Calling a player a hitting machine is an old cliché in baseball, but the old standby fits outfielder Raimel Tapia like a hitting glove.
Tapia has advanced in the Rockies’ farm system to Double-A Hartford in the Eastern League and, as he has done in his previous five seasons, he’s hitting as if he is a machine.
Tapia is in his first season at the Double-A level and is playing for the Yard Goats.