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 ever 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.
Manny Machado with a ROCKET line drive 2-run homer#Phillies #RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/pTpi2MkDuH
— Brodes Media (@BrodesMedia) August 21, 2021
The home run was measured at 119.6 mph off the bat, which is the fourth-hardest home run ever since StatCast began tracking in 2015.
MANNY MACHADO
119.6 mph HR
That's the 4th-hardest hit HR tracked by Statcast (since 2015), behind only:
121.7 mph: Giancarlo Stanton, 8/9/18
121.3 mph: Giancarlo Stanton, 7/25/20
121.1 mph: Aaron Judge, 6/10/17 pic.twitter.com/unsroWAtHe— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) August 21, 2021
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.
