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WATCH: Los Angeles Angels Star Shohei Ohtani Hits First-Inning Home Run vs. New York Yankees

Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani is already putting on a show in New York. As the Angels take on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, Ohtani hit a home run in the top of the first inning off of Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt. The ball had an exit velocity of nearly 117 mph. You can watch it below.

Brady Farkas

WATCH: Los Angeles Angels Star Shohei Ohtani Hits First-Inning Home Run vs. New York Yankees
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Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani is already putting on a show in New York.

Ohtani hit a laser home run in the top of the first inning against the New York Yankees on Tuesday, taking a pitch from Clarke Schmidt out to deep right field.

MLB.com research expert Sarah Langs tweeted some impressive details about Ohtani's blast.

"SHOHEI OHTANI. 116.7 MPH. That’s his 7th career HR with a 116+ mph exit velocity, 3rd-most by any player tracked by Statcast (2015, including PS), behind only: Giancarlo Stanton: 26 Aaron Judge: 15

For Ohtani, that's his fourth home run of the season. He's out to a .310 batting average to start the year, with a .946 OPS. He has 11 RBI this year as well.

For his career at the plate, he's a .268 hitter with 131 home runs and 353 RBI.

Of course, with Ohtani, the story doesn't just end at the plate. The most unique player of our generation, he also is 2-0 with a 0.86 ERA this season. He pitched two innings on Monday against the Red Sox but ultimately was removed after a long rain delay.

We've written a lot about Ohtani here lately. We heard a good story earlier today about how St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar talked about playing alongside him in the WBC. We also wrote about Ohtani striking out his Team Japan teammate Masataka Yoshida yesterday against the Red Sox, and we heard Buster Olney of ESPN say that he thinks the Mets will be the biggest bidder for Ohtani's services in free agency.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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