It was the bottom of the 4th inning on April 6th in a game between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals. Through the early part, it seemed like a game destined to include a low score by the end with Steven Matz and Patrick Corbin partaking in a strikeout festival. That was until J.D. Davis came to the plate and took a middle-away 91.4 MPH fastball and deposited a line drive 406 feet over the right-center field wall of Citi Field.
As somewhat of an advanced metrics nerd watching from the field level seats down the right field line, my first thought after he hit it was ‘I need to know what that exit velocity was’.