Manny Machado smoked an absolute laser of a home run on Friday night. The ball was hit so hard it was measured as the hardest home run slugged by a San Diego Padre in the StatCast era (since 2015).
Machado was batting in the bottom of the third inning against Philadelphia Phillies starter Matt Moore with a runner on first and one out. He took a 91-mph fastball outside and drilled a line drive home run to left.
The home run was measured at 119.6 mph off the bat, which is the fourth-hardest home run since StatCast began tracking in 2015.
Only Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge have hit harder home runs than Machado since 2015. That’s impressive.
If you want a good laugh, here is one of Stanton’s hard home runs from 2018.
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