If there was one thing the Los Angeles Angels did well in 2025, it was hit for power. Jo Adell nearly had a 40-home run season, and since-traded outfielder Taylor Ward also had a breakout year with 36 home runs. Several other players had big power numbers, so there are plenty of choices when it comes to the longest home run of the season.
So who actually hit the longest home run of the season? According to Shanthi Sepe-Chepuru of MLB.com, it was the Angels’ old reliable, Mike Trout, who displayed his usual flair for the dramatic with a 485-foot bomb against the Colorado Rockies on Sept. 20 that also happened to be the 400th home run of his career. The hurler who gave up the epic home run was Rockies reliever Jaden Hill, who gained his own sort of immortality with this one.
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As Angels fans will no doubt remember, Trout had been struggling before that game. He was relegated to being a full-time DH this year, which seemed to prevent him from getting into an effective hitting routine, but Trout made some changes to his stance and swing late in the year that paid off.
Perhaps fittingly, the home run also helped the Halos end an eight-game losing streak. But Trout also had a total of 26 homers for the season, raising hopes that his days as a power hitter aren’t quite done, although the talk that he could spend time in center field is disconcerting, to say the least.
Trout’s 400th home run wasn’t his only serious bomb, either. He also hit a 484-foot home run back in April, which gave him both the second- and third-longest home runs in MLB this season.
Where Trout fits in the lineup this year is still somewhat up in the air, however. With Ward gone, the Angels need to replace at least some of his power, and no one really knows where that’s going to come from at this point.
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The team wants Adell to move over to a corner outfield position to improve his defense, but the identity of the defensive center fielder who will allow him to do that is still unknown at this point.
Is it reasonable to hope Trout can continue his comeback? Yes, if the Angels can keep him out of the outfield. A 30-home run season isn’t out of the question, and it will doubtless feature numerous long bombs like the two biggest ones Trout hit this year.