There’s not much to say about the hitters listed above, but we know they are all some of the better power hitters in modern ...

Corbin Carroll had a breakout 2023, winning the National League Rookie of the Year award in a unanimous vote. His 2024 follow ...

There are infinite ways to get your bat to the baseball. For the hundreds of Major League hitters, there are hundreds of ...

But the illness had some lingering and unexpected issues. Betts has seen his bat speed decrease this year to just 68.1 mph, which is in the sixth percentile of MLB players. In other words ...

However, one change is fueling Baty’s recent success. That is his bat speed. Baty always displayed above-average bat speed. Between 2023 and 2024, Baty averaged 74.6 MPH, when the league average ...

The change in bat speed, however, can already be said to be very real. Because it's almost entirely within the hitter's control and not something that intentionally varies as widely from one pitch ...

Kirk’s average bat speed this season is up to 71.9 m.p.h., the highest its been since MLB’s Baseball Savant website began tracking the metric. Kirk’s batting average improved to. 293 with two hits on ...

TORONTO — Physics is at the heart of baseball. Take a 96.9 m.p.h. fastball from Ryan Pepiot, add Alejandro Kirk's bat moving at 75.1 m.p.h., and it equals a 407-foot three-run homer to give the ...

"I just wanted to make sure that I was on time for that fastball, and he put that fastball right down the middle." Kirk's average bat speed this season is up to 71.9 m.p.h., the highest its been since ...

Kirk’s average bat speed this season is up to 71.9 m.p.h., the highest its been since MLB’s Baseball Savant website began tracking the metric. Kirk’s batting average improved to. 293 with ...

Last year, Torkelson struggled at the plate in almost every metric but bat speed. He’s maintained his bat speed but with better contact and a higher rate of competitive swings. After using a ...