If Giancarlo Stanton can do this during the regular season, the Yankees might be unstoppable.
Stanton hit three monster home runs on Wednesday night that combined for over 1,300 feet in The Bronx Bombers’ Grapefruit League game against the Pirates at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla.
Stanton’s three blasts came over the first four innings at the Yankees piled on nine runs — seven of which came courtesy of the slugger’s homers.
The slugger’s first home run was a two-run shot in the first inning on a 1-0 pitch from Pirates starter Marco Gonzales.
Stanton sent the ball screaming toward center field, and it cleared over the batter’s eye — much to the astonishment of both the fans and broadcasters.
It officially went 455 feet with an exit velocity of 110.4 mph.
He followed it up an inning later with another hard-hit ball with the bases loaded.
With a full count, Stanton took a cutter 453 feet over the left field scoreboard for a grand slam, putting the Yanks up 8-0.
The powerful shot rocketed over the wall with an exit velo of 113.2 mph.
Two innings later in the fourth, he crushed another one to left-center field at 426 feet.
It gave him seven RBIs through three at-bats.
The blasts for Stanton came just a few days removed from hitting his first home run of the spring in a game against the Blue Jays.
The recent developments are positive as Stanton looks to bounce back after one of the worst seasons of his career in 2023 when injuries limited him to 101 games and he hit just .191.
Stanton said earlier this month that his performance in spring games this year is “big.”
“Not the results, necessarily, but in terms of how I feel and the adjustments I’m making in the cage with seeing the ball, timing and everything,” he said.
The Yankees open the regular season next Thursday on the road against the Astros.
