PEORIA, Ariz. — Even with the midmorning sun and a cloudless sky making reads for others difficult, Leonys Martin saw the ball off the bat immediately as it rocketed to right-center.
He was in motion in an instant — a graceful lope that churned up distance along the outfield grass. Martin wasn’t even running at full speed. It didn’t matter. The ball that seemed destined to find the outfield wall or the warning track instead found the inside of his glove in an easy one-handed movement while never breaking stride. He then stopped, whirled and fired the ball back toward the infield, flashing the ooh-inducing arm strength that scouts have raved about.