Here’s a fun list:
Carlos Gonzalez — 424.6 feet
Giancarlo Stanton — 422.8
Trevor Story — 420.3
Nomar Mazara — 415.8
A) Surprised to not see Cespedes since he started with 100 feet B) Hot damn, Nomar! C) There’s no C. If you haven’t guessed, that’s the top distances averaged on home runs for players with at least 18 homers last year. Two of the guys were Rockies, i.e., Coors, and the other one was Giancarlo. Right behind Nomar Mazara was Nelson Cruz, Joc Pederson, Trout and Goldschmidt. Oh, and tied with Mazara was Mitch Moreland. Is there a non-home run hitter among these men, I ask sounding like a character from Game of Thrones. Granted, I do believe it to be true (why do I sound like I’m talking Middle Ages English?) that if someone hits fewer homers there’s gonna be a chance their average distance will be higher. In other words, Mazara hit 20 homers last year. If he hit 30 homers, maybe he would’ve hit a few just-outta-heres and his average distance would’ve lowered, but he didn’t so I’m throwing out my theory that I just threw in there. Don’t ask me why I didn’t just omit it to begin with and don’t end a sentence with with — dah! If I wanted, I could link to or post a bunch of upper deck blasts by Mazara. Seriously, he did not get cheated on his dingers. I personally hate when my dingers are cheated on. So, what can we expect from Nomar Mazara for 2017 fantasy baseball and what makes him a sleeper?
Please, blog, may I have some more?