01/14/2011 - Pirate City Spring Training - 2011 Farris continues to show improvements in his baseball abilities. Foot speed has improved as he ran his best 60 time to date but will benefit by staying on a speed / agility program to continue to improve foot quickness. Arm strength has improved slightly showing accuracy on his throws but must get on a long toss program to aid in further developing more arm strength with carry. He is aggressive defensively as he attacks the baseball with his feet. Routes / angles are solid but needs to work on getting behind balls more to play through with momentum to his target. He displays a good understanding of OF play and shows a solid feel for position. Offensively, Chase shows a short, compact swing and makes consistent contact. Swing path gets long due to arm bar created in load. Power numbers will continue to increase as he learns to utilize his lower half and add muscle strength.