DENVER, CO – JULY 21: Mark Reynolds #12 of the Colorado Rockies watches his pinch hit solo home run during the seventh inning against the Atlanta Braves at Coors Field on July 21, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
MLBBy Matt Clapp on

When veteran infielder Mark Reynolds signed with the Colorado Rockies this offseason, it made many of us wonder what the heck took so long for Reynolds to end up in a Rockies uniform.

For one, Reynolds is the kind of marginal position player the Rockies seem to always sign. But, the main thing is that he belongs at Coors Field. He annually brings one valuable skill to the table, and that’s his power.

Reynolds has led the league in strikeouts four times, but when he connects, the ball goes a long way. And the ball does not go a longer way in the majors than it does in the thin air at Denver’s Coors Field.

Reynolds and Coors Field needed to happen, and on Thursday night, we saw why. Watch Reynolds send a Hunter Cervenka offering 486 feet:

That’s the second-longest homer in the majors this year — behind only a Giancarlo Stanton 490-footer — and had an exit velocity of 114.9 mph:

Ah, that’s fun stuff, and hopefully we’ll see some more Reynolds mammoth blasts there the rest of the year.

About Matt Clapp

Matt is an editor at The Comeback. He attended Colorado State University, wishes he was Saved by the Bell's Zack Morris, and idolizes Larry David. And loves pizza and dogs because obviously.

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