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By Martin Barratt Jul 9, 2019, 7:45am EDT

I don’t know about you guys but i spent a lot of yesterday’s Home Run Derby laughing at the sheer absurdity of Vlad destroying baseballs. He hit some so far i think they collected a passport and boarding pass on their way out.

Although ultimately, Pete Alonso won the Home Run Derby, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won the night.

Tom has a nice summary of Vlad’s show here.

And expect us to put John Schneider in the bullpen following last night’s performance:

Shoutout to our guy John Schneider (left) for giving up more home runs in 4.5 minutes than anyone in the history of the sport #DreamTeam pic.twitter.com/8FQRgfrINY
— New Hampshire Fisher Cats (@FisherCats) July 9, 2019

Vlad stat attack!

And in case you wanted confirmation as to how good Vlad’s performance last night, then here you are:

He hit more home runs last night than four teams have hit this entire season (Giants, Royals, Tigers and Marlins).
He saw 207 pitches. He swung at 195 of them. He homered on 91.
He hit 38,641 feet worth of home runs (that’s 7.3 miles worth)
The longest was 488 feet, the shortest 373, the average more than 424.
One of his second round homers had an exit speed of 114mph
He had 25 home runs of at least 440 feet
He had the seven hardest-hit balls.
After one night, he has the second-most home runs in Derby history; and nearly five times as many as his father, the Hall of Fame outfielder who won the 2007 Derby.
He got $500,000 for finishing second, plus a $100,000 bonus for hitting the longest homer.