"If I can take the already elite skill of bat-to-ball and Exit Velocity off the barrel, but get it at the right angle, now we're really starting to do some serious damage," Murphy said. "So I'm excited to see how he works this year, because he hit the ball extremely hard last year. It's really hard to hit the ball on the barrel in this league. He's already doing the hard part."
Zimmerman had an average Exit Velocity of 93.7 mph last season, 12th best among batters who had at least 100 tracked balls in play last year.