Cubs Prospect Eloy Jimenez Hits Home Run into Stadium Lights

Eloy Jimenez did his best Roy Hobbs impersonation during Monday night's Single-A Carolina League Home Run Derby.

Representing the Chicago Cubs' Myrtle Beach Pelicans, MLB.com's No. 8 prospect recreated an iconic scene from The Natural by belting a home run into the stadium's lights. This blast didn't spark fireworks as he triumphantly rounded the bases, which batters don't do in a home-run hitting contest, but the damaged light flickered as fans admired the tape-measure shot.

The promising 20-year-old prospect has displayed plenty of pop this season, clubbing seven homers in 28 games with a .546 slugging percentage. He has a long way to go before attempting to reproduce Rookie of the Year in Wrigley Field, but he has the ceiling of a major masher.

Jimenez, however, did not leave victorious. Although Cleveland Indians catching prospect Sicnarf Loopstok stole the show with an awesome name and 17 home runs in the first round, Jake Gatewood of the Milwaukee Brewers edged him out to seize the crown.

[MiLB.com, h/t Cut4]