When Jackie Bradley Jr. gets a hold of one, look out.
Colorado Rockies starter Rico Garcia learned this the hard way in his big league debut Tuesday.
In the top of the second of the Boston Red Sox’s eventual 10-6 win at Coors Field, Garcia made a mistake against Bradley and paid for it in a big way, with the center fielder launching a 478-foot blast way up into the right-field bleachers. It was the seventh-longest home run in Major League Baseball this season, and the longest Red Sox homer of the Statcast era, which dates back to 2015.
After the game, Bradley shared what he thought was the best part about the dinger.
“The best part was seeing my teammates’ reactions,” Bradley told reporters, via The Boston Globe. “I knew I hit it well. But, like everything else, I guess you have to have the trajectory to go along with it.”
Indeed, it was clear in the dugout that his teammates were both happy and astounded by the show of power, which was Bradley’s 17th long ball of the season.
