Giancarlo is still hurt. /grumble grumble/ HOWEVER, some players finally brought the lumber, and while none cracked the season’s longest homers, they definitely made an impression this week.
1. Michael Taylor vs Yohan Flande, 474 feet (August 20th)
This is one of those “homers that doesn’t look like much but it’s Coors Field so holy crap” home runs. You do you, Michael Taylor.
2. Ian Desmond vs Jake Peavy, 470 feet (August 15th)
This is an absurd homer from Desmond. I’d call it “Barry Bonds-esque”, but Bonds pulled most of his homers into McCovey Cove.
3. Mike Napoli vs Joe Beimel, 462 feet (August 19th)
Did Mike Napoli miss hitting in Arlington? Yes. Yes he did.
4. Salvador Perez vs Matt Shoemaker, 453 feet (August 15th)
This was perfect. A dead line drive, went a long way, and…the ideal splash into the fountains.
5t. Josh Hamilton vs Nate Karns, 450 feet (August 14th)
This dinger from Hamilton is *a lot* like the Napoli homer from earlier – except just a bit shorter, and to right center instead of left center.
5t. Preston Tucker vs Bruce Rondon, 450 feet (August 15th)
When someone with decent power like Preston Tucker runs into a 100 mph Bruce Rondon fastball…this is what happens.
5t. Franklin Gutierrez vs Henry Owens, 450 feet (August 16th)
To hell with where this Franklin Gutierrez homer went – I’m just happy he’s actually playing again.
Longest homers of the year
1t. Giancarlo Stanton vs Eddie Butler, 484 feet (June 5th)
1t. Giancarlo Stanton vs Carlos Martinez, 484 feet (June 23rd)
3. Joc Pederson vs David Hale, 480 feet (June 2nd)
4. Alex Rodriguez vs Nathan Karns, 477 feet (April 17th)
5. Giancarlo Stanton vs Alex Wood, 475 feet (May 16th)
THE LIST
Giancarlo Stanton, 8
Nelson Cruz, 5
Joc Pederson, 5
Miguel Cabrera, 3
Josh Donaldson, 3
Lucas Duda, 3
Edwin Encarnacion, 3
Pedro Alvarez, 2
Kris Bryant, 2
Ian Desmond, 2
Carlos Gonzalez, 2
Eric Hosmer, 2
Evan Longoria, 2
Andrew McCutchen, 2
Mitch Moreland, 2
Mike Napoli, 2
Salvador Perez, 2
Alex Rodriguez, 2
Michael Taylor, 2
Mike Trout, 2
Mike Zunino, 2
Jose Abreu, 1
Tim Beckham, 1
Peter Bourjos, 1
Ryan Braun, 1
Chris Carter, 1
Welington Castillo, 1
Starlin Castro, 1
CJ Cron, 1
Khris Davis, 1
Prince Fielder, 1
Maikel Franco, 1
David Freese, 1
Joey Gallo, 1
Evan Gattis, 1
Paul Goldschmidt, 1
Adrian Gonzalez, 1
Yasmani Grandal, 1
Franklin Gutierrez, 1
Jedd Gyorko, 1
Josh Hamilton, 1
Bryce Harper, 1
Ryan Howard, 1
Matt Joyce, 1
Jung Ho Kang, 1
Adam LaRoche, 1
Starling Marte, 1
JD Martinez, 1
Justin Maxwell, 1
Kendrys Morales, 1
Logan Morrison, 1
David Ortiz, 1
David Peralta, 1
Aramis Ramirez, 1
Wilson Ramos, 1
Wilin Rosario, 1
Justin Smoak, 1
Steven Souza Jr, 1
Mark Trumbo, 1
Preston Tucker, 1
Troy Tulowitzki, 1
Danny Valencia, 1
Delmon Young, 1
