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 ...

HOUSTON — Nolan Schanuel spent his winter trying to improve his bat speed, and so far it’s worked. The Angels first baseman has increased his average bat speed from 65.2 mph to 68.2 mph, making him ...

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 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 ...

Michael Busch is walking at a 15.2 percent clip, up from 9.5 percent a year ago and the 96th percentile in baseball, while his bat speed has sat in the 7th percentile for most of the season. That ...

Earlier in the season, Statcast unveiled their new bat tracking data, which gave us a handful of new leaderboards. Here at Rotoworld, we broke down all those metrics with James Schiano looking at ...

Tyler Soderstrom's bat speed outpaces his contact quality, leaving meaningful power projection still dependent on improved consistency.Mandatory Credit&colon Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Bat speed ...