With a spot on the 40-man roster on the line, Nationals prospect Robert Hassell III has shown off his power stroke in the desert. On Thursday, the former Padres farmhand connected on his fourth AFL home run. The first-inning blast drove in three runs and left the bat at 107 mph, which eclipsed the hardest ball he hit during the regular season.

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