Yankees' prospect returned from injury and immediately hit 441-foot home run

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An injury can make it easy for a player to be forgotten about.

A 441-foot home run immediately upon returning can help serve as a reminder.

That's what Jackson Lovich did on Thursday. Back at the plate in the New York Yankees organization, Lovich hit a baseball more than 113 miles per hour to clobber it well beyond the fence.

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Lovich wasn't a highly thought of draft pick necessarily. The Yankees needed just their 16th-round pick to get Lovich in 2025 out of the University of Missouri.

He's a 6-foot-3 infielder who can play multiple spots, which could help as he tries to climb the ladder.

Lovich got just six games in Single-A Tampa in his draft year, and he went 14-for-22 (.636 batting average).

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He hadn't played yet this year until Thursday, so a serious welcome back.

Lovich clearly has some work to do to move up the rungs of the organization, but swings like the one he took Thursday in his return from injury will only help his cause in a major way.

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