{"id":555405,"date":"2026-03-21T18:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555405\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T18:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:01:21","slug":"seattle-mariners-cole-young-blasts-478-foot-moonshot-hr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555405\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners’ Cole Young blasts 478-foot moonshot HR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cole Young continued his spring power surge with a massive 478-foot home run<\/a> in the Seattle Mariners\u2019 20-8 rout of the Cleveland Guardians in Friday night\u2019s Cactus League game.<\/p>\n

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It was the longest Statcast-measured homer across all of 2026 MLB spring training, according to MLB.com\u2019s Daniel Kramer<\/a>. Only two other homers this spring have been measured at 470-plus feet.<\/p>\n

Young\u2019s tape-measure shot came in the sixth inning, when he pulled a sweeper from former Mariners reliever Matt Festa and obliterated it into the Arizona night sky. It registered a 108.9 mph exit velocity and sailed well past the right-center field fence at Goodyear Ballpark. Young also hit a 376-foot homer<\/a> in the second inning and two-run double in the third.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This spring, Young is slashing\u00a0.294\/.368\/.725 with a team-high six homers and four doubles in 51 Cactus League at-bats. His six homers are the third-most across all of MLB spring training, trailing only Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers and Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain, who each have seven.<\/p>\n

Long home runs are nothing new for the 22-year-old Young, who has impressive power for his 5-foot-10, 180-pound frame. As a rookie, Young delivered the longest home run by any Mariners player last season when he blasted\u00a0a 456-foot shot<\/a> into the second deck in right field at T-Mobile Park on July 31. He also\u00a0hit a 442-foot homer<\/a> earlier this spring.<\/p>\n

Young, a 2022 first-round draft pick who made his MLB debut last May, is expected to be Seattle\u2019s opening day second baseman. He slashed .211\/.302\/.305 with four homers in 77 games as a rookie.<\/p>\n

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