The new Statcast metric that Luis Arraez dominates
Padres infielder Luis Arraez comes in last – last! – in bat speed of 216 qualified hitters on Statcast’s new bat-tracking data leaderboard, because he swings the slowest stick of anyone in the land. At just 62.4 mph, he’s 10 mph below the Major League average, and nearly 20 mph...
Luis Arraez
5 fun facts about Ohtani's top-tier bat speed
The best baseball player in the world has great bat speed. Just one more way Shohei Ohtani stands out.
Ohtani having top-tier bat speed is one of the most predictable things about Statcast's new bat tracking leaderboard. But this is the first time we've ever been able to look at...
Shohei Ohtani
How Yanks' Big 3 dominate the bat speed leaderboard
There's one Big Three on Statcast's new bat tracking leaderboard, and it's the big three Bronx Bombers: Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto.
Stanton, Judge and Soto all have elite bat speed. In that respect, they're the same. They're the only trio of teammates in MLB's top 10 for...
Giancarlo Stanton
Aaron Judge
Juan Soto
Who takes the hardest swings on each MLB team?
The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of...
This budding superstar has MLB's most dangerous swing
Two winters ago, it seemed like a nifty piece of work for the Brewers to sneak into the Sean Murphy-from-Oakland-to-Atlanta deal, turning it into a three-team trade. It netted them catcher William Contreras and reliever Joel Payamps (plus prospect Justin Yeager) at the cost of only a speedy but light-hitting...
William Contreras
Everything to know about Statcast's new bat-tracking data
“This is a quick, strong game,” said legendary hitting scientist Ted Williams in a 1986 conversation with Sports Illustrated. “I want to get the bat there as quickly as I can.” Ten years later, future Hall of Fame slugger Jeff Bagwell echoed the same point to the same magazine. “Guys...
The 11 hitters with the fastest bats in MLB
Who has the best bat speed in Major League Baseball? We can finally answer that question.
Statcast unveiled its all-new bat tracking leaderboard today. For the first time, we can measure hitters' swing speed, swing length, bat path and a whole lot more.
There are a lot of new stats...
Giancarlo Stanton
Oneil Cruz
Kyle Schwarber
Matt Chapman
Ronald Acuna Jr.
Christopher Morel
Aaron Judge
Jo Adell
Julio Rodriguez
Juan Soto
Yordan Alvarez
Monster Ohtani, Stanton homers highlight week's top stats
Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (May 3-9).
Keeping up with Jared Jones: After his latest start Saturday, Jared Jones now has 122 swings and misses this season. That’s the most by a pitcher in his first seven career starts in the...
Astros ride two Ruthian blasts to much-needed win in Bronx
NEW YORK -- Nobody could accuse the Astros of getting behind the eight-ball early against the Yankees. For the third consecutive game, Houston homered in the top of the first inning against New York, this time with a pair of Statcast-shattering and awe-inspiring blasts. But unlike the previous two evenings,...
Yordan Alvarez
Jon Singleton
119.9 mph! Stanton's huge HR the hardest hit in MLB this year
NEW YORK -- Two days, two monster Stantonian blasts at Yankee Stadium. And the second one was even bigger than the first.
The 118.8 mph rocket home run Giancarlo Stanton crushed off Justin Verlander in Tuesday's series opener against the Astros was the hardest-hit home run of the MLB season...
Giancarlo Stanton