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The secret weapon McClanahan and Strider have in common
The average Major League pitcher in 2023 stands 6-foot-3. The average Cy Young-winning pitcher, whether you go back five years or 10 years or all the way back to 2000, is 6-foot-4. The prototypical pitcher, and especially the prototypical power pitcher, is, well, tall. But arguably the two best pitchers...
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Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (May 25-31). Soto is back: Juan Soto’s home run at Yankee Stadium on Friday had a 114.1 mph exit velocity. That’s tied for the hardest-hit homer of Soto’s career, with one on Aug. 26, 2021. It...
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After 17 pickoff throws, he still stole second
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How Rizzo is using -- and not using -- the shift rules to excel
Last year, Anthony Rizzo hit just .224, a career-low mark (excluding 2020). He did that while being shifted against on 83% of his plate appearances. He was, understandably, excited to learn that there would be limitations on shifts for the first time in 2023, saying, “I feel like I've been...
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Every team's hardest-hit home run
Baseball has always been a simple game. You throw the ball hard. You hit the ball hard. And sometimes, the ball is hit with such force that you can’t help but ask yourself, “Just how hard was that thing hit?!” Thanks to Statcast, we now know the exit velocity of...
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The Nolan Gorman breakout, Part 2, is here, and he has his decision-making in the box to thank for it. Gorman is a smarter hitter today than he was a year ago. The Cardinals' 23-year-old slugger is making the same elite contact he was when he first got called up...
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The team that suddenly has baseball's most explosive offense
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104.6 mph! Duran's heat sets new velo ceiling for '23
Jhoan Duran just popped the first 104 of the season on the radar gun. The flame-throwing reliever threw three pitches 104 mph or faster in the Twins' 7-1 win over the Giants on Wednesday afternoon -- including a high of 104.6 mph and a game-ending strikeout of Casey Schmitt at...
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How a rookie is overpowering everyone with one pitch
Bryce Miller's fastball is coming. It's coming right down Broadway. And you still can't hit it. Forget keeping hitters off-balance. Miller has overpowered nearly every batter he's faced in his first four big league outings. The Mariners' 24-year-old rookie right-hander has allowed only 13 baserunners in 25 1/3 innings, tied...
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2023 Top Performers

Batting - Barrels / PA
Judge, Aaron
16.4 %
Burger, Jake
13.6 %
Chapman, Matt
13.0 %
Acuña Jr., Ronald
12.2 %
Martinez, J.D.
11.8 %
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Statcast Glossary
Exit Velocity (EV)
How fast, in miles per hour, a ball was hit by a batter.
Launch Angle (LA)
How high/low, in degrees, a ball was hit by a batter.
Barrels
A batted ball with the perfect combination of exit velocity and launch angle
Hard Hit
Statcast defines a 'hard-hit ball' as one hit with an exit velocity of 95 mph or higher.
Sweet Spot
a batted-ball event with a launch angle between eight and 32 degrees.
Batted Ball Event (BBE)
A Batted Ball Event represents any batted ball that produces a result.
Pitch Velocity
How hard, in miles per hour, a pitch is thrown.
Pitch Movement
The movement of a pitch is defined in inches, both in raw numbers and as a measurement against average.
Active Spin
Statcast refers to the spin that contributes to movement as Active Spin.
Spin Rate
How much spin, in revolutions per minute, a pitch was thrown with.
Extension
How far off the mound, in feet, a pitcher releases the pitch.
Pop Time
How quickly, in seconds, a catcher can get the ball out of his glove and to the base on a stolen base or pickoff attempt.
Arm Strength
How hard, in miles per hour, a fielder throws the ball.
Base-to-base Time
How much time, in seconds, it takes a runner to get from one base to another, like Home To First.
Distance Covered
How far, in feet, a fielder or runner has traveled on a play.
Lead Distance
How far, in feet, a runner is ranging off the bag at the time of a pitcher's first movement or pitch release.
Jump
Jump is a Statcast metric that shows which players have the fastest reactions and most direct routes in the outfield.
Outs Above Average (OAA)
A range-based metric of skill that shows how many outs a player has saved over his peers.
Catch Probability
The likelihood, in percent, that an outfielder will be able to make a catch on an individual batted ball.
Expected Batting Average (xBA)
xBA measures the likelihood that a batted ball will become a hit.
Expected Weighted On-base Average (xwOBA)
xwOBA is formulated using exit velocity, launch angle and, on certain types of batted balls, Sprint Speed.
Expected Earned Run Avg (xERA)
xERA is a simple 1:1 translation of xwOBA, converted to the ERA scale
Sprint Speed
A measurement of a player's top running speed, expressed in "feet per second in a player's fastest one-second window."
Bolt
A Bolt is any run where the Sprint Speed (defined as "feet per second in a player's fastest one-second window") of the runner is at least 30 ft/sec.
Best Speed
For a batter, Best Speed is an average of 50% of his hardest hit balls. For a pitcher it is the average of his softest 50% of batted balls allowed.
Escape Velocity
Escape Velocity takes the average of a player's batted ball velocities subtracted from 88. Anything below 88mph is considered 0.
Blocks Above Average
A Statcast metric designed to express the demonstrated skill of catchers at preventing wild pitches or passed balls compared to their peers.
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