Miguel Sano crushes home run to deepest part of Target Field
Fresh off being named American League Player of the week, Miguel Sano celebrated in a big way Tuesday night.
After a relatively disappointing 2016 season, Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano is off to a nice start this year. He won American League Player of the Week for the final week in April and is hoping to carry that momentum into May.
Sonny Gray is making his 2017 debut for the Oakland A’s Tuesday night. After allowing a solo home run to Twins second baseman Brian Dozier in the bottom of the third inning which measured over 400 feet, Sano came to the plate two batters later with a man on.
It’s safe to say Gray immediately wanted the pitch he threw back, but instead he got a new baseball.
Do you want to see a 466 foot home run? Miguel Sano says, "Sure you do." #Twins (🎥 @cjzer0) pic.twitter.com/RBvnbVeznB
— RealClearSports (@RealClearSports) May 3, 2017
Sano’s titanic blast over the batter’s eye in center field at Target Field measured an estimated 466 feet, by most accounts, into a bar area out there. As you can probably imagine, there was some reaction on Twitter.
Get the tape measures out Miguel Sano just murdered a baseball.
— Judd Zulgad (@jzulgad) May 3, 2017
Everyone at Target Field watching that Miguel Sano home run just said "OH MY GOD" in unison.
— Twinkie Town (@TwinkieTown) May 3, 2017
Did y'all see where Miguel Sano just hit that baseball??
— Chris Long (@ChrisLongKSTP) May 3, 2017
There's not a stadium in the world that could contain that Miguel Sano moonshot to center field. I think that landed in Roseville.
— Derek Wetmore (@DerekWetmore) May 3, 2017
Miguel Sano just sent one into the upper deck, dead center -- farthest hit homer I've seen here since the HR derby. Went an estimated 466'.
— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) May 3, 2017
MLB.com Twins’ beat writer Rhett Bollinger offered the Statcast data on Sano’s home run, which is not as complementary distance-wise as the team was.
Miguel Sano's monster blast to dead center over the batter's eye left the bat at 110.6 mph and went a projected 444 feet, per Statcast.
— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) May 3, 2017
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The scariest part, at least for opposing pitchers and innocent baseballs? Sano turns 24 on May 11, with plenty more long home runs to come in his career.