NY-based hitters provided four of week-21’s five longest home runs in MLB. Tampa’s Tommy Pham and Baltimore’s Jonathan Villar both made the list twice.
Sluggers from the Big Apple made their presence known with four of the five longest blows in MLB this week.
Aaron Judge, recovered from injuries that have limited him to just 73 games (and 14 home runs), hit one Tuesday in Oakland that measured up to his old standards. It traveled 467 feet, the week’s longest.
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Three Mets teammates, meanwhile, dominated the remainder of the list. Michael Conforto blasted a 452-footer off Kansas City’s Glenn Sparkman, Pete Alonso went 451 feet off Atlanta’s Max Fried, and J D Davis delivered a crucial 447 foot home run off Cleveland’s Shane Bieber.
They were, respectively, the week’s second, third and fifth-longest home runs.
The average distance of this week’s 25 longest homers was 438.6 feet.
Two players made the list twice, neither widely known for his power. Tampa Bay’s Tommy Pham on Sunday slugged a 432-footer off Detroit’s Buck Farmer, then one day later hit a 447-foot bomb off Seattle’s Marco Gonzalez. That was the only home run among the five longest not struck by a New York-based player.
Baltimore’s Jonathan Villar also hit two. The first – measuring 431 feet — came Monday against Kansas City’s Jake Newberry. On Wednesday Villar touched Royal Mike Montgomery for a 434-footer.
Pham’s were two of four struck by members of the Tampa Bay Rays. Austin Meadows and Kevin Kiermaier also made the list.
Two pitchers made the list twice for the wrong reasons. Chicago’s Ross Detwiler gave up a 431-foot home run to Shohei Ohtani on Sunday, then on Thursday surrendered a 447-foot homer to Elvis Andrus.
And Milwaukee’s Chase Anderson on Sunday threw Matt Adams’ 438-foot homer as well as Victor Robles’ 429-footer.
The list measures the longest home runs in MLB as calculated by Statcast. Where ties exist, they are broken by exit velocity. Here are the week’s 25 longest.
No.        Batter, team                     Pitcher, team        Distance
1             Aaron Judge, NYY           Joakim Soria, Oak            467
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Michael Conforto, NYM Glenn Sparkman, KCÂ Â Â Â 452
3             Pete Alonso, NYM          Max Fried, Atl                   451
4             Tommy Pham, TB      Marco Gonzalez, Sea     447
5             J D Davis, NYM                 Shane Bieber, Cle           447
6             Elvis Andrus, Tex             Ross Detwiler, CWS    447
7             Charlie Blackmon, Col    Jordan Yamamoto, Mia 445
8             Jose Abreu, CWS       Kyle Gibson, Min             442
9             Freddie Freeman, Atl   Edwin Diaz, NYM       439
10          Ketel Marte, Ari        Chi Chi Gonzalez, Col     439
11          Austin Meadows, TB     Ty Blach, Bal           438
12          Matt Adams, Was           Chase Anderson, Mil     438
13          James McCann, CWS     Ariel Jurado, Tex        434
14          Jonathan Villar, Bal         Mike Montgomery, KC  434
15          Travis Demeritte, Det    Hector Rondon, Hou      434
16          Will Smith, SF          Sean Reid-Foley, Tor     434
17          Kevin Kiermaier, TB    Matt Magill, Sea              432
18          Tommy Pham, TB      Buck Farmer, Det            432
19          Anthony Rendon, Was Chris Stratton, Pit            432
20          Jonathan Villar, Bal     Jake Newberry, KC      431
21Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Shohei Ohtani, LAAÂ Â Â Â Ross Detwiler, CWSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 431
22          Max Muncy, LA        Tim Mayza, Tor                431
23          Mike Ford, NYY        Yusmeiro Petit, Oak       430
24          Victor Robles, Was     Chase Anderson, Mil    429
25          Ronny Rodriguez, Det   Wade Miley, Hou            429