Kyle Higashioka astounded by Giancarlo Stanton’s 485 foot monster home run: “He’s definitely one of one in terms of putting the hurt on a baseball”
If Giancarlo Stanton and the New York Yankees were known for one thing last season, it was their ability to smack the baseball unbelievable distances.
Of the 254 home runs hit by the Yankees last season, Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo and Giancarlo Stanton accounted for nearly half of them. By the end of the first series of the season, these men already had three jacks between them.
As the team bursts into the 2023 MLB season, it looks as though it has picked up exactly where they left off. Stanton, in particular, is ensuring that his team lives up to its famed "Bronx Bombers" moniker.
In the bottom of the third inning of Sunday's game against the San Francisco Giants at Yankee Stadium, Giancarlo Stanton came out swinging on Ross Stipling's 0-0 pitch. Stanton could not help but admire his moonshot as it soared 485 feet into the outfield stands.
Giancarlo Stanton just hit a 485 foot home run 🤯
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The dinger was the first of the season for Stanton, who hit .211/.297/.462 last year with the Yankees. Although he posted the lowest batting average of his career, 2022 was the sixth 30+ home run season of Stanton's career, a feat he had not accomplished since 2018.
After the home run that helped seal the New York Yankees' 6-0 victory over the Giants, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic wanted to hear what Stanton's teammates thought of his performance. Kyle Higahshioka, the backup catcher, put Stanton's dominance quite eloquently:
"He's definetly one of one in terms of putting the hurt on a baseball"
Stanton signed a massive, 13-year contract worth $325 million with the Miami Marlins in 2014. Despite the contract holding the record at the time for being the most lucrative in history, the Marlins dealt Stanton to the Yankees by virtue of a trade just three years later.
The Yankees will begin chipping in $10 million per season in 2025, but for now, Stanton is still under the Marlins payroll and will be in some capacity until 2027.
Giancarlo Stanton eyes a rebound 2023 season
While it's true that Giancarlo Stanton's hitting hit an all-time low in 2022, he has proven that he can still whack the baseball harder than nearly anyone else. Yankees fans should hope for a season where, supported by fellow sluggers like Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo, Stanton can once again locate MVP-level hitting.