
The Los Angeles Angels may have found their closer. Ben Joyce, whose rookie status is intact through 2024, has displayed tantalizing velocity in his first full season at the big league level this year.
Tuesday night, he reached a new mark, hurling a 105.5 mile-per-hour fastball with pinpoint accuracy, dotting the lower inside corner of the strike zone. Joyce turned around in confidence after getting the batter, Tommy Edman, to whiff.