In modern baseball, few measurements are more watched than a ball’s velocity off the bat. In and of itself, higher velocity does not guarantee a successful outcome. But it certainly makes a successful ...
We're a month into the 2024 baseball season and while it's still early, we're starting to see a few stats begin to stabilize which is often a good time to look at which breakouts might be for real or ...
So, when people first started talking about this in fantasy baseball circles, I thought it was noise. Glenn Colton and I have been winning so-called expert league titles with a minimalist approach.
I've never been a big exit velocity guy. Since it first entered our vernacular with the inception of Stacast in 2015, I've rarely factored it into my analysis of players. It conveyed some measure of ...
Welcome to Snyder's Soapbox! Here, I pontificate about matters related to Major League Baseball on a weekly basis. Some of the topics will be pressing matters, some might seem insignificant in the ...
This article was originally published on December 13, 2024. In modern baseball, few measurements are more watched than a ball’s velocity off the bat. In and of itself, higher velocity does not ...
As Major League Baseball reaches a decade in the Statcast era, advanced metrics are at the fingertips of fans, players and coaches alike. One analytic arguably reigns supreme by virtue of its ...
New York Mets reliever Huascar Brazoban posted the second-highest year-over-year jump in average exit velocity, but as grave ...
Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz did it again Monday night. Another laser of a home run. This time, 118 miles per hour during a 5-3 loss in Milwaukee. You know what might be more impressive?