The best baseball player in the world has great bat speed. Just one more way Shohei Ohtani stands out. Ohtani having top-tier ...

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 ...

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, ...

Contreras has elite bat speed, ranking in the 95th percentile (76.6 mph) among major league hitters. Only 10 qualified big ...

You’re the manager perched on the top step of the dugout. Two outs in the ninth inning, score tied, your runner at third base. Next up is your hitter whose swing generates the fastest bat speed in all ...

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 ...

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 ...

Baseball’s newest tracking tools have given one old dugout argument a faster swing. When a hitter comes up with two strikes, ...

If Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge are named on Nov. 21 as the MVPs of their respective leagues, as widely expected, the ...

While meant to simulate wood bats, regulation USA Baseball metal bats are more forgiving than wood for young players who might not connect with the ball on a bat's optimal 'sweet spot.' After testing ...