{"id":449798,"date":"2022-05-20T03:14:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T00:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/giancarlo-stantons-power-stands-alone-across-mlb\/"},"modified":"2022-05-20T03:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T00:14:26","slug":"giancarlo-stantons-power-stands-alone-across-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/giancarlo-stantons-power-stands-alone-across-mlb\/","title":{"rendered":"#Giancarlo Stanton&#8217;s power stands alone across MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22fe1c00b55\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22fe1c00b55\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/giancarlo-stantons-power-stands-alone-across-mlb\/#%E2%80%9CGiancarlo_Stantons_power_stands_alone_across_MLB%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Giancarlo Stanton&#8217;s power stands alone across MLB&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGiancarlo_Stantons_power_stands_alone_across_MLB%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Giancarlo Stanton&#8217;s power stands alone across MLB&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jon-Heyman.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Jon Heyman\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jon-Heyman.png 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jon-Heyman.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jon-Heyman.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Jon-Heyman.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>BALTIMORE \u2014 Giancarlo Stanton can do things mere mortal major leaguers can\u2019t, and Thursday he proved definitively that it is indeed possible to come here as a visitor and hit a home run to left field in the newly reconfigured and almost impossible Camden Yards. Stanton, the strongest post-steroid player in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, smashed the very first homer to left by a visiting player here this year, offering a challenge to the rest of the league to match it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No guarantee anyone else will do it, as Stanton is a cut above when it comes to power. Not many folks can claim to be stronger than AL MVP leader Aaron Judge, but Stanton is one who can. Very likely the only one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have a front-row ticket to see [Stanton and Judge], it\u2019s something you have to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciate,\u201d Yankees slugger Anthony Rizzo said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stanton is a show all right. Of the 10 hardest hit base hits this season, Stanton has five of them. Which shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise. If MLB had a strongman competition, no one else need enter. He stands alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stanton isn\u2019t off the charts; he is the chart. Of the 10 balls hit 120-plus mph since Statcast started, Stanton has all 10. Of the 21 balls hit 119 mph plus, he\u2019s hit 17 of them. Of the 36 balls his 118 mph-plus he\u2019s hit 23 of them. And so on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If there was an argument about who\u2019s MLB\u2019s most powerful batter, it is long over.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/BASEBALL-MLB-BAL-NYY_-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Giancarlo Stanton rips a two-run single in the first inning.\" class=\"wp-image-22341947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/BASEBALL-MLB-BAL-NYY_-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/BASEBALL-MLB-BAL-NYY_-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/BASEBALL-MLB-BAL-NYY_-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/BASEBALL-MLB-BAL-NYY_-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Giancarlo Stanton rips a two-run single in the first inning. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Yankees finally lost a game here, falling 9-6 to the Orioles, and it was a messy one, with the bullpen finally blowing up after entering the game as the best unit in the sport, and an uncharacteristic throwing error by Josh Donaldson that started the rally on a heave that Rizzo might have snagged at first if he hadn\u2019t been ejected for arguing a couple strike calls the inning before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amid the mess, though, Stanton\u2019s at-bats stood as works of art. In three at-bats, he hit three lasers. The second one was the homer that stands as unique, the third a liner with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth that hung up and was caught in center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first ball he hit smashed off that left-field wall for a single here, but a homer anywhere else, according to Statcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That might upset most folks. But not Stanton, who\u2019s as soft spoken as he is hard hitting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not in [those other parks] so you\u2019ve just got to roll with it,\u201d Stanton said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to crush it pretty good. [The Orioles] have hit a few, and they\u2019re playing with the same dimensions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even with a deadened ball and a universal humidor, he\u2019s hit rockets as hard as 118.1 mph this year, which is only topped by Shohei Ohtani, the one-in-a-billion man himself. Stanton is performing Herculean feats almost daily, and he left here leading the majors in RBIs with 35. Yet he sometimes seems almost the unnoticed man on this 28-10 juggernaut.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH4056503574&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In spite of the stats and the stature, he\u2019s seemingly somewhat obscured by outfield mate Judge, who is slightly bigger, and to this point ever so slightly better. At 6-foot-6 and built like a Greek statue, that isn\u2019t easy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the second man in their twin towers operation, he sometimes is as underappreciated as he is unnoticed. Many were questioning at different points whether the trade that brought him from Miami was worth the effort, and the outlay. Stanton hasn\u2019t repeated the 59-homer output he achieved at spacious Marlins Park but his performance is as consistent as anyone\u2019s. His lifetime OPS is .900 and he nearly hits that mark every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The idea he wasn\u2019t made for New York could not have been more wrong, either. He carries a lifetime 1.108 OPS in the postseason, among the best in history for those with at least 50 plate appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Yankees-Orioles-Baseball-7.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Giancarlo Stanton, right. celebrates his home run with Gleyber Torres. \" class=\"wp-image-22341975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Yankees-Orioles-Baseball-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Yankees-Orioles-Baseball-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Yankees-Orioles-Baseball-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Yankees-Orioles-Baseball-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Giancarlo Stanton, right. celebrates his home run with Gleyber Torres. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Yankees gave up not much of value, as it turned out, and the cash-poor Marlins actually had to throw in $30 million to complete the deal with the Yankees, who have a dollar more than the GNP. Thank you, Derek Jeter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Some were saying a slugger isn\u2019t worth taking for the final seven years of a backloaded $325 million deal. But the reality is, this one was. The deadened ball and humidor now being used by MLB actually make Stanton and Judge more valuable, as their long drives still go out while those of most others are dying at the warning track.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While some vaguely complained Jeter wanted to help his old friends with the Yankees, that seems highly unlikely, as he first tried trading Stanton to the Giants, then to the Cardinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Giants, Stanton rejected because he said he wasn\u2019t sure they were ready to win again. And as a product of Tujunga, in the San Fernando Valley, he still bleeds a little Dodger blue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals he declined as well. He was very likely holding out hope one of his top two choices came through.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Word at the time was, the Yankees and his hometown Dodgers were the ones most active in the late bidding. But when word came to him it was New York, he didn\u2019t hesitate. He said yes \u201cright away,\u201d a Yankees person recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He came to New York, he said, because he wanted to be \u201cplaying games like this\u201d for a team like this.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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