Minor-league first baseman crushed a home run that traveled 527 feet in Double-A game
Minor-league slugger Leandro Cedeno worked the count to 3-0 during an at-bat in Double-A Amarillo’s game Saturday against San Antonio, and he was looking for a fastball.
Cedeno, a prospect for the Arizona Diamondbacks, got it and he didn’t miss. Cedeno squared up the ball and crushed it for a 527-foot home run.
Yep, 527 feet.
“Oh my god, that’s amazing, I never think I can hit a ball that far,” Cedeno, a first baseman, told MLB.com. “I was for sure (it was a) homer. I stepped up to the plate like, ‘OK, I got that one,’ and I enjoyed the moment.”
Indeed, this was a no-doubter:
The MLB website said that ball had an exit velocity of 113 mph.
The Amarillo Sod Poodles play in the Texas League, which is also home to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, who are one of the Royals’ affiliates.
