A minor-league player hit a 514-foot home run, the longest in pro baseball this season
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Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit the longest home run in the major leagues this season, a stunning 485-foot shot against the San Francisco Giants.
On Tuesday night, an Angels minor-leaguer hit a home run that traveled a whopping 29 feet farther than Stanton’s blast.
Salt Lake Bees outfielder Jo Adell swatted a 514-foot shot that is the longest in minor-league baseball this season. Adell told MiLB.com’s Brendan Samson that taking a called strike on a 3-0 pitch earlier in the game helped set him up for that home-run swing.
“When I came up during that at-bat, I kind of got the same sequence, it was a 3-0 count, runners were on base this time and I figured if I get something in the zone, just be ready,” Adell told Samson. “I happened to get a pitch that was over the plate, and I put probably one of my best swings ever on it.”
Wait, probably one of his best swings?
This was a no-doubter, but the Sugar Land Space Cowboys left fielder did take a few steps back. Perhaps it was simply to get a better look at this tater.
"Come on, Jo, that ball has babies."
At 514 ft, this Adell moonshot is the longest measured home run in the Majors and Minors this year. @SaltLakeBees | @Angels pic.twitter.com/016EOH1l8K— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) June 21, 2023
It’s not often you see fans sprinting away from the field in pursuit of a baseball.
Then again, when do you see a 514-foot home run?
