This might help explain Aroldis Chapman’s signature fastball. The star Yankees closer looked swole as ever in a picture he shared to Instagram Saturday, showing himself on the far right alongside a few friends playing dominoes. Chapman has spent some of baseball’s coronavirus-induced break bulking up, as shown by another social-media photo of the 32-year-old …
This might help explain Aroldis Chapman’s signature fastball.
The star Yankees closer looked swole as ever in a picture he shared to Instagram Saturday, showing himself on the far right alongside a few friends playing dominoes.
Chapman has spent some of baseball’s coronavirus-induced break bulking up, as shown by another social-media photo of the 32-year-old power lifting two weeks ago.
So it goes for Chapman, long-regarded as one of MLB’s best athletes — and not just because of his hulk-like muscles.
A baseball insider once told The Post’s George King that the 6-foot-4, 215-lb Chapman beat speedster center fielder Billy Hamilton, who stands six feet and 160 pounds, in a 100-yard dash while the two were with the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-2010s. In 2017, YES Network shared video of Chapman doing impressive 1,000-lb leg presses.
As Chapman continues to work out, it remains to be seen when baseball will return from the virus that infected two Yankees minor leaguers.
