Leandro Cedeno isn’t likely to forget this home run anytime soon.
A first baseman in the Diamondbacks system, Cedeno unleashed a mammoth 527-foot home run for the Double-A Amarillo Sod Poodles on Saturday night against the San Antonio Missions in a Texas League game.
Cedeno, 23, smashed a 3-0 pitch from Padres prospect Nolan Watson to left-center field in the fifth inning, tying the game 5–5 at his home ballpark.
It was a beautiful blast, even if the Sod Poodles were wearing ugly holiday sweater jerseys as part of a Christmas in July promotion. The homer is longer than any MLB home run hit during the Statcast era, which dates to 2015.