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Junior Caminero just served notice: exit velocity ain’t everything. First swing—110 mph, 29-degree launch angle—not a homer. Next at-bat? Same 110 mph, but a flatter 8 degrees, and it clanked off the wall for a go-ahead double. Rays up 2-1, bases juiced with nobody out in the 6th. That’s 2 extra bases on 2 batted balls that left the bat at the same speed—just different angles. The data don’t lie: 29° is a 50/50 shot at a dinger, 8° is a line-drive double all day. Caminero didn’t care; he just adjusted and punished the ball again. If this kid keeps barreling up like that, the Rays might not need a closer.