3 years agoNew York Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka belted a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Kansas City Royals. Higashioka's blast registered an exit velocity of 105.3 MPH and traveled 410 feet. He's provided the Yankees with superb defense and some surprising pop, six homers in 89 at-bats, though he has fallen behind Gary Sanchez on the depth chart, given the latter's recent performance at the dish. Higashioka will likely continue to serve as Gerrit Cole's personal catcher, though he shouldn't be expected to make many more starts than that with the way Sanchez is playing.--Tim Capurso
Source: Baseball Savant