When Juan Soto steps to the plate this weekend in the Subway Series, he’ll be missing something. Not the camaraderie of his former New York Yankees teammates, or the protection of any legendary ...
As I'm sure you've heard/seen if you spend any time on Fantasy Baseball Twitter, there are new leaderboards on Baseball Savant that provide daily bat-tracking metrics. In data going back to April 3, ...
Juan Soto's bat has slowed by 2.4 mph this season, and that seemingly small number is threatening to turn the Mets' $765 million investment into baseball's most expensive disappointment. Through ...
With a new hitting coach comes a new hitting philosophy, and the change from Chris Valaika to Grant Fink has been very apparent in only the first four games of the season. The Guardians have been ...
Bat speed is just one part of what makes a hitter who they are, but it’s a key profile component. Most results-oriented stats are still quite noisy at this point in the season, but changes in bat ...
There are a lot of statistics that can be used to predict future stars in Major League Baseball. And while they don't all translate, one statistic that does have a correlation to success is bat speed.