This was no Little League residence run.
Diamondbacks first-base prospect Leandro Cedeno mashed a monstrous residence run on Saturday whereas taking part in for the Double-A Amarillo Sod Poodles, sending the ball a reported 527 ft.
“Oh my god, that’s wonderful, I by no means suppose I can hit a ball that far,” Cedeno mentioned after the sport, based on MLB.com. “I used to be for positive [it was a] homer. I stepped as much as the plate like ‘Okay, I acquired that one,’ and I loved the second.”
Based on The Athletic, Cedeno’s homer is longer than any MLB residence run that Statcast has tracked since 2015.
Whereas Cedeno, 23, isn’t ranked by MLB among the many Diamondbacks’ prime 30 prospects, he’s having a robust season within the Texas League. He has 18 residence runs and 60 RBIs with a slash line of .303/.374/.545.
The 527-foot solo blast tied the sport 5-5 within the fifth inning, and the Sod Poodles went on to win their Christmas in July sport 7-6 over the San Antonio Missions. The Sod Poodles wore jerseys resembling Christmas sweaters to mark the event.
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