Bat speed numbers are the new exit velocity. Every leaderboard refresh produces a tweet, and every tweet implies the same thing: swinging harder is good, full stop. It isn't. A bat speed gain only ...

Pitching is dialed in right now around baseball. Here’s some evidence: One pitcher throws a unique changeup in August 2024, and by the next spring training, nearly two dozen pitchers are using the ...

Last year, Statcast gave us some fun new toys to play with when they dropped their Bat Speed Leaderboards. At the time, we discussed that bat speed had a close correlation to power, with every 1 mph ...

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 ...