Yankees' prospect returned from injury and immediately hit 441-foot home run
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An injury can make it easy for a player to be forgotten about.
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A 441-foot home run immediately upon returning can help serve as a reminder.
That's what Jackson Lovich did on Thursday. Back at the plate in the New York Yankees organization, Lovich hit a baseball more than 113 miles per hour to clobber it well beyond the fence.
Don't have the video of it, but holy SMOKES
— Yankees Stats (@ChrisCoop_) April 9, 2026
My #19th ranked Yankee prospect, Jackson Lovich, just hit a ball 113.6 mph 441 ft in his first game back from injury in Tampa😂
I feel like this kid is so slept on in our system. One of the guys I'm most excited to watch. pic.twitter.com/HyThcokSHN
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Lovich wasn't a highly thought of draft pick necessarily. The Yankees needed just their 16th-round pick to get Lovich in 2025 out of the University of Missouri.
He's a 6-foot-3 infielder who can play multiple spots, which could help as he tries to climb the ladder.
Lovich got just six games in Single-A Tampa in his draft year, and he went 14-for-22 (.636 batting average).
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He hadn't played yet this year until Thursday, so a serious welcome back.
Lovich clearly has some work to do to move up the rungs of the organization, but swings like the one he took Thursday in his return from injury will only help his cause in a major way.
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