If you have been getting the daily email notes from me through Patreon (click that orange box above this text for more information on that), you’ve probably noticed that Pabel Manzanero is hitting quite well this season for the Billings Mustangs.
The 22-year-old catcher entered Monday night’s game with a .330 average in 32 games for Billings. That came with a .356 on-base percentage, a .455 slugging percentage. That’s a pretty good triple-slash line. Well, it improved by a whole lot during the game in Orem, Utah last night. Pabel Manzanero would homer in the 3rd inning, his 4th home run of the season. In the 5th inning he came up to the plate again and he homered once again. This home run still has not landed (probably). The home run went an estimated 467 feet. While I don’t have all of the data for the second half of July, that would currently rank as the furthest home run hit by anyone in the Cincinnati Reds organization this season. Including the Majors. In the 6th inning, he would lead off once again, and this time he would double.
Here’s the video of his second homer, the one that went 467 feet. You can’t see where the ball lands in the video – so just know that you’ve been warned.
When the game was over his line on the day had jumped up to .342/.366/.521. Pabel Manzanero is a big guy. The catcher is listed at 6′ 3″ and 240 lbs. He can clearly hit the ball a nautical mile. But he’s also controlled the running game. Behind the plate he’s thrown out 36% of opposing base runners this year. That number was at 41% in 2017.