If you’re a baseball fan, you’ve heard the term “light tower power” when describing the power potential of some true sluggers. Very rarely, if ever, do players actually ever hit a ball up into the light towers.
But one minor league player decided to channel his inner Roy Hobbs in a home run derby. Eloy Jimenez, the No. 1 prospect in the Chicago Cubs’ system, participated in the Carolina League (Double-A) Home Run Derby on Monday and absolutely launched one to deep left, knocking out a light.
Wait for it….. wait for it…..
.@Cubs No. 1 prospect @Lamantha21 just taking target practice. 🎯
(Via @jjcoop36) pic.twitter.com/GLAKjJQwKw
— Cut4 (@Cut4) June 20, 2017
Below is a video of the entire second round by Jimenez in the Derby. Despite winning the Internet, he did not win the event. The 20-year-old out of the Dominican Republic is regarded as a top-10 prospect in all of baseball, according to MLB Pipeline. He stands 6-4, 205 pounds and is already drawing some comparisons to big-bodied Marlins’ slugger Giancarlo Stanton.
https://www.facebook.com/myrtlebeachpelicans/videos/10155587022744674/
Who did it better? Jimenez or Hobbs?
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