Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras cranked a *massive* dinger during Monday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves.
In the top of the seventh with a runner on second base and the Cubs trailing 8-5, Contreras sent a Tyler Matzek pitch deep into the left-center field seats at Truist Park. The blast has an estimated distance of 491 feet, with an exit velocity of 114.3 mph.
UPDATE: Nevermind. An inning later, they updated the distance to 456 feet. Still a big bomb, but pretty far off from 491.
https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/1386866531099942912
That’s one heck of a bomb, and it’s good for the longest home run in MLB this season, topping a 485-foot dinger that Chicago White Sox breakout rookie Yermín Mercedes hit on April 8. And it’s the longest home run hit by a Cubs player since Aramis Ramírez crushed a 495-foot blast vs the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2007.
Per @ESPNStatsInfo: 491 ft HR for Willson Contreras is the longest home run by a Cubs player since Aramis Ramirez hit one 495 feet in 2007 off Pittsburgh's Paul Maholm.
— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) April 27, 2021
Contreras has seven homers on the season, tying him with nine other players for the MLB lead.