Luis Urias was able to rely on having too good of an eye and a quick-enough bat.
Because that works in Triple-A, where mistakes are made more often with fastballs that aren’t as fast.
“If they throw 90 or 88, I can see it and then hit it,” Urias said Sunday morning. “In the big leagues, you’ve got no chance if you want to do that. You’ve got to for it, and if it’s not there, you’ve got to stop.”
He’s slowly catching up.
The 97.1 mph fastball Urias lined the other way into right field for a single Saturday night was the fastest pitch he has turned into a base hit in his career and just the third pitch 95 mph or faster that he has turned into a hit.