Velocity isn't everything, but it's definitely something. Just ask St. Louis Cardinals rookie Jordan Hicks.
Or, more accurately, ask the guys he's faced in his brief, scintillating MLB audition.
"I looked at [35-year-old St. Louis catcher] Yadier Molina after my swing and said, 'Oh, man, good to be young again,'" veteran New York Mets third baseman Todd Frazier, 32, said, per Joe Trezza of MLB.com. "That's not fair. What the hell's that about?"
Frazier struck out on a 99.3 mph sinker, according to StatCast, as Trezza noted. Overall, Hicks fanned three with one hit allowed in 3.