Shohei Ohtani Crushed a HR That Left Yankee Stadium So Quickly

Shohei Ohtani and the Angels are in New York taking on the Yankees this week, and it didn’t take long for the coolest player in baseball to make his presence felt in the Bronx as he crushed a home run in his first at-bat of the series Tuesday night. 

Ohtani, who won’t be pitching in this series after taking the mound Monday against the Red Sox, jumped on a 2–0 pitch by Clarke Schmidt and drove it over the wall in right-center for a two-run home run. 

The 116.7-mph exit velocity on the blast was pretty darn impressive: 

116.7 MPH rocket home run for Shohei Ohtani at Yankee Stadium! pic.twitter.com/sAT0inqvG6

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 18, 2023

Here's another angle of it: 

this shohei ohtani rocket got out in a new york minute pic.twitter.com/aB5t68Km1C

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 18, 2023

Too good.