Chicago Cubs prospect Eloy Jimenez had himself a game yesterday.
Participating in the All-Star Futures Game, Jimenez, 19, put on a show that featured a run-scoring double, an absurd over-the-wall catch in right field, and a three-run homer that put the game out of reach for the World Team.
And it wasn’t just any homer. It was a mammoth shot, as he so often does:
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[adinserter block=”1″][adinserter block=”10″]That’s off the third deck of the building in left field at Petco Park, an area in play only for the most prodigious of blasts.
There’s a cool additional video of the homer, circling him in 360 degrees as he strikes.
Jimenez will resume his second half shortly at Low-A South Bend, where he sports a .332/.372/.527 line as a 19-year-old in his first full-season league. It’s no surprise BP recently ranked him the 28th best prospect in baseball.
Also, here’s what he looks like in batting practice:
.@Cubs No. 10 prospect Eloy Jimenez (@SBCubs) takes his BP cuts at the #FuturesGame pic.twitter.com/Lu7IA51Iqr
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) July 10, 2016