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 ...

Baseball season is in full swing, but batters might be noticing that their skills are a bit rusty or could use some improvement. It's a common goal for high school baseball players to improve their ...

The new world, which includes Statcast radar data, provides many avenues to test theories and make related projections on player performance that are more well-reasoned (and hopefully more accurate) ...

Will newly certified -4, -5 and -6 USA Bats allowed bigger high school baseball players to juice their EVs? J.J. Cooper explains.

Bat speed numbers are the new exit velocity. Every leaderboard refresh produces a tweet, and every tweet implies the same ...

Talking to Mookie Betts, I almost wanted to pull an Allen Iverson. “Bat speed? You’re worried about bat speed?” An eight-time All-Star, seven-time Silver Slugger and three-time World Series champion ...

It's not just about home runs. Pay attention to bat speed, hard-hit rate and barrel rate, too. With just two weeks of games in the bank, we don’t have nearly enough data to draw any conclusions about ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Red Sox player development department has put a heavy focus on helping their prospects increase bat speed. “It’s really important as you get old, for sure,” Red Sox ...