Baseball is back, and so is Giancarlo Stanton blasting monster home runs into the New York night.
The New York Yankees designated hitter launched a 471-foot grand slam off Shawn Armstrong in the fifth inning of Monday's game against the Baltimore Orioles:
According to MLB Stats, it was Stanton's eighth home run of 470 or more feet. Nobody else in baseball has hit that many home runs of that length in the Statcast era that dates back to 2015.
It was nothing new for the four-time All-Star:
ESPN Stats & InfoGiancarlo Stanton hit his 8th career grand slam tonight and it traveled 471 feet, the 3rd-longest grand slam in MLB over the last 15 seasons.