Jordy Mercer Hits Longest Home Run of 2016 MLB Season

I once saw Jordy Mercer hit a walk off home run against TCU in a regional (?) at Allie P. and throw his helmet about 200 feet in the air on the way to home plate. Who knew that pop would translate to the pros?

Mercer hit the longest (!) home run of the MLB season (granted, we’re 25 days in) on Friday night at Arizona. Here’s a look at his 466-foot bomb. This would have ranked as the 35th-longest HR of 2015.

.@Jordy_Mercer smashes the longest homer of the season – 466 feet! https://t.co/29pZrhx8nE #Statcast pic.twitter.com/Vxgf4g3lib

— #Statcast (@statcast) April 23, 2016

“You could feel it out there, the ball was flying,” Mercer said. “And you could see it the first few innings.” Here’s a look at the longest of 2016 so far.

https://twitter.com/evilneal/status/723699730111291392

“When Mercer hits ’em, they don’t just scrape the fence,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “There’s some distance to the ones he’s hit.”