Boston Red Sox: How Trevor Story’s home run marked a career-best moment

While the Boston Red Sox may have come up on the short end of a 6-5 road loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night, Trevor Story’s solo home run in the top of the second inning at least provided a highlight for the team and a personal-best for the 29-year-old infielder.

Trevor Story hit a home run for the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night with a higher exit velocity than any of his previous 169 career home runs

Story certainly may have hit home runs further during his days with the Colorado Rockies prior to this season and with the Boston Red Sox earlier in the campaign, but, prior to Tuesday’s matchup in Toronto against the Blue Jays, he had never hit one with a higher exit velocity, according to MLB’s Sarah Langs. His two-strike, two-out blast off Toronto starting pitcher Ross Stripling registered at 113.4 mph with a launch angle of 17 degrees, meaning it left the field in a hurry.

And it wasn’t just the hardest home run Story has ever hit, but it was also the hardest batted ball of his career.

Story’s home run was also the hardest hit ball of the night for the Red Sox, who registered the four hardest hit balls during the matchup between American League East rivals. Rob Refsnyder (109.5 mph), J.D. Martinez (109.2), and Christian Vazquez (108.9) also joined in as part of Boston’s hard hit club north of the border.

While the home run may have been a personal best for Story in terms of exit velocity, it didn’t move the needle much in terms of the highest exit velocity by an MLB player this season. Story’s home run tied for 38th this season on the exit velocity list, with Giancarlo Stanton of the New York Yankees setting the pace with an exit velocity of 119.8 mph.