Overview
- Rainer's blast, recorded Friday in Lakeland's 2-1 win, traveled 477 feet and left the bat at 116.2 mph according to Statcast.
- The 20-year-old shortstop launched the fourth-inning first pitch from Reds Single-A right-hander Edgar Colon, clearing the 420-foot center-field wall and the tall batter's eye at Joker Marchant Stadium.
- Statcast logged it as the longest and hardest-hit home run by any Tigers player at any level since 2015, topping Colt Keith's 473-footer and Chris Meyers' 115.7 mph mark.
- Detroit drafted Rainer 11th overall in 2024 out of Harvard-Westlake, and MLB Pipeline ranks him as the Tigers' No. 3 prospect.
- He returned this spring after season-ending shoulder surgery in 2025 and opened 2026 with few hits but elite contact quality and stronger expected stats than his box score shows.