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.
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.
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.
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