If in the hours since the official release of MLB The Show 25, you’ve been taking countless virtual hacks in hopes of that one flawless perfect-perfect swing, you’re not alone.

The only difference between you and Oklahoma State junior right fielder Nolan Schubart is that he nailed the perfect-perfect approach in game action. And sent a ball out a reported 517 feet while doing so.

The No. 30 Draft prospect in the 2025 class is equipped with “prodigious left-handed power,” evidenced by the fact that Schubart's gargantuan tape-measure shot was to the opposite field. (There were winds in Stillwater, Okla., on Tuesday night tracked as high as 38 mph, which could certainly have played a part in aiding balls launched into the air.)

It’s worth noting that, yes, the collegiate game uses non-wood bats. And all NCAA parks aren’t equipped with the same technology as MLB parks, so the “official” distance of Schubart’s blast remains up in the air. But there’s no debate that the ball -- which cleared literally everything in the stadium -- was demolished. Walloped, or creamed, or mashed.

Less than three years ago another Oklahoma State Cowboy, Griffin Doersching, put himself on the national landscape with a resounding 513-foot shot. Much like that one, Schubart’s followed a legitimate trajectory with a 34-degree launch angle coupled with an 108 mph exit velocity.

Just last season, Jac Caglianone, now MLB’s No. 22 overall prospect, clobbered his own brain-meltingly long roundtripper at 516 feet for the Florida Gators as part of a streak in which he tied the NCAA record with a homer in nine straight games.

For fuller context, the longest measured home run during big league action since 2015 came courtesy of Texas’ Nomar Mazara in June 21, 2019, at 505 feet.

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If Schubart’s name rings a bell, it might be because of his four-homers-in-six-innings performance last April. He finished his sophomore campaign with a .370/.513/.838 slash line and roundtrippers accounted for 67.6 percent of his extra-base hits. The left-handed-hitting masher has been off to a similarly scorching start in 2025 with 25 hits and 21 RBIs in 18 games.

Any long ball sailing beyond 500 feet begins to enter a different stratosphere, one that invites a splitting of hairs despite the jaw-dropping feat. It's probably best to just sit back and watch the ball travel.