MIAMI -- What's it like to face 100 mph fastballs? The Chicago Cubs have seen it before, mostly when current New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman used to be in the National League, but when reliever Brian Ellington of the Miami Marlins got going late in Friday's game it took a few Cubs by surprise.
"There's a big difference between a guy that throws 95 and a guy that gets to 100, so those are the at-bats you want to try and see some pitches, which I did, but the last pitch was a 87 mph changeup," third baseman Kris Bryant recalled the next day.