Photograph: Redleg Nation Workers
Right now we transfer ahead on this collection and we get to the fifth longest house run hit by a Cincinnati Reds participant within the 2024 season. If Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux have taught us something it’s that everybody loves the lengthy ball. Okay, maybe that wasn’t precisely the takeaway from these two guys, however lengthy house runs have been one thing individuals have talked about for over 100 years. Solely within the final decade or so, although, have we actually been in a position to measure their distance with *some* accuracy. Because of ball monitoring within the massive leagues we will evaluate 1-to-1 how far a baseball went. Each Monday for the subsequent few months we’re going to be counting down the ten longest house runs hit by the Cincinnati Reds within the 2024 season.
Elly De La Cruz is making his third look on the countdown, nevertheless it gained’t be the final time he exhibits up. This week’s homer for the Reds shortstop is the one one within the high 10 to return throughout interleague play as he walloped this one towards the Chicago White Sox.
The Video
The Metrics Behind The Blast
Chris Flexen had already given up a run within the inning and he hadn’t precisely been fooling the Reds hitters as two males have been on base for De La Cruz right here, however the White Sox starter was forward 0-2. He opted for an 81 MPH change up however he left it in the course of the plate and it received crushed. De La Cruz hit it 449 toes and it left his bat at 110.8 MPH – finally touchdown 18 rows deep within the right-center subject stands.
Distance Metrics
Distance: 449 Ft
Reds Ranks: fifth
Main League Baseball Rank: ninetieth (tie)
Elly De La Cruz Rank: 3
Different Metrics
Launch Angle: 27°
Exit Velocity: 110.8 MPH
Reds Exit Velocity Rank (house runs solely): thirteenth (out of 174)
MLB Exit Velocity Rank (house runs solely): 314th (out of 5445)
The Story Behind The Blast
Earlier within the sport, Elly De La Cruz hit a blooper into proper subject for a single on the primary pitch he noticed from Chris Flexen. An inning later there have been two males on with two outs and Flexen was forward within the rely 0-2 and had proven the Reds shortstop three pitches – all strikes – earlier than going again to the change up. It was the change up that De La Cruz swung by way of to start the at-bat earlier than fouling off the subsequent two choices.
Historical past didn’t repeat itself on this one and Cincinnati was in a position to flip a 2-0 lead right into a 5-0 lead because of the 449-foot house run from De La Cruz. The Reds tacked on one other run within the inning and ran Flexen from the sport. They might tack on one other 5 runs later within the sport and decide up an 11-2 win that moved them to 7-6 on the yr and dropped the White Sox to 2-11 in an indication of issues to return for the membership as they might go on to have the worst report within the sport.
You possibly can comply with alongside the whole collection right here
About The Writer
