Giancarlo Stanton has been here before.
In fact, the New York Yankees' slugger has done something even wilder than the home run he hit Monday night.
Stanton astonished the baseball world when he launched a laser out to centerfield in Arlington. The ball left his bat at a 17-degree launch angle. It was like a missile shot out of a cannon.
But that moment, remarkable enough on its own, served as a reminder that Stanton had once gone even lower.
When he played for the Miami Marlins, Stanton pulled a homer that left the bat at a 13-degree launch angle.
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Look at this thing:
— AT (@YankeeWRLD) August 5, 2025That's the kind of thing only Stanton can do. He once hit a line drive so hard out to left in Miami that when it hit a panel on the Marlins' scoreboard, the video board broke.
He's MLB's active leader in home runs, at 439. Many of them are impressive physical feats, and when he gets a bit more launch under them, some fly very, very far.
At 35 years old, Stanton has a chance to chase 500 home runs if he stays healthy.
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The Yankees' lineup is crowded right now, which won't help his cause. But the former MVP continues to prove he can slug when given the chance.
Since returning from injury that kept him out for much of the season, Stanton has batted .270 with 10 homers in 126 at bats.
The 6-foot-6, 245-pound DH certainly hasn't slowed down much from a home run-hitting perspective.
Early in his career and now, Stanton has proven capable of hitting homers that don't even make sense.
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