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Soler, Yordan and Abreu have the longest “Cuban home runs” of the season

The 'Yoyo' is ninth on the Statcast list thanks to his 468-foot home run on May 9.

Jorge Soler. © @solerpower12
Jorge Soler. Foto © @solerpower12

Last May 9, against the D-backs, the Cuban slugger Jorge Soler hit a 468-foot shot that is still at this point in the Top Ten (exactly in ninth place) of the Longest home runs of the 2023 Major League season.

After his, the longest connections fired in this course by players born in the Greater Antilles traveled identical distances of 452 feet and bore the signatures of the two great Astros hitters, Yordan Alvarez and José Dariel Abreu.

He Statcast listing continues with home runs by Luis Robert (450), José Adolis García (448), Yandy Diaz (440) y Randy Arozarena (436).

And who owns the most impressive records of the campaign? Number one is a home run by Japanese phenomenon Shohei Ohtani that flew 493 feet, and is followed by homers by Giancarlo Stanton (485), Jarred Kelenic (482), C.J. Cron (479), LaMonte Wade Jr. (474), Austin Riley (473), Ryan Mouncastle (472) and Ronald Acuña Jr. (470).

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