As some people have noted on the Holliday thread, a quick release can help make up for less than a rocket arm and he's quick and has good hands. Seems to work well with Gunnar too.
He’s been murdering a lot of balls. 99th percentile in average exit velocity, 97th in hard hit rate. He’s been a little unlucky, with a .331 xOBA, .361 xwOBA going into last night.
It's only somewhat relevant to this post, but that game saving catch in Seattle, and the subsequent game winning home run is quite possibly the most impressive thing I ever saw within one inning of each other.Cedric Mullins did that. I watched Willie Mays for most of my life...I simply dont think he ever did that...certainly not in extra innings and so close those moments were together.
Gunnar murdered a ball off the bat at 110 that ended up being a really routine groundout because it hit the mound and slowed down. The xBA was still .590 on that play.
His homer today was really a glorified pop fly, but hit in the perfect location, right down the line 345 feet. Per Statcast, that ball had an xBA of .040 based on EV and launch angle, and yet it would have been a homer in 24 of 30 ballparks.
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