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Desmond eyes more production in 2019

Statcast tracks exit velocity, launch angle and projected distance on Ian Desmond's 472-foot homer, the longest at Coors Field in 2018

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DENVER -- Ian Desmond spent the 2018 season hanging onto the number that mattered -- the one in the Rockies' win column. Many of the other numbers weren't kind to him.

After a difficult and injury-filled 2017 season, which began his five-year contract worth $70 million, Desmond was healthy enough for 160 games in '18.