As I’m sure you’ve heard/seen if you spend any time on Fantasy Baseball Twitter, there are new leaderboards on Baseball Savant that provide daily bat-tracking metrics. In data going back to April 3, ...

The modern era of MLB baseball is full of new and interesting statistics, and a brand new one just dropped: Average Bat Speed. There's more data than ever before in this sport, and statisticians can ...

Baseball Savant added bat speed measurements to its pages today. It’s yet another excellent addition to an outstanding website. It will allow a whole lot of people to study a significant aspect of ...

Bill James popularized sabermetrics. Hell, he coined the term. Several of his measures, like runs created, are still in popular use today, and his work has formed the basis for many sabermetric ...

Last year, Statcast gave us some fun new toys to play with when they dropped their Bat Speed Leaderboards. At the time, we discussed that bat speed had a close correlation to power, with every 1 mph ...

Discover what happens at relativistic baseball speed and the resulting devastation that could erase an entire baseball stadium. Baseball is a leisurely game---some would say achingly boring---with no ...

Welcome to Ohtani Week: a celebration of, well, Shohei Ohtani. There’s been no player more fascinating or exhilarating since Ohtani graced our shores in 2018. Over time, the initial curiosity and ...

The average major league baseball game in 2016 played for 3 hours, 2 minutes with only two teams averaging a game time of less than two hours -- the Atlanta Braves were not one of them. In 2015, ...

Pete is the head coach, and his son Ben is playing in his senior season. Ben’s grandfather, Fred, signed on to be an assistant coach. The Speeds discussed what it’s like being a part of a varsity ...