior knows good content when he sees it. outfielder set his best mark with a 454-foot blast against the Colorado Rockies on Sept. 19, 2021. On April 17th, a total of just 15 homers were hit across 14 MLB games. 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. Frankly, the video doesn't do this one justice. (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. And, the one time it didnt happen for Alonso was in 2020, which was a 60-game season. Who is going to win the Home Run Derby and whom will he beat in the final? 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. 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. Rodriguez finished at 31, 63 through two rounds. 5. 3 spot on this list -- it also topped his previous career best by 37 feet. That home run was a tease of things to come for Devers. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. 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 . 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? Through the years, all of them got advice from Pujols as they matriculated to stardom. It's a fun field, spanning all the way from a 21-year-old rookie to a 42-year-old legend. Statcast has him under 13 homers, which would move him out of the top-30 power hitters outside of the top 75. 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. Soto has been scorching hot this month and will dethrone Pete Alonso in the finals. Heres the monster home run against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. Before his 60-second bonus time, he was only three away from Rodriguez's final round total. We want to see tanks. Albert Pujols Top 10 Longest Home runs of the Statcast Era. To these ends, these dingers are all truly one of a kind. Alonso gets knocked out by Rodriguez at 23 home runs. 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. 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. No. However, one is occasionally inclined to doubt the line, in the manner of the umpire grading sites. He's going to hit a bunch of low lasers into the left-center bleachers and, like Alonso in 2019, he's going to win it as a rookie -- knocking out Alonso in the semifinals and Schwarber in the final. Its the first time thats happened with two players at the age of 21 or younger. Here is a transcript of their call of the home run in the Royals 2-1 win. 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. While the moonshot broke team records, it was only the third-longest in Coors Field behind Stanton and Snchez's long balls. None of this will matter for Story if he switches uniforms after the trade deadline, though. Christian Yelich: 499 feet, Sept. 6, 2022 vs. COLThis moonshot, which did eventually land in Coors Field's third deck, didn't just give Yelich sole possession of the No. 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. 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. Pete Alonso (40) and Mike Trout (40) were the only other hitters to join them in the 40-homer club. 1. pic.twitter.com/y2DOav8dgf. 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. Poor Dylan Covey. A pity, on both counts. (Christopher Kamka), Lots of homers and not a lot of RBI. I am not convinced Salvy didn't just hit a 600 foot home run and big statcast just doesn't want the truth to get out there. Off those, the league has hit a collective .138 with a .190 slugging percentage. The second-inning grand salami helped the Cubs earn an 11-4 victory over their NL Central rival. Cubs up 6-0. Olney: Soto will go head-to-head with Alonso, and it'll be like Ali-Frazier, with Soto barely edging the defending champion. Its promoted as sine qua non for on-field performances, down to fractions of inches and of miles per hour. 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. A look ahead to the WBC. Business Advisory; Business Valuation; Corporate Finance; Cash Flow Modelling; M&A Advisory; Venture Capital; Private & Public Partnerships; Owner Supervision And Internal Control At 23 years and 266 days, Soto becomes the second youngest player ever to win the Derby. 7 barely made it out, but man, did it get out of Fenway fast. Cron -- even though he missed significant time with a torn ACL. Three home runs in four games since his return. 8. Is your favorite star headed to Hollywood? Like any typical year, baseballs regular season and postseason were full of home runs for us to admire. Acua, along with everybody else at Truist Park on April 27, 2021, knew this ball was gone. Up worshipping him not to mention justan.034 average not to mention justan.034 average blast was Pujols longest of the:. 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