Reds Minor Leagues: Longest Homers of the Week

This is actually going to be looking in on the longest of the home runs every two weeks this season, but the series title has been this for half of a decade now, so I’m sticking with it. Since our last look there have been 45 home runs hit by players in the minor leagues. We’ve got data on all but two of them. Hopefully I will be able to track that down and update the list if needed.

Home run distances are going to vary in their measurement systems. Triple-A now has Hawkeye installed at each ballpark, so those distances will be from that. In Daytona all of the road ballparks in the league also have Hawkeye so those home runs will also be using that. Sometimes we will get Trackman data from other stadiums, and sometimes I will simply use video review and google maps measurement tool to get those distances.

Here are the Top 5 Home Runs from the last two weeks:

1. Christian Encarnacion-Strand: 471 Feet – May 11th

This home run went further than any home run of the season in the Cincinnati Reds farm system. It topped the 468-footer hit by TJ Hopkins on April 25th.

2. Elly De La Cruz: 465 Feet – May 21st

3. Elly De La Cruz: 456 Feet – May 9th

4. Elly De La Cruz: 428 Feet – May 9th

5. Justice Thompson: 422 Feet – May 21st

Some of these home runs jumped into the Top 10 for the season, including the new top spot. Here’s the list of all of the 400+ foot home runs from the past two weeks:

Here is what the Top 10 looks like on the season: