After a wildly eventful MLB trade deadline, I found myself checking out some tape of the prospects that had changed hands. After a while of mindless clicking and viewing, I came across some video of one of the prospects acquired by the Yankees in the Andrrew Miller trade, Clint Frazier.
Frazier, the number 22 prospect in baseball according to MLB.com, is special to watch, even on film. Since he was drafted 5th overall by the Indians in 2013, it seems that you cannot hear Fraizier's name without his other worldly bat speed being mentioned. Here's some evidence:
WOW. Incredibly compact, blisteringly quick. The power generated with that short stroke should be a lesson for us all: LONG IS WRONG. Power is not generated by an exaggerated hitch or an overstride that we see so often in youth players. It is generated by the core; not linear movement, but centrifugal torque. Please excuse me while I watch this on loop for the next hour.
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