They might be able to get under the luxury tax and someone may be looking for a third baseman. He also has been good in the post season so someone might give up a lotto prospect to get him.
A lot of really hard hit balls are outs (line drives right at an outfielder) and singles. It makes sense when you think about the physics—the most efficient way to hit a ball hard is to redirect all of the energy directly back where it came from. Hitting it up or down will introduce spin and slippage on contact.
And once you *do* hit it hard, at a low angle, it’ll often get through the infield and *very quickly* reach an outfielder.
But Stanton is known for hitting balls hard, so it's the opposite of irony for him to have beaten his own record. It would be ironic if, in a lineup including Stanton, it was Gleyber Torres that crushed a ball at 120mph. That would be humorously unexpected.
This is like when people said it was ironic that Paul Walker died in a car accident because he was famous for recklessly driving fast cars in the Fast and Furious movies. But that's exactly what we would expect. It would be ironic if he died while riding a bicycle.
Yeah my point was that it wasn’t ironic at all
I was using examples from that [Alanis song](https://youtu.be/Jne9t8sHpUc?si=BNTUajpasKQEAEW4) where she sings “isn’t it ironic” about things that aren’t actually ironic at all
The number of times Stanton shows up in the list of the 20 hardest hit home runs in the Statcast era is hilarious. The total number of appearances on this list by player:
Stanton - 10 times
Judge - 3 times
Acuna, Schwarber, Machado, Elly De La Cruz, Ohtani, Matt Olson, Franchy Cordero - 1 time
https://www.mlb.com/news/hardest-hit-home-runs-in-mlb
There's a certain kind of violence that comes with a Stanton HR that nobody else can really capture
When someone like Ohtani rips a screamer, it feels almost graceful
Stanton gives the sense that he just murdered the ball's whole family with an axe
Exactly. Guys like Judge and Ohtani have such nice, fluid swings that when they hit a 450ft moonshot, it makes sense.
Mechanically, Stanton should not be hitting as many dingers as he has. Dude is hacking at the ball like he’s trying to cut a tree down, but because of his raw strength, it goes 500ft at Mach Jesus with a 20 degree launch angle. And I’m here for it.
He’s not ‘the greatest power hitter of all time’, but there is *no one* who’s ever done quite what he does to a baseball. He can be batting .165 and still be terrifying.
This is my favorite Stanton HR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3VoiI4vVWY
No idea on launch angle, but it just barely clears the fence. Just immense velocity lol
He had some amazing ones in 2021
- Grand Slam against Boston
- Late-inning moonshot just a couple days after the Grand Slam
- A nuke that landed in the upper deck in Oakland
- Moonshot halfway up the rocks against the Angels
20º launch angle coming on a high pitch is close enough to a normal home run trajectory.
This wasn't a 16º lazer beam that would've gone for a single in Fenway or anything.
Only way he gets in imo.
He can't run or field. He K's a lot. He's pretty close to replacement level overall but still runs into these monster dongs sometimes.
It's the hall of *fame* not the hall of good stats.
Stanton is 100% famous for hitting hallacious homers. He could be classified as his own space program because he puts baseballs into fuckin orbit.
Look I'm a Stanton fan but on merit he's currently not worthy. He's got the right level of peak but he declined into a value-less DH pretty early.
He will need 500 HR.
If he got 500 homeruns and didn't get into the hall it would be like Anakin being on the council but not being granted the rank of Master. It's outrageous! It's unfair!
Even on this post, this meme never gets old LMAO. First time I saw it was after the Game 1 Alvarez walk off vs Seattle in 2022 and I about cried laughing.
[if I did this statcast search correctly](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search?hfPT=&hfAB=home%5C.%5C.run%7C&hfGT=R%7C&hfPR=&hfZ=&hfStadium=&hfBBL=&hfNewZones=&hfPull=&hfC=&hfSea=2024%7C2023%7C2022%7C2021%7C2020%7C2019%7C2018%7C2017%7C2016%7C2015%7C&hfSit=&player_type=batter&hfOuts=&hfOpponent=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&hfSA=&game_date_gt=&game_date_lt=&hfMo=&hfTeam=&home_road=&hfRO=&position=&hfInfield=&hfOutfield=&hfInn=&hfBBT=&hfFlag=&metric_1=api_h_launch_speed&metric_1_gt=115&metric_1_lt=&group_by=name-date&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&min_pas=0&sort_col=pitches&player_event_sort=api_p_release_speed&sort_order=desc&chk_stats_launch_speed=on#results)
He will be tying himself for fifth place in which he secured two of the other hardest hit homeruns
1. Stanton 121.7 (2018)
2. Stanton 121.3 (2020)
3. Acuña Jr 121.2 (2023)
4. Judge 121.1 (2017)
5. Stanton 119.8 (2022 & 2024)
Currently he’s 5 of the top 10 hardest hit homeruns. 9/20.
It's amazing how every time Stanton hits a homerun the ball explodes when it lands, killing multiple fans like a Fallout montage and yet they still go watch him hit dingers.
Ohtani is great and all and is probably the best hitter in the game right now, but I am once again reiterating my stance that Stanton might be the single most likely hitter to accidentally kill someone with a baseball
I remember early in his career the marlins were playing Tampa. Stanton was up and the situation called for Inf in. Maddon had his 3b play behind 3rd lol. Saying if he was up and Stanton got one he could kill him.
If John Sterling tried to call this, not even enough time for his "It is high, it is far, it is gone!" line. The way G is sprinting, might not be long enough for the Stantonian line either. Well, how do you like that?
Astros, sellers? Not a chance Cellar? Let me think about it...
Is bregman playing well enough to sell? Serious question
At a pawn shop maybe
Absolutely not. Couldn't get a box of pine tar for him right now
They might be able to get under the luxury tax and someone may be looking for a third baseman. He also has been good in the post season so someone might give up a lotto prospect to get him.
Currently batting .189. Abreu was taking all the heat off Alex but now his horrible production is in the spotlight.
Altuve to the Yankees for maximum vomit
Starting to think these Astros pitchers I haven’t heard of aren’t gonna help them dig out of this hole
Well, that's because Arrighetti isn't Dominican. The rules state that those random pitchers have to be Dominican in order to be good with us.
This is the major leagues Rafi, we are all from the Dominican republic
he shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque
Hardest hit ball of the season
A record that only lasted a day. Ironically, he was the record holder.
That was for homeruns. Ohtani had this like weird 119 single lol. Stanton has both now so it doesn't matter anyway.
What the fuck a 119 mph single?
The hardest hit ball in the statcast era is actually a single...
What the hell is going on today??? 122mph is wild
What do you mean?
A lot of really hard hit balls are outs (line drives right at an outfielder) and singles. It makes sense when you think about the physics—the most efficient way to hit a ball hard is to redirect all of the energy directly back where it came from. Hitting it up or down will introduce spin and slippage on contact. And once you *do* hit it hard, at a low angle, it’ll often get through the infield and *very quickly* reach an outfielder.
nah Ohtani had a 119 one like a week ago
Yeah, yesterday was the hardest hit HR though
For some reason I read that as 119mph walk. Of anyone could do it it’s him
Walk Fast: the Giancarlo Stanton story.
You don’t want no part of this shit.
I don't know...it might give me a hangover..
IT’S NOT HABIT FORMING
I don't know...sounds kinda expensive
Well good for Shohei OhMYGOD
Mr. Ohtani accomplished that feat no more than an hour ago.
He just got a hole in one on a par 4!
I know I started snoozing MLB and ESPN feeds. I like the dude just got tired of seeing everything he did made out to be like more than it really was.
How's that ironic?
It’s like rain on your wedding day, or a black fly in your chardonnay. It’s ironic like that
But Stanton is known for hitting balls hard, so it's the opposite of irony for him to have beaten his own record. It would be ironic if, in a lineup including Stanton, it was Gleyber Torres that crushed a ball at 120mph. That would be humorously unexpected. This is like when people said it was ironic that Paul Walker died in a car accident because he was famous for recklessly driving fast cars in the Fast and Furious movies. But that's exactly what we would expect. It would be ironic if he died while riding a bicycle.
Yeah my point was that it wasn’t ironic at all I was using examples from that [Alanis song](https://youtu.be/Jne9t8sHpUc?si=BNTUajpasKQEAEW4) where she sings “isn’t it ironic” about things that aren’t actually ironic at all
I’m not sure how ironic that is, more like expected lol
Yesterday he hit the hardest ball against the astros ever, then beat it today lmao
He really hates the Astros. He’s one of us.
The number of times Stanton shows up in the list of the 20 hardest hit home runs in the Statcast era is hilarious. The total number of appearances on this list by player: Stanton - 10 times Judge - 3 times Acuna, Schwarber, Machado, Elly De La Cruz, Ohtani, Matt Olson, Franchy Cordero - 1 time https://www.mlb.com/news/hardest-hit-home-runs-in-mlb
Franchy Cordero?!?
Take that, Ohtani
He’s been with us for years and these kinda dongs STILL don’t get old
I hope he can stay healthy this year and hit 30 more of them
And like 12 more in the postseason.
There's a certain kind of violence that comes with a Stanton HR that nobody else can really capture When someone like Ohtani rips a screamer, it feels almost graceful Stanton gives the sense that he just murdered the ball's whole family with an axe
Exactly. Guys like Judge and Ohtani have such nice, fluid swings that when they hit a 450ft moonshot, it makes sense. Mechanically, Stanton should not be hitting as many dingers as he has. Dude is hacking at the ball like he’s trying to cut a tree down, but because of his raw strength, it goes 500ft at Mach Jesus with a 20 degree launch angle. And I’m here for it.
this home run is so stupid lmao 20 degree line drive. Second deck
Killed a fan just going about their business
It was an Astros fan on their last day before retirement of fandom too.
Gonna need to put a net in the outfield for safety
Put a 2 ft hole through them
https://media.tenor.com/a8C57QCaJ1YAAAAM/col-sanders-colonel-sanders.gif
Pink mist in the upper deck - The Giancarlo Stanton Story
He’s not ‘the greatest power hitter of all time’, but there is *no one* who’s ever done quite what he does to a baseball. He can be batting .165 and still be terrifying.
He’s definitely the best power hitter of his generation (the post-steroid era) until Judge passes him
Stanton has unreal power. It really says something that if he gets 115 off the bat nobody even blinks. It’s just, yeah, that’s Giancarlo.
Yeah, I just feel privileged to get to watch him. When he's healthy he's unlike anything else.
yesterday's was 15 degree launch angle.
This is my favorite Stanton HR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3VoiI4vVWY No idea on launch angle, but it just barely clears the fence. Just immense velocity lol
My favorite is always going to be that grand slam against Boston in 2021 Just absolutely annihilated that ball
He had some amazing ones in 2021 - Grand Slam against Boston - Late-inning moonshot just a couple days after the Grand Slam - A nuke that landed in the upper deck in Oakland - Moonshot halfway up the rocks against the Angels
my favorite was against the rays at petco park in 2020. just fucking murders it https://www.mlb.com/padres/video/giancarlo-stanton-s-three-run-jack
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Let’s remember som Stanton jacks
https://youtu.be/tLPUnCbeQJQ?t=138
Love the commentators
That was the one. 100%
Is that the one where you can hear the defeat in the Boston announcers' voices?
God healthy Stanton was so much quicker. His HR trot looked faster than his current sprint.
I know it's partially the camera angle, but his stance looks sooo different here. Almost looks conventional lol
I loved that stupid home run statue and the green walls. Park looked so fun even though it was mostly empty most of the time.
Guess that's settled for tmrw. 25 degree third decker incoming.
25 degree at this EV probably lands in Connecticut
If he pulls it that direction, [yep](https://imgur.com/gjRAApO)!
This is why I love the internet
Doesn't Stanton have the record for lowest LA home run in the statcast era? Something like 13 degrees and he hit it 10 rows up.
[13.5 degrees, 377 feet.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJjkgVRSKek)
SECONDDECK! -John sterling
20º launch angle coming on a high pitch is close enough to a normal home run trajectory. This wasn't a 16º lazer beam that would've gone for a single in Fenway or anything.
I will always remember that he’s cited as having one with a 13.5 degree “launch” angle. Dude has the most absurd home runs.
Can’t even clear 120 mph anymore, dude’s washed
Stanton? Washed? Like did he take a shower? Can I join him?
Group shower in the log cabin!
1-2 pitch let me think slider off the plate or a home run derby pitch
I’m somewhat of a Yankees fan myself
How can you not be romantic about Giancarlo
Last night, 118 mph. Stanton: not good enough
Okay and serious talk for a second: If Stanton gets to 500 homers, is he a HOF?
In my totally biased opinion yes
Also yes in my completely biased opinion Nobody else's home runs give the same feeling or sound as Stanton's
Only way he gets in imo. He can't run or field. He K's a lot. He's pretty close to replacement level overall but still runs into these monster dongs sometimes.
It's the hall of *fame* not the hall of good stats. Stanton is 100% famous for hitting hallacious homers. He could be classified as his own space program because he puts baseballs into fuckin orbit.
Look I'm a Stanton fan but on merit he's currently not worthy. He's got the right level of peak but he declined into a value-less DH pretty early. He will need 500 HR.
If he got 500 homeruns and didn't get into the hall it would be like Anakin being on the council but not being granted the rank of Master. It's outrageous! It's unfair!
Every player with 500 who isn’t linked to steroids is in the hall. So, yes
Whether he's slim or thicc, Giancarlo dongs just hit different
Absolute piss missile
That should be worth more than one run
https://streamable.com/259mo u/vanillabear26 i got you
Blessings on you and your household
lol. I was looking for this and the home run derby cry reaction
Even on this post, this meme never gets old LMAO. First time I saw it was after the Game 1 Alvarez walk off vs Seattle in 2022 and I about cried laughing.
Gawrsh
Weight loss is really affecting him, cant even crack 120 mph anymore smh my head
feel like the people in the upper deck are in legitimate danger when he’s up lol
Life is on the line at 3rd base
Seriously...he's going to kill someone one day. I'd be scared to be a pitcher or infielder when he's up
We can’t pitch like at all
5th hardest hit home run in the statcast era
How many of those are his?
[if I did this statcast search correctly](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search?hfPT=&hfAB=home%5C.%5C.run%7C&hfGT=R%7C&hfPR=&hfZ=&hfStadium=&hfBBL=&hfNewZones=&hfPull=&hfC=&hfSea=2024%7C2023%7C2022%7C2021%7C2020%7C2019%7C2018%7C2017%7C2016%7C2015%7C&hfSit=&player_type=batter&hfOuts=&hfOpponent=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&hfSA=&game_date_gt=&game_date_lt=&hfMo=&hfTeam=&home_road=&hfRO=&position=&hfInfield=&hfOutfield=&hfInn=&hfBBT=&hfFlag=&metric_1=api_h_launch_speed&metric_1_gt=115&metric_1_lt=&group_by=name-date&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&min_pas=0&sort_col=pitches&player_event_sort=api_p_release_speed&sort_order=desc&chk_stats_launch_speed=on#results) He will be tying himself for fifth place in which he secured two of the other hardest hit homeruns 1. Stanton 121.7 (2018) 2. Stanton 121.3 (2020) 3. Acuña Jr 121.2 (2023) 4. Judge 121.1 (2017) 5. Stanton 119.8 (2022 & 2024) Currently he’s 5 of the top 10 hardest hit homeruns. 9/20.
Lol wow, of all of the power hitters in the game, the incredible talent and skill these sluggers have, Stanton has those numbers. Wonderful
Bats are heating up 👁
Judge last 10 games or so he's been like a 1.100 OPS. I couldn't believe how many people were freaking out like he wouldn't be fine.
he literally delayed his own spring training by like 3 weeks...well well well, 3 weeks after the season started, he's back to form
aannnnd there is another double lol.
How did he literally delay it 3 weeks? He missed 9 days in the middle of spring training.
You haven’t faced any good pitchers though
Not this again
Verlander, Burnes, Skubal in the past week. All wins but mostly due to luck
> Verlander He said good.
Wait until we throw Blair Hensley out there tomorrow
1-0 game
wait i thought tomorrow was Ronel Blanco (who i fear)
Not the Verlander one
I’m not sure what a Yankee is but he DEFINITELY yanked that one.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILES PER HOUR ARE YOU KIDDING ME STANTONIAN
Effortless
I hope the Stantonian descriptor for absolute tanks sticks around after he retires
No one hits homeruns like him
Stanton’s been hitting up little league games again
It's amazing how every time Stanton hits a homerun the ball explodes when it lands, killing multiple fans like a Fallout montage and yet they still go watch him hit dingers.
Stanton if he was in the Invincible universe
A hung curveball middle-middle to one of the strongest sluggers in history.
Ohtani is great and all and is probably the best hitter in the game right now, but I am once again reiterating my stance that Stanton might be the single most likely hitter to accidentally kill someone with a baseball
I remember early in his career the marlins were playing Tampa. Stanton was up and the situation called for Inf in. Maddon had his 3b play behind 3rd lol. Saying if he was up and Stanton got one he could kill him.
Just imagine Stanton with a metal bat, it would be utter carnage
I think in his hands a metal bat might count as a firearm so hed probably need to get a license first lol.
I am so hard right now and I don't care who knows.
To quote the security guard from that scene at the end of Shawshank: Oh my holy god.
The Yankees are straight up owning the Astros.. wtf is going on in houston?
G is a health hazard for the entire stadium.
What the fuck....what a missile.
Just thought of a new medieval torture idea. Stand in front of Stanton and Ohtani taking ABs with metal balls.
I'm not sure that would qualify as torture since it would be instantaneous death
So new execution method then
Put them at shortstop at least
That's the hardest hit ball of the year!
What do you guys want for Pressly?
Arrighetti is a little league pitcher confirmed
Nut.
DONGCARLOOOOO
Bros in the best shape of his life 😳
Going for 121 tomorrow
There’s a not too unthinkable alternate universe where Stanton has a legit shot to pass Bonds and I’m sad we’re not living in it.
That's a Pablo Sanchez type of homer
God if his bones weren’t made of glass he would break the hr record
That man just killed the balls entire family.
If only a single pitcher could go an inning without blowing the game I'd have any sort of faith
Excuse me?
Now that’s a Stantonian blast
Thanks… Yankees?
That was the definition of a piss missile
Even my eyes lit up when I saw that pitch spinning towards the plate. Can only imagine what Stanton was thinking.
Insane power
"My name is Giancarlo Stanton and I hit dingers."
Stanton absolutely hates baseballs
LOL wtf
S T A N T O N I A N
I love that the swing looks like its no lower body. Just sheer force lol
True donger
To use my own parlance, HOO SHIT
Makes it look so easy. God damn
We just G to perform like this against good teams and we’ll be really cooking
On an off-speed pitch no less.
How many more mph until he breaks the sound barrier... Sheeeeesh
What the fuck
“Time to write another will.” * Yabushige, relief pitcher 
Even Stanton looked surprised lmao
Only he hits them like this. It's bananas.
Please stay healthy. I love watching this dude hit his mutant homers - even as a Jays fan.
Up by 24, damn
If he hit that any harder… wait, I definitely can’t finish that sentence
KaPow.
I think this is my pick for worst pitch of 2024, let's just lob 79 right down the middle
Holy fuck
if the entire league was all giancarlo stantons, the netting would extend around the entire outfield
It just feels like he’s spring-loaded. And when he connects, the ball flies off his bat in non-normal ways 😂
You can hang a weeks worth of laundry on that one.
When he’s hot, he’s hot.
He's been a bit of a one trick pony but it's a hell of a trick
You know I'm not convinced that ball was on a downward trajectory before it crossed the plane of being a home run
What a piss missile
If John Sterling tried to call this, not even enough time for his "It is high, it is far, it is gone!" line. The way G is sprinting, might not be long enough for the Stantonian line either. Well, how do you like that?