New York Yankees fans awestruck by Giancarlo Stanton’s monster home run against Baltimore Orioles: "Blink and you’ll miss it" "Definition of power"

New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton smashed a 436-foot home run in the team's 4-1 defeat of the Baltimore Orioles Saturday night, leaving fans awestruck.It was an intense display of raw power from the Yankees slugger. Stanton's smash cleared the deepest part of the new higher left field wall at Camden Yards — dubbed &quot;The Great Wall of Baltimore — after leaving the bat at 116.3 MPH.Jared Carrabis@Jared_CarrabisGiancarlo Stanton has never hit a cheap home run in his life. Everything is crushed.3047100Giancarlo Stanton has never hit a cheap home run in his life. Everything is crushed. https://t.co/nTrX6yOAELIt was far from the hardest-hit homer of Giancarlo Stanton's career. One of the New York Yankees' main power threats has the two hardest-hit home runs in MLB since the league began tracking in 2015. In 2018, he hit a homer that left the park at 121.7 MPH. Two years later, his hit cleared the wall at Yankee Stadium at 121.3 MPH.BravesFan35@CoronaLightLuvr@Jared_Carrabis Hardest hitter of all time@Jared_Carrabis Hardest hitter of all timeChristian@TheCanuckadian@Jared_Carrabis Blink and you’ll miss it@Jared_Carrabis Blink and you’ll miss itManny 🇩🇴@MannymeiL@Jared_Carrabis Definition of Power right there.@Jared_Carrabis Definition of Power right there.Yankees manager Aaron Boone called Stanton a &quot;weirdo&quot; in an interview with the New York Daily News regarding his ability to consistently hit homers with such intense velocity:&quot;The Great Wall of Baltimore tried to hold him in, but it doesn’t hold Big G. That thing just kept taking off on a clothesline.&quot;It was Giancarlo Stanton's third homer of the season, and the final run scored in the New York Yankees' fifth victory of 2023. In 14 major league seasons, 33-year-old Stanton has hit 381 home runs. He is currently third among active ballplayers in career home runs, and may soon move into the lead. 40-year-old Miguel Cabrera, the active leader with 507, has already announced that he is retiring at the end of the season. No. 2 on the list with 460 homers, 42-year-old Nelson Cruz, may also follow out the door at the end of 2023.Jared Talbot@JaredTalbot_@Jared_Carrabis 19 away from 400@Jared_Carrabis 19 away from 400Patches O’Houlihan@sondraa@Jared_Carrabis Yes daddy53@Jared_Carrabis Yes daddyChris@FighterTownUSA_@Jared_Carrabis I’ll never forget being at Petco Park during the WBC vs DR in 2017 and watching Stanton hit that monster 2-run HR to the Western Metal Supply Co. building and the crowd losing their minds. We all knew the millisecond the ball left his bat that it was crushed. What a game!51@Jared_Carrabis I’ll never forget being at Petco Park during the WBC vs DR in 2017 and watching Stanton hit that monster 2-run HR to the Western Metal Supply Co. building and the crowd losing their minds. We all knew the millisecond the ball left his bat that it was crushed. What a game!Giancarlo Stanton boasts a career WAR of 45.0. In six seasons with the New York Yankees, he has hit 114 home runs. He would likely have many more, if not for the various injuries throughout his career.He played 159 games for the Miami Marlins in his final year with the team in 2017, a year in which he hit 59 homers. He also played 158 games in his 38-homer debut season with the Yankees in 2018. However, he only played 18 games in 2019 and 23 in the pandemic-shortened campaign of 2020.Dan Manning@sf87_@Jared_Carrabis &zwj;101@Jared_Carrabis 😮&zwj;💨 https://t.co/SEAiVrMMDUPoorsLight@JustinB90072145@Jared_Carrabis Healthy he was looking at a 2300H/575HR career 2000/500 still on table@Jared_Carrabis Healthy he was looking at a 2300H/575HR career 2000/500 still on tableBroadway BlueShirts Szn ❤🖤💚@JohnNYC_718@Jared_Carrabis Yes, it was a Dave Winfield laser/Yankee Stadium type HR upon further looks.@Jared_Carrabis Yes, it was a Dave Winfield laser/Yankee Stadium type HR upon further looks.Stanton owns several slots — along with teammate Aaron Judge — on the list of hardest-hit homers in MLB since 2015.Papa Shot@Attakid117Rob@Jared_Carrabis He’s 1, 2, &amp; 4 on this list: mlb.com/news/hardest-h…1@Jared_Carrabis He’s 1, 2, &amp; 4 on this list: mlb.com/news/hardest-h…Giancarlo Stanton nearing career 400 homers and 1000 RBIsGiancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees stretches before the start of the Yankees and Baltimore Orioles gameStanton's Saturday homer against the Orioles was the 381st of his career, as well as his 976th career RBI. He also owns a career batting average of .264. Given his current run of form, there's no reason to believe he's slowing down.The Bombers are set to play the Cleveland Guardians next on April 11.

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