The beatings will continue until morale improves The Guardians should promote Chase DeLauter today. Let me tell you why: -DeLauter is ready. He is on a 33-game on-base streak and just hit a 412 foot home run 109 mph: -He has an average exit velocity of 91.5 mph, a 50% hard-hit rate, a K/BB% of 15.6/15.6 and a 6.9% swinging strike rate.