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When I knew … I could mash: Orioles slugger Mark Trumbo
- Updated: April 19, 2016
6:16 PM ET
BALTIMORE — Ask most pro athletes, and they’ll tell you there was a specific moment during their childhood when it occurred to them that they were not like the others.
Mark Trumbo? He’s good at hitting baseballs very hard and very far. The Baltimore Orioles’ slugger currently leads the majors with an average exit velocity (how fast the ball travels off his bat) of 96.2 miles per hour, and of the 19 players who’ve hit at least four home runs this season, his 424 average distance is also tops. For Trumbo, this is nothing new: In 2013, he ranked fourth in average dinger distance and the year before that, he ranked third.
Mark Trumbo leads the majors with an average exit velocity (how …
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