Arizona residents often welcome the start of November because it means an end to 100-degree temperatures. But Ray Black is still bringing triple-digit heat.
The Giants' right-handed prospect is the talk of the Arizona Fall League, in which teams send many of their most promising players for additional seasoning. His fastball has topped out at 104 mph. The only other player, majors or minors, to throw a pitched measured that fast in the past five years is Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman.When Black enters a game, players line the rails of both dugouts and fans nearby the scouts section peer at the radar guns like they're watching a viral video.