We are more than two weeks into the 2026 season and overreactions reign supreme. So we are going to look at some early data, examine the historical context of that data, and make our best guesses as ...

Bat speed numbers are the new exit velocity. Every leaderboard refresh produces a tweet, and every tweet implies the same ...

Fast swing .307 BA // .603 SLG // .389 wOBA // 52% hard-hit rate // +0.6 run value per 100 Not a fast swing .246 BA // .369 SLG // .266 wOBA // 35% hard-hit rate // -3.2 run value per 100 You may view ...

Trying to decide who has the edge in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby? Here's a new way to look at the field: with Statcast's new ...

Talking to Mookie Betts, I almost wanted to pull an Allen Iverson. “Bat speed? You’re worried about bat speed?” An eight-time All-Star, seven-time Silver Slugger and three-time World Series champion ...

On Monday, baseball nerds everywhere celebrated Baseball Nerd Christmas, that most special of holidays. Baseball Savant released new metrics for public consumption, and they’re absolutely fascinating.

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, ...

Baseball Savant added bat speed measurements to its pages today. It’s yet another excellent addition to an outstanding website. It will allow a whole lot of people to study a significant aspect of ...

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 ...