By examining a home run trajectory and projected distance, Statcast (a data-driven metrics and stats system that helps us understand certain situations and realities in MLB) has a way of knowing which homers would leave the park in which stadiums.
For example, Yankee Stadium cheapies are often home runs just there and in no other stadium.
Other round-trippers, however, are considered gone in all 30 MLB parks because they travel far and high enough to clear all hypothetical walls.
Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani, as you probably would expect, is the king of the “no-doubt” home run in the league.
“11 of Shohei Ohtani’s HR this season would’ve been be a HR in all 30 parks. That’s tied for the most in MLB this season (Alonso, Acuña Jr., Suwinski & Olson),” ESPN Stats & Info tweeted.
11 of Shohei Ohtani’s HR this season would’ve been be a HR in all 30 parks.
That’s tied for the most in MLB this season (Alonso, Acuña Jr., Suwinski & Olson). pic.twitter.com/PMJ6atPifq
—ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 16, 2023
Only Pete Alonso, Ronald Acuna Jr., Jack Suwinski, and Matt Olson have as many “no-doubters” as Ohtani this year.
The 2021 AL MVP and leading candidate for the 2023 award is no stranger to 450-feet dingers.
In fact, he has hit a few of them in the past week.
There is just no one like him in baseball: a couple of days ago, he hit a 116-mph laser to the opposite field that went for one of the furthest home runs you will ever see.
For the season as a whole, he is hitting .301/.382/.620 with 22 home runs.
Oh, and he has been performing like an ace on the mound, with a 3.29 ERA in 82 innings.
If the season ended today, no one comes close to him in a hypothetical MVP award race.
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