SF Giants minor leaguer nearly breaks Statcast with mammoth home run

SF Giants minor leaguer Marco Luciano hit a mammoth home run on Sunday. According to Baseball Savant, the distance was originally listed at 508 feet. However, that distance was later removed due to an error, per the Sacramento River Cats.

SF Giants minor leaguer nearly breaks Statcast with mammoth home run

The ball was jumping out at Greater Nevada Field all week. There were some high-scoring games in the six-game series between the River Cats and Reno Aces. Sacramento scored double-digit runs in three of those six games. The Aces had a double-digit effort of their own in a 15-2 win on Friday night.

At 4,500 feet above sea level, the ball carries quite a bit, and that was on display on Sunday. It is a great environment for hitters, but a brutal one for pitchers. Jesús Rodríguez and Osleivis Basabe joined Luciano in launching mammoth home runs.

Basabe led all Triple-A hitters on Sunday with a 437-foot home run. Rodríguez was second with a 434-foot home run. How far did Luciano's home run travel? Here is the video by the way:

At first glance, it did not look close to 508 feet. That said, I will not pretend I can even gauge that with the untrained eye. The wall in center field is 410 feet, and this traveled just to the right of center field. The deepest part of that ballpark is in right-center field at 424 feet.

Luciano's blast comfortably cleared the fence in center field. If and when the distance is updated, it would not be surprising to see it surpass 440 feet.

That home run highlighted the raw power that Luciano has. That was his 23rd home run of the season, which is tied with Bryce Eldridge for the lead among Giants minor leaguers. Eldridge missed some time earlier this season, but has rebounded nicely.

This year has been a mixed bag with Luciano. He is hitting .229/.355/.455/ (111 wRC+) with 23 home runs, 64 RBI, and 74 runs in 488 plate appearances. This includes a 16.2 percent walk rate, 28.3 percent strikeout rate, and .226 ISO.

The right-handed bat is hitting for plenty of power, but is striking out too much. He has done a nice job at lowering his ground ball rate to 40.5 percent, compared to 49.8 percent last season. That has allowed Luciano's power to play up and show off the type of upside of being able to hit 20 home runs with relative ease.

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