When Giancarlo Stanton barrels up a baseball, magic happens.
The New York Yankees slugger did it again Saturday night, absolutely crushing a pitch from Baltimore Orioles reliever Austin Voth and sending it 436 feet into the left field seats
Exit velocity: 116.3 mph.
An absolute bomb coming 116.3 MPH off the bat of Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton. 💣pic.twitter.com/mkn2FbUWcB
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) April 9, 2023
For all the incredible things Stanton has done in his career, the 381 home runs, MVP award, five All-Star appearances, his most remarkable feat might be the fact he’s made hitting such explosive blasts routine.
The fact is, no one else hits the ball harder on a more consistent basis than Stanton. Veteran sports commentator Sarah Langs crunched some numbers and found Stanton has hit 125 balls at 116-plus mph since Statcast began tracking the data in 2015.
The next player on the list is Aaron Judge, with only 39 such plays.
Giancarlo Stanton has 125 batted balls at 116+ mph tracked by Statcast (2015, including playoffs)
next-most is Aaron Judge with 39
only 4 others even have 10+:
Vladimir Guerrero Jr: 19
Nelson Cruz: 15
Carlos González: 12
Shohei Ohtani: 10I MEAN !!!!!
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 9, 2023
Even though we’ve seen Stanton crush the ball before, each time he hits one of these shots, Twitter takes note.
“Giancarlo Stanton has never hit a cheap home run in his life. Everything is crushed,” tweeted Jared Carrabis.
Giancarlo Stanton has never hit a cheap home run in his life. Everything is crushed. pic.twitter.com/nTrX6yOAEL
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) April 9, 2023
Giancarlo Stanton just sent this ball over this massive wall like it was nothing LMFAOOOOO NO WALL CAN CONTAIN HIM https://t.co/kh7Ci7Rv09
— Addison (@YankeeWRLD) April 9, 2023
BREAKING: #NASA has just released a photo of Giancarlo Stanton’s grand slam ball from 9/25/2021 as it just landed on the moon. pic.twitter.com/XLximLwF2V
— Dom (@BronxBmbrz) April 8, 2023
I’ll never forget being at Petco Park during the WBC vs DR in 2017 and watching Stanton hit that monster 2-run HR to the Western Metal Supply Co. building and the crowd losing their minds. We all knew the millisecond the ball left his bat that it was crushed. What a game!
— Chris (@FighterTownUSA_) April 9, 2023
Gonna have to move the walls a little further back. 436 feet on that Giancarlo Stanton missile.
— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) April 9, 2023
Legend says he’s bigger than that wall
— Samantha⁷ ⚾️ (@xiggy89x) April 9, 2023