Lázaro Montes Hits Longest Home Run in T-Mobile Park History With 474-Foot Blast

September 9, 2026

Cuban rookie Lázaro Montes crushed a 474-foot home run against the Texas Rangers on the night of September 8, 2026, the longest ball ever tracked at Seattle's T-Mobile Park since Statcast measurements began. The three-run blast came in the fourth inning with two runners on base, off a 94.7 mph fastball from Rangers starter Cal Quantrill.

The ball left Montes' bat at 116.1 mph exit velocity, more than 10 mph harder than anything he had hit before in the majors. The Mariners' own broadcast team was visibly stunned by the distance, saying on air that they had never seen a ball travel that far in the ballpark.

It was Montes' sixth career MLB game following his early-September call-up. The 21-year-old Havana-born outfielder had debuted on September 1 with a 407-foot home run and arrives with a strong minor league season behind him, having hit 38 home runs with 96 RBIs and a .923 OPS across 123 games between Double-A and Triple-A.

The homer pushed Montes' major league OPS to .919 on the season, adding to the case for the Mariners to keep him in the everyday lineup for the rest of 2026.