A few days ago, Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell asked one of the Reds’ coaches to check the velocity of infielder Elly De La Cruz’s throws. When Bell learned that De La Cruz set a record with a 97.9 mph throw last Sunday, he was surprised.
Bell thought that De La Cruz was actually throwing the ball harder than that.
“The carry that he gets on his ball, I’ve never seen anything like that,” Bell said. “It looks to me like (these throws) are over 100 mph. They weren’t, but what we saw was the carry he’s getting on his throw.