Bleacher Report · Apr 4, 2018
Giancarlo Stanton Crushes 1st Home Run at Yankee Stadium
Giancarlo Stanton made his first Yankee Stadium home run worth the wait.
The reigning NL MVP went deep for the first time as a Yankee in the Bronx on Wednesday, hitting a 458-foot blast off Rays pitcher Blake Snell in the first inning Wednesday.
The exit velocity of the home run was measured at 117.9 mph, making it the hardest-hit ball of the young 2018 campaign, per Statcast. David Adler of MLB.com noted it's the sixth-hardest hit home run in Yankee Stadium since the introduction of Statcast.
Aaron Judge has the other top five.
Stanton went 0-for-5 with five strikeouts in his home debut Tuesday, which elicited some boos from the stands.