Choi Ji Man’s 10th home run. There’s no doubt MLB’s official SNS is also highly praised
Choi Ji-man (30, Tampa Bay Rays) made his third 10-home run season of his career with an unquestionable hit.
Choi Ji-man played as the fourth batter and first baseman in an away game against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 15th (Korea Standard Time) and fired a solo home run in his first at-bat.
The opposing pitcher is Toronto’s right-handed starter Jose Verios (27). Choi Ji-man kept picking up Verios’ four-seam fastball that came toward his body. And he hit a 93-mile-per-hour four-seam fastball into the middle of the third pitch and crossed the right-center fence. It was a perfect home run hit with a batting speed of 110.1 miles per hour (about 177 kilometers), a launch angle of 25 degrees, and a distance of 437 feet (about 133.1 meters).
With this home run, Choi Ji-man made his third 10-home run season in his career and achieved a double-digit home run in two years since 19 home runs in 2019.
Major League Baseball’s official SNS praised Choi Ji-man’s home run as an “unquestionable home run.” Would it dong? account, which analyzed Choi Ji-man’s home run hit, also said, “It is a hit that will be a home run anywhere in 30 major league stadiums. “There’s no doubt about this.”