DeLauter's Home Run Debut: Guardians' New Star

0:00It's March 27. You're listening to MLB News today, AI-powered MLB coverage. Chase Delauder made a huge splash in his regular season Major League debut for the Cleveland Guardians. The 24-year-old prospect crushed a home run on opening day against the Seattle Mariners, putting his team up one nothing early. That blast came off right-hander Logan Gilbert and traveled an estimated 350 a feet with an exit velocity of 102 point, two miles per hour. It barely cleared the glove of Seattle's right-fielder, Luke Rally, marking Delauder as MLB Pipeline's number 46 overall prospect stepping up. Big. Delauder had already tasted the majors in last fall's postseason, becoming just the sixth player ever to debut there. Drafted in the first round back in 2022, he battled several injuries in the minors before breaking through. In Guardian's history, he's only the fifth player to Homer in his regular season debut, joining names like Earl Averill from April 16, 2019.

1:0229. And more recent ones like John Conzinoel last June. Fans are buzzing about what this means for Cleveland's lineup, and Delauder looks ready to stick around for the long haul.