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one of my favorite quotes to hear about a young minor leaguer. "The ball makes a different sound off his bat". Nice to see attention paid to something that has always been extremely important from the time we were kids. There were certain friends of yours you'd back up a step for or be extra-ready to field because they hit the ball harder than the others. Now many years later we'll probably have a tab at fangraphs for it soon. Great set of articles Doc!
As Matt pointed out maybe ERam isn't too bad an option but feels like he's frozen out. Hope my gut feel on that is mistaken. Maurer and Elias could force their way into the conversation any moment. Anybody have Elias velocity? I've read anywhere from high 80's to 96 on google searches. A lefty around 92 should have our full attention! His performance last year at AA wasn't too many notches below Taijuan.