The Official 2024 MLB Season Thread

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Baseball Savant's bat tracking page is fascinating.

Fastest bat speed in the game? Giancarlo Stanton. Not surprising.
Longest swing in the game? Javier Baez. Also....not that surprising.

Having a lot of bat speed doesn't make you a great hitter (Stanton) but it certainly helps.
Having a short stroke might sound great, but it doesn't mean you're hitting the ball hard enough to be a major threat (Arraez).

As with most things, the ideal is somewhere in the middle.

Also, context does matter. Aaron Judge has one of the longer swings in baseball, but he's also 6'7.
There's probably less of a reason for Michael Harris II to have a long swing, though.

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Harrison Bader is on a 1-year deal

 

[Rev]

It's May 17th and Elly has 30 stolen bases already...steals 3rd standing up on the regular

 

[Regular_P]

Kyle Hendricks has an ERA over 10, @god shamgod ?

I know you've been shytting on him but my god.

 

[god shamgod]

Hendricks 11 hits 7 earned runs He’s done

Cubs about to be on the wrong side of history

 

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[Regular_P]

Please let this kid's arm stay intact.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Hendricks 11 hits 7 earned runs He’s done

Cubs about to be on the wrong side of history

ain't he the last one standing from the '16 Cubs?

 

[god shamgod]

Morel

ain't he the last one standing from the '16 Cubs?

Yea

 

[Trips]

Baseball Savant's bat tracking page is fascinating.

Fastest bat speed in the game? Giancarlo Stanton. Not surprising.
Longest swing in the game? Javier Baez. Also....not that surprising.

Having a lot of bat speed doesn't make you a great hitter (Stanton) but it certainly helps.
Having a short stroke might sound great, but it doesn't mean you're hitting the ball hard enough to be a major threat (Arraez).

As with most things, the ideal is somewhere in the middle.

Also, context does matter. Aaron Judge has one of the longer swings in baseball, but he's also 6'7.
There's probably less of a reason for Michael Harris II to have a long swing, though.

Work was too busy today. I haven't had a chance to really dive into it, but that is for sure one of things I want to look at with some down time this weekend.

Not happy seeing the entire Pirates Team go off and Oneil Cruz deciding to not joint that party. But, I did see he apparently lived up to his bat speed with some rockets directly to the fielder.

 

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[tremonthustler1]

6 outs away from @MikelArteta REALLY hating baseball

 

[Canada Goose]

getting killed by the 8 & 9 hitters in the lineup on one of the worst teams in baseball

 

[Trips]

getting killed by the 8 & 9 hitters in the lineup on one of the worst teams in baseball

Scott had pitched a gem against the Braves and then came and got smoked by the Marlins