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Message: [QUOTE="STEVEHOLT, post: 3141666, member: 522"] As I suspected, Didi's hit was shortchanged about 12 feet vs where most balls hit with that velo and launch angle land. from fangraphs The ball left the bat at 101.4 mph, with a launch angle of 41 degrees. Per Statcast’s Exit Velocity & Launch Angle Field Breakdown tool, similar drives have been homers only 23.1% of the time in the past five seasons, [I]but that doesn’t consider the direction of the ball, to say nothing of a ballpark that’s a mere 314 feet down the right field line[/I]. While there actually hasn’t been a ball struck to those specifications in Yankee Stadium during the Statcast era, from around the league in 2015-19, a total of 172 similar fly balls (with launch angles between 40 and 42 degrees, and exit velos between 101 and 102 mph) [B]averaged 353 feet, where Gregorius’ drive was estimated at just 343 feet. so that ball is generally over the fence where he hit it[/B] [/QUOTE]