The Bomb Squad: The Longest Home Runs in MLB During Week-19
Two of Cincinnati Reds phenom Aristides Aquino’s five home runs against the Chicago Cubs are among the week’s 25 longest home runs in MLB.
You can ask the Chicago Cubs all about rookie phenom Aristides Aquino, but you may not get a civil answer. Since his post-MLB All-Star break callup, Aquino has set about destroying National League pitching. This weekend he made the division-leading Cubs his special project.
Thursday in a 12-5 loss, Aquino lit up Cubs starter Cole Hamels for a 445 foot home run that fled the field at a nuclear 118.5 mph. That equaled the year’s hardest-hit home run.
Friday night Aquino homered again as the Reds won 5-2. And on Saturday, he went deep off Kyle Hendricks in each of his first three plate appearances, including a 452-footer, the week’s ninth longest.
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That gave Aquino seven home runs in his first 10 games, five of them against the Cubs.
Even at 452 feet, Aquino couldn’t reach the pinnacle of this week’s list. That spot went to Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, who ripped a 474-footer off Baltimore’s Aaron brooks in Houston’s 23-2 pasting of the Orioles.
Correa’s blast edged out Chicago Cubs second baseman Ian Happ’s 474-footer against Oakland Monday at Wrigley Field because Correa’s went out at 111.5 mph, while Happ had to content himself with 108.6 mph.
The list measures the longest home runs as calculated by Statcast. Where ties exist, they are broken by exit velocity.
To make the list of the longest 25, an MLB player had to go inordinately deep this week – 443 feet at a minimum. The average distance of those 25 longest shots was a sprawling 451.36 feet.
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Rank Batter, team Pitcher, team Distance
1 Carlos Correa, Hou Aaron Brooks, Bal 474
2 Ian Happ, Chc Blake Treinen, Oak 474
3 Corey Dickerson, Phi Mike Leake, Ari 463
4 Mike Moustakas. Mil Dario Agrazi, Pit 459
5 Bryce Harper, Phi Tony Watson, SF 456
6 Yasiel Puig, Cle Sergio Romo, Min 451
7 Alex Gordon, KC Jose Cisnero, Det 454
8 Javier Baez, Chc Chris Bassitt, Oak 454
9 Aristides Aquino, Cin Dillon Maples, Chc 452
10 Eugenio Suarez, Cin Jose Suarez, LAA 451
11 Ryan Cordell, CWS Tyler Alexander, Det 450
12 Hunter Pence, Tex Gio Gonzalez, Mil 449
13 J D Davis, NYM Joe Musgrove, Pit 449
14 Danny Santana, Tex Adrian Houser, Mil 448
15 Austin Meadows, Pit Trent Thornton, Tor 447
16 Teoscar Hernandez, Tor J A Happ, NYY 447
17 Mike Zunino, TB Ken Giles, Tor 446
18 Jesus Aguilar, TB Kyle Keller, Mia 446
19 Cheslor Cuthbert, KC Matthew Boyd, Det 446
20 Aristides Aquino, Cin Cole Hamels, Chc 445
21 Donovan Solano, SF Kyle Freeland, Col 445
22 Jorge Soler, KC Spencer Turnbull, Det 444
23 Ozzie Albies, Atl Martin Perez, Min 444
24 Miguel Sano, Min Chris Martin, Atl 443
25 Sam Travis, Bos Dillon Peters, LAA 443