Christian Encarnacion-Strand home run Credit: Louisville Bats | Cincinnati Reds prospect Christian Encarnacion-Strand blasted a moonshot home run Saturday night.
By Chris Novak on

As the Cincinnati Reds get energized by young talent, an exuberant prospect made his presence felt in a massive way. Christian Encarnacion-Strand, an infielder in the Reds’ farm system, blasted a moonshot home run on Saturday night. The impressive young hitter slammed the ball all the way past the batter’s eye and over 465 feet.

The Louisville Bats, the team Encarnacion-Strand plays for in Triple-A, squared up with the Toledo Mud Hens. Encarnacion-Strand’s homer took Mud Hen left-handed pitcher and Detroit Tigers prospect Sam Clay deep. And we mean really deep.

“Out of here. Never coming back. Gone. CES is that dude,” the Louisville Bats boasted on Twitter following the homer.

The blast was as majestic as it was impressive. And as it turns out, it was one of two homers the prospect hit Saturday night.

As of right now, CES is the fourth-highest-ranked prospect in the Reds’ farm system that is not at the Major League level. Leading the way is Noelvi Marte, a catcher the Reds acquired in their big trade last season that sent starting pitcher Luis Castillo to Seattle. Encarnacion-Strand checks in behind Marte, shortstop Edwin Arroyo, and third baseman Cam Collier.

As you can imagine, the moonshot homer caught a lot of onlookers’ attention. The video of the home run by Christian Encarnacion-Strand went viral on Saturday night. Nearly everyone who came across it was left in awe of the blast.

[Louisville Bats]

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