19 prospect ), McClanahan ( No. Tellez definitely needs to improve his plate discipline if he wants to avoid getting buried on the Blue Jays depth chart. While he's only gone deep once in July, his batting average has gone up each successive month of the 2021 season and he's underperforming his xBA by a full 35 points. Play Ball Youth Baseball & Softball. In 2020, he played 51 games, which was essentially a full season, so we're talking about three seasons over the last ten years where he hasn't played at least 110 games. As with evaluations of any metric, these should be taken as PART of a larger discussion. Hi Jeremy, very cool stuff here. As pitcher Lou Trivino was on the wrong side of Gallos hardest-hit homer of his career, as the ball sailed out of old Globe Life Park in Arlington. This was only his third career homer, but it tops the D-backs list. by Retrosheet. Batting: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, Career. I see that so often in todays analysis. The statcast era people get so excited about that exit velo number. 2021. Santana is one player whose average exit velocity doesnt necessarily align with his 90th percentile. Spring training performance contains enough signal to identify some real standouts for further analysis. Thanks for the feedback! He continued to show his standard tremendous plate discipline and strong reach rates while hitting the ball hard in the air with a 94.2 mph average exit velocity on fly balls and line drives (69th-percentile). He had a 60% hard-hit rate over 20 recorded BIP. However, if the team re-signs Kyle Schwarber, as is expected, then Dalbec doesn't have a long leash because Schwarber and top prospect Triston Casas will be waiting to take first base reps away and both of them are left-handed hitters, which gives them a platoon advantage over Dalbec. Heres the first entry from Judge, a double off Boston reliever Adam Ottavino. First, let's just say that it's not as bad as you think it is. Expected Weighted On-base Average (xwOBA). Statcast defines a 'hard-hit ball' as one hit with an exit velocity of 95 mph or higher. News reports at the time referred to Caves injury as a stress reaction, but either way, he deserves a little bit of grace here. Oh and you meant to write Vogey mashes righties not lefties. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports. He continued to hit just under 60% of balls in the air or on a line and, after a dip in pull rate in the first half of the season, regained his pull side power. Well start the list at number 20, with a name you will see a lot in this ranking: Giancarlo Stanton of the New York Yankees. In a position where it is so difficult to find consistently good offense, Zunino may be worth a flier in deep leagues. Both Josh Donaldson and Tyler O'Neill showed up in my barrel rate gainers piece, and Chad Pinder showed up in my xSLG leaders piece. Maybe some of that was bad luck, but the longer it goes on, the more likely it looks the issue is with his batted ball profile. Naquin is barreling balls at double the rate of his career average. If you're sitting in the bleachers during a Subway Series, you better be on high alert, as either of these two can launch a rocket your way. I'd like to direct your attention to the bottom of this list where Max Stassi and Josh Bell have joined the company of players like Rafael Devers, Nelson Cruz, and Ronald Acuna Jr.? We continue our look back at 2021 coverage with the top exit velocities produced in front of PBR Scouts. He's been quiet as of late, not going deep yet in July. and, on certain types of batted balls, Sprint Speed. Of Naquin's 13 batted balls entering Friday, 12 had been hard-hit (exit velocity of 95 mph or harder). Martinez, Corbin Carroll, Jacob deGrom, Aaron Judge, Julio Rodriguez You mention that Savant doesnt have this data in their SC leaderboards, so Im wondering where you pull the data from. More Fantasy Baseball Advice Yet, Longoria raised his fly ball rate (FB%) to 40.1%, which is an 8% jump from 2020 and is the highest mark he's achieved since 2016. For starters, we're going to look at average exit velocity. Since arriving in Clearwater, hes posted a 61.5% hard-hit rate and 92.3 mph average exit velocity. Full Mets leaderboard, Nationals: Bryce Harper -- June 15, 2017 at NYMExit velocity: 116.3 mph (Watch it)Prior to his move to Philly, Harper was the hardest hitter in the Nats lineup, leading the team to four playoff appearances in six years. Essentially, Cave hit a lot more fly balls to the big part of the ballpark, and he didnt have the strength to send them over the fence. Learning the speed, when to give ground, when to take ground. Full Brewers leaderboard, Cardinals: Marcell Ozuna -- April 3, 2018 at MILExit velocity: 117.2 mph (Watch it)Ozuna holds four of the top five spots for St. Louis and this blast off Chase Anderson was actually his first in a Cardinal uni. He is also the first player mentioned here that isnt exactly producing to go along with hitting the ball hard. Full Cubs leaderboard, Pirates: Oneil Cruz -- Aug. 29, 2022 at MILExit velocity: 117.5 mph (Watch it)It was only a matter of time. 84) and Baz ( No. Full Rockies leaderboard, two hardest-hit homers tracked by Statcast. Thanks to Statcast, we now know the exit velocity of each ball hit across the big leagues each day, no matter if its a squeaker or a towering homer. Tatis launched his first Major League home run since 2021 in the top of the first inning of the Padres . Cave doesnt walk enough to be the platonic ideal of a three true outcomes player; he needs to slug enough to overcome a walk-to-strikeout ratio that is best viewed with an electron microscope. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. This is tracked for all Batted Ball Events -- outs, hits and errors. Again, we need to deep dive into every at-bat against every pitcher to really bear that out, but it is something to keep in mind because Dalbec wasn't an entirely different hitter from August on. Shane Baz and Shane McClanahan, Rays. Davy Andrews is a Brooklyn-based musician and a contributing writer for FanGraphs. Then I eventually got an MRI and broke an L5.. If you're intending to draft either one of these guys, you absolutely need to have a plan to augment the hit you'll take in batting average. A quick game log search also tells me that in August, when his rate was at its lowest, Boston played 16 games against Cleveland, Minnesota, Baltimore, Detroit, and Toronto (and avoided Robbie Ray), which is an admittedly crude process, but suggests that over two-thirds of Dalbec's game in his best strikeout month were against teams with below-average strikeout pitchers. Daily MLB Injury Roundup for May 1st, 2023 For these players to qualify, they had to be at a PBR South Carolina affiliated event. Last year, Torkelson posted a 41.4% hard-hit rate and a 90.5 mph average exit velocity. Tellez ranked 11th in 90th percentile exit velocity in 2020, and is 20th this year. Major League Leaders. It would be surprising if he didnt get called up to take over at third base after a few weeks of working on his defense continuing to get tested in different game situations. Amazingly, Stanton now has ten such hits in his career; no other player has more than one in the Statcast era. Do you just download all player EV data from Savant and then sort/calculate yourself? Statcast Home Run Tracker. Vientos is a different story for a couple reasons. But if youve been following the Tigers in spring training, you know that even though Torkelson is crushing the ball, he cant buy a base hit, and thats a familiar story. 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 . That's part of the reason Belt hit 29 home runs in just 97 games last year and has 38 home runs across his last 148 games, essentially a single season's worth of games. A lot of the same names appear on this list too. All orgs will receive a full list. Obviously, we know that groundballs don't become home runs, so if we're looking for players that can meaningfully drive the ball, we want to track the players who don't just hit the ball hard but hit the ball hard with elevation. On his non-recorded balls in play, he went 8-for-14 with three doubles, so its not as if he just happened to hit the ball hard when the cameras were on. I encourage you to click those links for detailed breakdowns, but Donaldson and Pinder are two players in particular who I think are coming up as draft values based on their current ADP. Patino (MLB's No. Statcast batter leaderboard in the middle of the 2021 MLB season according to exit velocity and barrels. Its great that hes crushing the ball in spring training, and his .278/.328/.389 slash line is still much better than last years. His 13.4% barrel rate was the highest of his career, as the 94.1 mph exit velocity, 113.2 mph max exit velocity, and 54.5% hard-hit rate. Full Angels leaderboard, Astros: Yordan Alvarez -- July 1, 2021 at CLEExit velocity: 116.4 mph (Watch it)Former Astro George Springer owned each of the first eight spots on this list but, in Springer's first season as a Blue Jay, Alvarez finally unseated him with this rocket at Progressive Field. We cant just ignore the fact that its been three years since he had success at the big league level, but in 2022 he posted a career-lowest strikeout rate, and his hard-hit rate and average exit velocity were above league-average for the first time since 2019. Which Major League Baseball players put the ball into play with the highest exit velocity in 2021? Hence, I decided to create my own google sheet to keep track of each seasons 90th percentile exit velocity leaderboards, which have been updated for the 2021 season as of Friday, April 30th. He would seem to be as good an option as Ruf right now, and if the 23-year-old should ever close up any of the holes in his game chasing less, elevating the ball more all that loud contact should yield big results. Jake Cave thinks the broken back might have been a big deal. . In 2021, Alvarez sported a 15.9% barrel rate, 87th-percentile HR/PA rate, and 94th-percentile average exit velocity on balls in the air. Full Astros leaderboard, Athletics: Matt Chapman -- Aug. 29, 2020 at HOUExit velocity: 115.9 mph (Watch it)Chapman might be one of the games best defensive players over at the hot corner, but he can also launch homers with the best of them. The lowest total among the top-20 hitters in maxEV was Jonathan Schoop 's 22 blasts. Its no surprise to see Stantons name at the top of the leaderboards once again. In spring training, his 64.7% hard-hit rate and a 94.1 mph average exit velocity resulted in a paltry .590 OPS. Rainer Nunez Rainer Nunez is 22 years old, and last year he won the Florida State League batting title and the Dominican Winter League Rookie of the Year. The 2017 first-round pick's fifth home run of the season surpassed Luis Robert's home run with a 117.7 mph exit velocity in 2021. Yasmani Grandal, Mike Zunino, and Mitch Garver being on here is interesting for those looking for power from the catcher spot, and guys like Chad Pinder and Josh Donaldson are potentially surprising, but I already told you that those two have been popping in a few of my metric breakdowns this offseason and might be worth noting. Our goal is to put out the highest-quality content and tools. Lastly, this theory is supported by the fact that he posted his highest walk rate (12%) since 2011 and his highest strikeout rate (23.4%) since 2013. Spencer Torkelson had solid exit velocity numbers last year, but that didnt translate into solid performance. Batting: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, Career. DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/1/23): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups outfield. His 68.1% Zone Contact% is 14 points lower than league average and his Chase Contact% is farther off with a 17-point gap. While he hasn't quite replicated his rookie success since, this blast serves as a reminder for how magical that summer was. According to Alex Chamberlain's Pitch Leaderboard, from August 1st on, Dalbec had a 28.8% strikeout rate, 19.1% SwStr, 35.9% contact rate, 36% O-Swing, and .396 xwOBA. Sweet Spot a batted-ball event with a launch angle between eight and 32 degrees. Unlike many of the other players mentioned here, Naquin is a player we are not used to seeing anywhere near the top of this leaderboard. If we go through his strikeout rate by month, we see that he had a 32.9% rate in April, 39.3% rate in May, 39% in June, 39.1% in July, 25% rate in August, and 31.8% rate in September. It was an injury thing. Next is Vientos profile. The Yankees defeated the Mets 8-7. All but one of the four came in his first season with the team as well. . He is the oldest player on this list, at 40 years old, but has the second-hardest hit homer in the division despite his age. However, when he does make contact, he hits it harder than a vast majority of MLB players. A Batted Ball Event represents any batted ball that That has made for a 16.7% Brls/BBE rate that is tied with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Not too shabby. Since his arrival in the big leagues, Buxton had always been known for his speed and defense. In the 31 games after he sprained his shoulder, Longoria had seemingly lost the power he had re-discovered early in the year, hitting .228/.305/.424 with four home runs. He currently has a 143 wRC+, which would be the highest of his eleven-year career. Broxton went on to hit 20 homers for the ballclub just a year later. I know when Im healthy, I can bring some things to the table. MLB Advanced Media, LP. Obviously, Naquin will come back down to earth at some point, but it will be interesting to watch how much of this recent development is sustainable. Schwarber's 488-foot blast off Yu Darvish set a postseason record for home run exit velocity and ranks second in distance. As we wait for MLB and the MLB Player's Association to work through the lockout issues and move forward with the 2022 baseball season, we've been digging into a few players that stand out as good fantasy investments based on their 2021 Statcast numbers. All orgs will receive a full list. Good lord. Standings. Don't have an account? Realistically, it's hard to be upset about any aspect of Alvarez's hitter profile. The Rays proved they were willing to turn to young talent with Taj Bradley, and if an . Not only is he continuing to walk at an elite clip and avoiding strikeouts, but he is also hitting the ball well. And, yes, just over 118 mph in exit velocity is where we start the list. Full Giants leaderboard, Padres: Manny Machado -- Aug. 20, 2021 vs. PHIExit velocity: 119.6 mph (Watch it)Machado launched a laser just over the left-field wall in the third inning of the Padres' contest with the Phillies, dethroning Franchy Cordero for San Diego's hardest-hit homer after more than three years. A Bolt is any run where the Sprint Speed (defined as Be prepared to stream if he figures things out but he's just a bench stash for now. The 90th-percentile exit velocity agrees with that production, as he currently ranks 25th in Major League Baseball. 90th-percentile exit velocity performs similar to or better than many of our favorite Statcast metrics, such as hard-hit rate, barrel rate, and xwOBAcon, when it comes to predicting future success on contact. His max exit velocity of 115.6 mph was in the 96th-percentile, his 20.2% barrel rate was in the 99th-percentile, and his 97 mph average exit velocity on balls hit in the air was in the 91st-percentile. Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports - Updates for J.D. So far, Zunino has been putting together a nice offensive season, although it is early. Zunino has always been a solid performer in 90th-percentile exit velocity, but this is the first time he is pairing it with strong production. If he can go back to pulling the ball a bit more or even just maintain last years batted ball profile and with a little bit more power (and in a smaller ballpark), he would go back to being a solid hitter. March 18, 2021. As such, I prefer Sano because he's currently going late enough in drafts that he can be a bench bat for you. Wish I would have seen your earlier posts on 90%EV at the time. During the offseason, I talked about the value of 90th-percentile exit velocity in our analysis of hitters. Definition. While this homer in the second ranks at the top of the Cubs list by nearly 2.5 mph, his second homer in the fourth wasnt a cheap one either, exploding off the bat at 109.6 mph. Gallo had a 34.6% strikeout rate and 14.8% SwStr% last year with an xBA of .199 while Sano had a 34.4% strikeout rate and a 15.5% SwStr with a .213 xBA. It's also why the Red Sox gave him part-time playing time in the playoffs. For a pitcher it is the average of his softest 50% of batted balls allowed. Dalbec is likely to always be a heavy swing-and-miss player, which is why Alex Cora hits him at the bottom of the lineup despite his power. While Alonso may be the Home Run Derby champion, he gets on this list for a smoking single he hit off Corey Knebel of the Dodgers. So, Longoria was being more patient overall, but trying to drive the ball in the air more when he did swing, which lead to harder contact and a renewed power surge. His 54% HardHit% is far higher than two years ago, in fact. In fact, Stanton has 13 of the 20 hardest-hit balls on record for 2021. The ball went a projected 448 feet, giving the Braves an early 1-0 lead. He's a strong DFS play when in the lineup against LHP, but best left alone in 12-team or shallower leagues. We can make the assumption that Longoria was looking for pitches to drive more than in years past because of the lower swing rates but also the lower contact rates. He is also striking out less often than we are used to, though he still struggles with whiffs and chasing pitches out of the zone. A Statcast metric designed to express the demonstrated skill of catchers at preventing wild pitches or passed balls compared to their peers. Those bright reds are amazing to see, but those dark blues with the whiff rate and strikeout rate are worrisome. That might not sound like much to go on, but theres definitely some signal among the noise. Here are the numbers: 188 players have had at least 200 PAs in one season, then the next season had at least 15 spring training BIP measured by Statcast and then took 200 regular-season PAs. Pierre Camus evaluates hitters who could be fantasy baseball adds or streamers according to advanced sabermetrics. The Reds are crushing everything, and Naquin is leading the charge. Vientos will need every last bit of that power if hes going to be an effective big league hitter. Our depth charts have Darin Ruf and Tommy Pham getting the lions share of PAs against lefties, with Daniel Vogelbach mashing righties as usual. Between Vladimir Guerrero Jr.andByron Buxton, 2021 seems to be the year of the breakout for former top prospects. The last edition ran April 17, while the next edition will be published May 15.