Small bats are bad at converting energy into muscle power. Surprisingly, a new study led by Lund University in Sweden reveals that this ability increases the faster they fly. Small bats are bad at ...

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 ...

Track it. Vet it. Scout it. Get it. That’s been the playbook when it comes to new publicly tracked statistics in the past — they’ve moved from fancy new numbers to accepted metrics and then scouting ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bats generate a measurably distinct aerodynamic footprint to achieve lift and maneuverability, quite unlike birds and contrary to many of the assumptions that aerodynamicists have used to model animal ...

Over the past two decades, the rise of technology has allowed baseball to quantify the previously unquantifiable. First, it was fastball velocity for every MLB pitch. Then it was spin rate and pitch ...