Posts Tagged ‘exit velocity’

The Distance From 90th to 100th$

Driving Hard Batting Bargains with the Royals$

Best of BP: Can Cody Bellinger Keep Playing the Hits?

The results are back up at star levels, but can Bellinger keep it up next year despite declining quality of contact?

How the Giants Fixed Their Fastball Problem

Getting into hitters’ counts only explains so much.

Exit Velocity Seems To Be The Highest It’s Ever Been$

Minor Leaguers Hit The Ball Hard, Too$

Book Excerpt: Swing Kings

Swing Kings is out in paperback today!

Moonshot: A Three-Step Plan to Fix Baseball’s Aesthetics$

Moonshot: The Postseason Baseball May Be Juiced$

Moonshot: Hawkeye’s Rollout Has Been Surprisingly Smooth$

Moonshot: Teams Now Pay For Who Players Are, Not What They Did$

Statcast Exit Velocity: A Statistical Assessment of Park Effects

Jonathan Judge assesses how accurately Statcast seems to be measuring balls in play, and how it has changed over time, in light of the upcoming transition from Trackman to Hawkeye.

Prospectus Notebook: Random Feats$

Moonshot: Exit Velocity Is Higher Than Ever$

Fantasy Categorical Breakdowns: Batting Average—Deep Dive$

Circle Change: Manny Machado’s Missing Hits

Machado is still hitting the ball really, really hard, but is that enough?