Upon entering Sunday’s game, the battle speed classification table contained names that would belong to a speed classification table. Rays Phenom Junior Caminero turned the fastest in the elderly, followed by the gifted prospect of cardinals Jordan Walker, followed by the Statcast-Darling Oneneil Cruz pirates. Yordan Alvarez took the fifth place, just ahead of Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge.
Because behind the superior group, with a swing that has a few Pete Alonso and Kyle Schwarber ticks and some ticks faster than Elly de la Cruz and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., was Brett Bitch.
With an average bat speed of 75.6 mph, the frustrated and learning player of the Mets held 16 position throughout baseball.
“That does not surprise me,” said Combat Coach Jeremy Barnes recently. “We know he is a strange athlete and has a lot of tools for a while.