Giancarlo Stanton hits the ball hard.
Like, really, really hard.
The New York Yankees outfielder is known for his gargantuan home runs — and for good reason. But Stanton even provides fodder for stat nerds when he rips a routine single to left field.
Case in point: a single against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, which was the hardest base hit of the 2018 Major League Baseball season.
https://twitter.com/statcast/status/1016024634439995394
Say what you want about exit velocity, but 120.3 mph on any hit, let alone a single, is ridiculously impressive.
(Also: Doesn’t the ball just sound different when it comes off that guy’s bat?)
After a sluggish start to the year, Stanton has turned it on in the summer months. The 28-year-old entered play Sunday with a .265 batting average, 21 homers and 51 RBIs.
