Seattle Mariners' Cole Young Blasts 478-foot Moonshot Homer

Cole Young continued his spring energy surge with a massive 478-foot home run within the Seattle Mariners’ 20-8 rout of the Cleveland Guardians in Friday evening’s Cactus League sport.

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It was the longest Statcast-measured homer throughout all of 2026 MLB spring coaching, according to MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer. Only two different homers this spring have been measured at 470-plus ft.

Young’s tape-measure shot got here within the sixth inning, when he pulled a sweeper from former Mariners reliever Matt Festa and obliterated it into the Arizona evening sky. It registered a 108.9 mph exit velocity and sailed properly previous the right-center subject fence at Goodyear Ballpark. Young additionally hit a 376-foot homer within the second inning and two-run double within the third.

This spring, Young is slashing .294/.368/.725 with a team-high six homers and 4 doubles in 51 Cactus League at-bats. His six homers are the third-most throughout all of MLB spring coaching, trailing solely Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers and Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain, who every have seven.

Long dwelling runs are nothing new for the 22-year-old Young, who has spectacular energy for his 5-foot-10, 180-pound body. As a rookie, Young delivered the longest dwelling run by any Mariners participant final season when he blasted a 456-foot shot into the second deck in proper subject at T-Mobile Park on July 31. He additionally hit a 442-foot homer earlier this spring.

Young, a 2022 first-round draft choose who made his MLB debut final May, is anticipated to be Seattle’s opening day second baseman. He slashed .211/.302/.305 with 4 homers in 77 video games as a rookie.