MLB: The bomb squad skews young
By Bill Felber
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.
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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
12 Hunter Renfroe, SD 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