Another week in the books, and we’ve got some change in both the yearly top five *and* in THE LIST. When that happens, you know it was a good week.
1. Giancarlo Stanton vs Mike Bolsinger, 467 feet (May 12th)
Giancarlo Stanton hit the damn ball out of Dodger Stadium. That’s all you need to know.
2. Prince Fielder vs Yordano Ventura, 449 feet (May 13th)
Into the jetstream, and way outta here. Prince Fielder may not be “back”, but as long as he can stay on the field, he’ll be a contributor for the Rangers.
3. Michael Taylor vs Addison Reed, 444 feet (May 13th)
This blast by Michael Taylor has the added benefit of also giving his team a huge comeback win on the road. He’ll also get some extra credit for the placement on this ball…he very nearly got it in the camera well!
4. Paul Goldschmidt vs James Shields, 443 feet (May 8th)
Baseball is more fun when Paul Goldschmidt is healthy and doing stuff like this.
5. Mike Zunino vs Shawn Kelley, 442 feet (May 12th)
Mike Zunino’s got power. He can’t do much else, but he can beat the crap out of baseballs in the zone.
Longest homers of the year
1. Alex Rodriguez vs Nathan Karns, 477 feet (April 17th)
2. Josh Donaldson vs Chris Tillman, 469 feet (April 23rd)
3. Stanton vs Bolsinger, 467 feet (May 12th)
5t. Edwin Encarnacion vs Brian Matusz, 463 feet (April 21st)
5t. Steven Souza Jr vs Daniel Norris, 463 feet (April 14th)
THE LIST
Nelson Cruz, 2
Edwin Encarnacion, 2
Joc Pederson, 2
Giancarlo Stanton, 2
Jose Abreu, 1
Miguel Cabrera, 1
Starlin Castro, 1
Josh Donaldson, 1
Lucas Duda, 1
Prince Fielder, 1
Paul Goldschmidt, 1
Adrian Gonzalez, 1
Carlos Gonzalez, 1
Yasmani Grandal, 1
Jedd Gyorko, 1
Evan Longoria, 1
Starling Marte, 1
Justin Maxwell, 1
David Peralta, 1
Aramis Ramirez, 1
Alex Rodriguez, 1
Steven Souza Jr, 1
Michael Taylor, 1
Mark Trumbo, 1
Mike Trout, 1
Mike Zunino, 1
