The No. 1-ranked UCLA Bruins (22-2) began a weekend series in Iowa City versus the Iowa Hawkeyes (15-8) on Friday afternoon.
Ace Logan Reddemann took the bump for the Bruins. He’s widely considered to be one of the better pitchers in the conference. Starting shortstop Roch Cholowsky has many projecting him as the eventual No. 1 pick in the upcoming MLB draft. The team is littered with star power across the lineup with multiple future draft picks.
One of those stars includes outfielder Payton Brennan. Facing Iowa pitcher Jaron Bleeker in the fourth inning, Brennan hit an absolute moonshot over the right field fence at Duane Banks Field. Early estimates have the home run flying a whopping 514 feet.
The mammoth shot was said to have been off the bat with an exit velocity of 111 miles per hour. Even when combined with the usage of a metal bat, the actual feat itself from a distance standpoint is borderline mind-boggling.
To put into perspective, the longest homer in the Statcast era comes from former outfielder Nomar Mazara. The Dominican athlete clubbed a 505-foot bomb as a member of the Texas Rangers back in 2019.
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The measuring program utilized by Statcast first came into the ecosystem of baseball back in 2015. Prior to that, many of the homers hit had rough estimates on the actual distances.
The lack of tangible data on exit velocity and other metrics make it more difficult to accurately gauge how far some of those homers went.
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Brennan’s homer appears to rank as one of the longest in College Baseball history. Current Kansas City Royals player Jac Caglianone smashed a 516-foot homer in 2024 as a member of the Florida Gators. Last season for Virginia Tech, Sam Tackett reportedly hit a 500-foot homer in a contest versus Bucknell.
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