Prosper’s Steele Walker collected both his first MLB hit and homer with one swing only to have the bat give way in the next. Clase, the hardest thrower in the majors, fired a pair of cutters at 99 and 100 mph to Walker. He took the first for a ball, but then shattered his bat on the second while grounding out to second. “I was going to ride that bat out as long as I could,” Walker said. “You feel a little more accomplished when you hit that homer, but the next thing you know you are standing in the box again and a guy is firing 100 mph cutters at you.”Find more Rangers coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 08, 2022 23:32 UTC