On Tuesday night, it was Giancarlo Stanton who sent a ball into the bleachers in record time. One day later against the same hated Red Sox, Aaron Judge matched his teammate’s laser shot with an absolutely scalding two-run homer in the eighth inning.
He quite simply destroyed this pitch off Craig Kimbrel to give the Bronx Bombers a 9-6 lead over their rival.
AARON JUDGE BIG FLY, 9-6 YANKEES IN THE EIGHTH AND THIS TEAM FORGOT HOW TO LOSE pic.twitter.com/eAIJnD7nuS
— James Duffy (@TwoTurtleDuffs) May 10, 2018
We don’t really need Statcast to tell us that ball was hammered out at an ungodly pace. Nevertheless, here are the stats, and they’re predictably staggering.
Aaron Judge off Craig Kimbrel into Monument Park. Wow what a shot.
The #Statcast:
117.0 mph. 16-degree launch angle. 429 feet. #Yankees pic.twitter.com/zZjjOiPf4u— David Adler (@_dadler) May 10, 2018
#EXITVELO on Aaron Judge's home run?
117mph.
That's right, folks.
117mph. pic.twitter.com/4KAFJvmDph
— Robbie Fox (@RobbieBarstool) May 10, 2018
The Yankees are on some kind of roll right now as a team. The bats are waking up in a big way, and we haven’t even gotten to the summer months when they’ll travel even further. Get your popcorn ready, because it should be some kind of incredible show.