Dominic Canzone Hit a Monster Home Run For Seattle Mariners, and I Owe Him an Apology

After being re-called by the Seattle Mariners on Monday afternoon, outfielder Dominic Canzone made a major impact on Monday night, hitting a two-run home run to tie the game with two outs in the top of the ninth inning.

Canzone's first blast of the season tied the game at 4-4, but the Mariners ultimately went onto lose 8-4 in 11 innings after a walk-off grand slam from Josh Naylor.

The 27-year-old Canzone has always had great power, but he's always struggled to capitalize on it because of a low contact rate. He's a career .207 hitter in parts of three major league seasons. And while the home run on Monday was impressive, it was actually what preceded the homer that had me most impressed.

Here's what I said on the most recent edition of the Refuse to Lose podcast:

Look, ​the ​home ​run ​is ​impressive. ​Obviously. You hit ​a ​ball ​450 ft, ​you ​hit ​a ​ball ​​that ​far, ​in ​that ​situation, ​that ​alone ​is ​impressive. ​But ​the ​thing ​that ​actually ​impressed ​me ​most ​about ​Canzone ​is ​that ​he ​actually ​got ​himself ​to ​a ​3-2 count, ​right? ​There ​were ​two ​off-speed....​it ​was 1-2 at ​one ​point. ​And ​Canzone ​took ​two ​pitches, ​that ​they ​weren't ​particularly ​close, ​but ​they ​were Canzone-swingable ​pitches ​a ​month ​ago, ​two ​months ​ago ​and ​last ​year, ​and ​he ​didn't ​swing ​at ​them. ​He ​stayed ​within ​himself ​and ​he ​did ​what ​he ​can ​do, ​which ​is ​hit ​the ​fastball ​and ​hit ​it ​really ​far. ​He ​deserves ​immense ​credit ​for ​that.

You can look at the pitch-by-pitch from MLB Gameday below. While you can see that Canzone was aggressive on questionable fastballs early, he was able to take both pitches 4 and 5, which were sweepers. If Canzone is able to show discipline on those kinds of pitches, he has a chance to be more productive at the big-league level.

You can listen to the Refuse to Lose podcast below and the Mariners will play the Diamondbacks again on Monday at 6:40 p.m. PT.

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