Here were the longest homers in the 2022 MLB Home Run Derby originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Some of Major League Baseball’s best sluggers put on a fireworks show at Dodger Stadium on Monday.
Ronald Acuna Jr., Pete Alonso, Albert Pujols, Jose Ramirez, Julio Rodriguez, Kyle Schwarber, Corey Seager and Juan Soto combined to hit 291 long balls in the 2022 MLB Home Run Derby.
The competition came down to Rodriguez and Soto in the final. Rodriguez ended up with the most total home runs of all eight participants with 81, but he couldn't outdo Soto head-to-head. The Seattle Mariners rookie sensation hit 18 homers in the final round before the Washington Nationals superstar responded with 19 to win it.
While Soto walked away as Home Run Derby king, who hit the longest dinger of the night?
It was the Soto show in Hollywood. Not only did he win the contest, but he also recorded the longest home run.
After hitting a Statcast era-record 520-foot blast in last year’s derby, Soto sent a 482-foot bomb to the right-center field seats during the first round.
Alonso was the only other slugger to go at least 480 yards deep, hitting a homer that exact distance. The New York Mets first baseman also had the event's third-longest homer of 479 feet.
There were 10 home runs that traveled at least 460 feet, with Alonso and Soto accounting for seven of them. Acuna Jr. (472 feet), Schwarber (470 feet) and Rodriguez (463 feet) were the only other sluggers with a 460-foot-plus homer.
None of the home runs hit in the derby topped the longest dinger of the 2022 MLB season. Miami Marlins outfielder Jesus Sanchez crushed a 494-foot homer at Coors Field back in May. Colorado Rockies All-Star C.J. Cron is the only other player with a 480-foot homer this season, hitting a 486-foot shot at Coors Field last month.
Here’s a look at the longest homers from the 2022 Home Run Derby:
1. 482 feet: Juan Soto
2. 480 feet: Pete Alonso
3. 479 feet: Pete Alonso
4. 472 feet: Ronald Acuna Jr.
5. 471 feet: Juan Soto
T-6. 470 feet: Kyle Schwarber, Juan Soto
T-8. 463 feet: Pete Alonso, Julio Rodriguez
10. 461 feet: Pete Alonso
T-11. 459 feet: Juan Soto (2)
T-13. 458 feet: Kyle Schwarber, Juan Soto
T-15. 456 feet: Julio Rodriguez (3), Pete Alonso
The 2022 MLB Home Run Derby is in full swing, with Mariners phenom Julio Rodriguez getting the fireworks started right off the bat with a monster showing. Rangers infielder Corey Seager was unable to keep up with Rodriguez and has been eliminated already, but that doesn’t mean bettors weren’t able to cash in on his performance. Here’s a look at the longest home run for each player in each round of the 2022 Home Run Derby. The line for the overall longest home run on DraftKings Sportsbook was set at 491.5. So far, nobody has topped that mark.
Longest overall home run: 482 ft, Juan Soto, first round
Final round results
Julio Rodriguez: 18 home runs, longest HR 446 ft
Juan Soto: 19 home runs, longest HR 471 ft
Second round results
Julio Rodriguez: 31 home runs, longest HR 450 ft
Pete Alonso: 23 home runs, longest HR 463 ft
Albert Pujols: 15 home runs, longest HR 434 ft
Juan Soto: 16 home runs, longest HR 459 ft
First round results
Julio Rodriguez: 32 home runs, longest HR 463 ft
Corey Seager: 24 home runs, longest HR 451 ft
Ronald Acuna Jr.: 19 home runs, longest HR 472 ft
Pete Alonso: 20 home runs, longest HR 480 ft
Jose Ramirez: 17 home runs, longest HR 421 ft
Juan Soto: 18 home runs, longest HR 482 ft
Albert Pujols: 20 home runs, longest HR 470 ft
Kyle Schwarber: 19 home runs, longest HR 470 ft
Swing off: Pujols 7 home runs, Schwarber 6 home runs
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Longest HRs of '22 by Derby sluggers
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422 ft.: Liftoff for José
He may be the most diminutive slugger in the field, but do not sleep on J-Ram's pop
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A no-doubter
José Ramírez sent this home run 422 feet thanks to a 106 mph exit velocity
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426 ft.: Elder statesman
At 42 years old and the No. 8 seed in the Derby field, Albert Pujols is surely an underdog. But the future HOFer has something left in the tank
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Track the flight of Pujols' HR
This was a patented Pujols HR, high and deep and pulled into the left-field seats
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435 ft.: Corey in the house
He's slugging deep shots in a Rangers uniform now, but Corey Seager will make his Derby debut in his old digs
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Seager's strength on display
110 mph off the bat? That'll do it!
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447 ft.: The Bear necessities
Reigning Derby champ Pete Alonso's longest HR of this season also happened to be a walk-off jack
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See where the game-ender landed
At 114 mph off the bat, this was a blast by the Polar Bear
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450 ft.: The kid is not kidding around
A rookie and the youngest Derby participant this year, Julio Rodríguez won't be rolling over, as you can see from his first career blast
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Julio shows off rookie power
Julio Rodríguez's first HR went a long way. Check out the numbers to see why
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451 ft.: Soto. So long
OK, so this one isn't as far as his 520-foot blast in last year's Derby. But you already know about Juan Soto's power
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Track this Juan Soto dinger
This one got out of Truist Park fast, and the numbers tell that story
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464 ft.: Make 'em pay
Ronald Acuña Jr. did not miss this hanger, and he'll need many like this to unseat his first-round Derby competitor, Pete Alonso
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A sight to see
114 mph off the bat with a 27 degree launch angle make for a beautiful homer
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468 ft.: Cheers to that
Coors homer notwithstanding, we all know Kyle Schwarber can bop, and it's fitting the No. 1 seed is No. 1 on this list
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A big-boy homer
468 feet at Coors Field is nothing to sniff at, and home runs like this will get you the top spot in the Derby field