Four celebrated rookies make the list of the week’s 25 longest MLB blasts
Some of MLB’s brightest young stars went extremely deep during the past week.
Four celebrated rookies made the list of the week’s 25 longest bombs. They were led by San Francisco’s Mike Yastrzemski, whose 472-footer Friday against the Colorado Rockies was the week’s second longest.
One day earlier, Toronto rookie star Vlad Guerrero Jr. ripped a 450-foot home run against Baltimore, the week’s seventh longest. Colorado’s Bo Bichette and San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. also made the list.
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As far as Yastrzemski’s home run traveled, it was nosed out as the week’s longest by Chicago Cub slugger Kyle Schwarber. Last Sunday, Schwarber powered a 473-footer in Milwaukee off Zach Davies, one of his two home runs that day.
The average distance of the week’s 25 longest was 446.72 feet.
The list measures the longest home runs as calculated by Statcast. Where ties exist, they are broken by exit velocity.
Only one player made this week’s list twice. On Tuesday Adam Duvall authored a 440-foot home run off Washington’s Javy Guerra, and two nights later he hit a 434-footer off Cincinnati’s Wandy Peralta.
Here’s the full list.
Rank     Batter, team                     Pitcher, team         Distance
1             Kyle Schwarber, Chc      Zach Davies, Mil               473
2             Mike Yastrzemski. SF     Peter Lambert, Col         472
3             Nelson Cruz, Min            Danny Duffy, KC        466
4             Jorge Soler, KC                 Kyle Gibson, Min        465
5             Ronald Acuna Jr., Atl      Alex Wood, Cin         463
6             Travis d’Arnaud, TB        David Price, Bos        453
7             Vlad Guerrero Jr., Tor   Dillon Tate, Bal                 450
8             Teoscar Hernandez, Tor Brad Keller, KC         450
9             Trevor Story, Col             Madison Bumgarner, SF 449
10          Will Smith, LA          Wade Davis, Col               449
11          Austin Romine, NYY       Chris Sale, Bos         446
12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hunter Renfroe, SDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Madison Bumgarner, SF 444
13          Corey Seager, LA             Michael Blazek, Was      441
14          Austin Meadows, TB     Heath Hembree, Bos    440
15          Adam Duval, Atl        Javy Guerra, Was       440
16          Jose Abreu, CWS             Jason Vargas, Phi       440
17          Victor Caratini. Chc         Jeremy Jeffress, Mil     439
18          Russell Martin, LA           Kyle Freeland, Col      439
19          Starlin Castro, Mia          Jalen Beeks, TB        438
20          Juan Soto, Was                Luke Jackson, Atl       437
21          Bo Bichette, Tor        Jakob Junis, KC         436
22          Andrew Benintendi, Bos Domingo German, NYY 436
23          Fernando Tatis Jr., SD    Tom Eshelman, Bal         435
24          Adam Duvall, Atl              Wandy Peralta, Cin     434
25          Franmill Reyes, SD          David Hess, Bal        433