Aaron Hicks’ throw awesome but not as impressive as Bo or Cespedes

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When the Minnesota Twins drafted Aaron Hicks in the first round in 2008 out of Wilson High School in Long Beach, some teams liked him better as a pitcher considering he’d been clocked as high as 97 mph.

Well, now he’s been clocked even higher. His throw Wednesday night to nail Danny Valencia at home plate came in at 105.5 mph according to Statcast data. A new record! We’re going to see all kinds of new records this year because Statcast data is new. Exit velocity! Route efficiency! Outfield throwing velocity! I just hope somebody is keeping track of bat flip distance and slowest speed from home to first.

.@AaronHicks31’s 105.5-mph laser is the fastest outfield throw EVER tracked by #Statcast. https://t.co/bqv2QdUqgJhttps://t.co/A7GYn2vghO

— MLB (@MLB) April 21, 2016

Look, Statcast data is awesome. Baseball is a sport of numbers and now we have more numbers. I suspect it will take us some time to collectively determine which results will become popular talking points and which ones will be thrown into the trash bin alongside game-winning RBI and complete games. (For you kids, a complete game in when the starting pitcher pitches the entire …

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