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.
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
16Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Teoscar Hernandez, Tor J A Happ, NYYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 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