Current: Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. However, we also see some intriguing names. In 2021, Zunino got off to a hot start, resulting in his first All-Star selection. 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. He does have a top-15 barrel rate and boasts a .474 xwoBACON, so there could be better days to come if his contact rate improves. 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. Today we're going to dive into exit velocity, but, like a fancy contestant on Top Chef, we're going to serve exit velocity two ways. Then on Saturday, both Vientos and Baty were reassigned to minor league camp. Here he is again in the top-10 for FB/LD exit velocity. MLB Advanced Media, LP. Wish I would have seen your earlier posts on 90%EV at the time. This is tracked for all Batted Ball Events -- outs, hits and errors. In last week's expected stats midyear review, I reviewed Evan Longoria and Patrick Wisdom so that leaves Darin Ruf. Full Cardinals leaderboard, Cubs: Kyle Schwarber-- April 24, 2018 at CLEExit velocity: 117.1 mph (Watch it)Schwarber has always had a knack for hitting homers in bulk, as this homer came as part of a two-homer day. Based on that, much of Alvarez's plate discipline metrics remain consistent, except he actually improved his overall contact rate and his swinging strike rate (SwStr%) from that 2019 debut. Interestingly, Alonsos hit you can see in the video below is one of only two produced by a National League player on this list. Just to recap: Jake Cave feels great. In 2020, he jumped up over three mph to finish in the 82nd-percentile and did so by actually lowering his launch angle, perhaps trying to drive through the ball for carry instead of under the ball for lift. That came courtesy of Seager, who went back-to-back with Mookie Betts to open a game against the Padres with authority on a line drive to the right-field seats at Dodger Stadium.Full Dodgers leaderboard, Giants: Joey Bart -- July 30, 2022 vs. CHCExit velocity: 114.3 mph (Watch it)Moments after teammate Luis Gonzlez swatted a two-run shot, Bart unleashed on a belt-high fastball and sent a 114.3 mph rocket to left, just barely beating out the previous hardest hit homer for the Giants by 0.1 mph. 3 On QB Depth Chart, A Full Participant In Phase 1 Of Offseason Program, Packers Working On Fifth-Year Option Talks With Jordan Love, Finishes Off First Round With Another Multi-Point Effort, Totals Three Points As Oilers Move Into The Next Round, Bubba Wallace A Good DFS Choice For Dover, Racks Up Three Points In Elimination Game, Provides A Full Line In Game 1 Against Denver, Leads Suns With 29 Points, 14 Rebounds Saturday, Has Another Productive Outing Off The Bench, Leads Nuggets To Game 1 Win With 34 Points, Sends Maple Leafs To Second Round of Playoffs, Scores Goal In Series-Clinching Game 6 Victory, Makes 31 Saves As Maple Leafs Win First Round Series, Martin Truex Jr. Pierre Camus reviews the midseason leaders on offense. 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. Next is Vientos profile. It represented his fourth home run in his previous five games. In spring training, his 64.7% hard-hit rate and a 94.1 mph average exit velocity resulted in a paltry .590 OPS. He has also posted a BB% of 9.5%, which is a significant increase over his last few seasons. 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. Stassi will keep Suzuki on the bench most nights and is proving to be a solid option in two-catcher leagues. 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. His average exit velocity is a bit above average while his 90th percentile ranks in the top 30. He does everything all the previous winners have . * Imminent Big Leaguers article. Expected Weighted On-base Average (xwOBA). He put up the lowest zone contact rate of his career (although only by a few tenths of a point) and saw a decrease in overall contact rate as well. As of Sunday night, 1,650 batters have seen at last one pitch during spring training this year. Exit Velocity (EV) | Glossary | MLB.com in "feet per second in a player's fastest one-second The lowest total among the top-20 hitters in maxEV was Jonathan Schoop 's 22 blasts. Cave dealt with a pretty serious injury in 2021. AJ Cassavell. All Statcast metrics are current as of July 11, 2021 and data/graphs are taken from BaseballSavant.mlb.com. Youth. After both players torched the minors last year and spring training this year, GM Billy Eppler performed the Thank You Mario! savant. Learning the speed, when to give ground, when to take ground. MLB Stats (@MLBStats) August 10, 2021 Stanton has the seven hardest-hit balls of the 2021 MLB season. There's not much to see here so let's move on. But lets face it, do you really want to see Giancarlo Stantons infield base hits? He's a risky pick without seeing any spring training at-bats, but he's also being taken at pick 400 right now, which means he's all upside if we get 120+ games of the 2021 swing changes. And, yes, just over 118 mph in exit velocity is where we start the list. 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. Dalbec is a trendy name right now, and he appears fifth on this list, so we need to talk about him. Stanton crushed the hardest homer tracked in the Statcast era and one of three with a tracked exit velo over 120 mph. Instead, Stassi is slashing .296/.377/.496 and has an impressive 54.5% HardHit% to go with his above-average framing rate in the 74th percentile. He's back and heating up again with three HR and seven RBI in the week leading up to the All-Star break. This spring, Torkelson has also been getting better pitches to hit by being more aggressive earlier in the count. DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/1/23): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups, Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for BABIP (Week 6), Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Updated Rankings for 2023 Redraft (Week 6), Free MLB Betting Picks - Today's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (5/1/23), PrizePicks MLB DFS Prop Picks - Today's Over/Under Props for Monday, May 1, 2023, Daily MLB Injury Roundup for May 1st, 2023, Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports - Updates for J.D. Torkelson was terrible when he put the ball on the ground and great when he didnt. Full White Sox leaderboard, Angels: Shohei Ohtani -- June 25, 2022 vs. SEAExit velocity: 118.0 mph (Watch it)Ohtani already had the Angels' two hardest-hit home runs, both of which he hit during his magical 2021 season, when he crushed this one off Mariners righty Logan Gilbert -- who, based on his reaction, immediately knew where it was headed. Exit Velocity Leaders - 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers - RotoBaller Full Braves leaderboard, Marlins: Giancarlo Stanton -- June 23, 2015 vs. STLExit velocity: 119.2 mph (Watch it)Stanton is not only one of four players on this list to appear twice, but he also holds the two hardest-hit homers tracked by Statcast on this list. Longoria showing up in the top five is not something I expected, but the veteran had a strong opening to the 2021 campaign, hitting .280/.376/.516 during April and May while racking up nine home runs, 28 Runs, and 30 RBI. Prior to Monday, the highest exit velocity on the campaign was a 120.2-mph ball he hit . Full Pirates leaderboard, Reds: Aristides Aquino -- Aug. 8, 2019 vs. CHCExit velocity: 118.3 mph (Watch it)Aquino surprised everyone in 2019, as the Reds rookie slammed 19 home runs in just 56 games that season, setting an NL rookie record for most homers in a month, with 14 coming in August. Rank; 2018: 21.04: 39th in MLB: 2019: 21.12: 29th in MLB: 2021: 22.87: 103rd in MLB: 2022: 22.83: . window") of the runner is at least 30 ft/sec. L. Exit Velocity: -Launch Angle: -Hit Distance: 0 ft; BOTTOM 9. Employee of the Month: Kevin Gausman. 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. Soler ended the year with 48 home runs, a new franchise record by a double-digit margin. It's entirely conceivable, he only gets the 450 plate appearances he got this season, which can make him a risky draft pick. That might not sound like much to go on, but theres definitely some signal among the noise. PrizePicks MLB DFS Prop Picks - Today's Over/Under Props for Monday, May 1, 2023 84) and Baz ( No. Statcast defines a 'hard-hit ball' as one hit with an exit velocity of 95 mph or higher. Naquin is barreling balls at double the rate of his career average. Spencer Torkelson All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. THE BOARD! | Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball During the offseason, I talked about the value of 90th-percentile exit velocity in our analysis of hitters. raw numbers and as a measurement against average. If that profile sounds familiar, its because everything you just read about Vientos applies equally to Ruf. As with last week's analysis of expected stats leaders, I will focus on the surprising players who appear in order to gauge their fantasy value going forward. If youre going to claim to be a baseball writer and write for a site that claims to provide analysis youre going to have to be able to take the heat. Standings. He has absolutely slugged his way up the Mets system, with a .210 ISO over five minor league seasons, running decent walk rates and extremely high strikeout rates. Im 30 but I feel just as strong, just as fast as Ive ever felt in my life. Statcast Hitter Leaderboard: Whiff Rate | Fantasy News - RotoBaller Jake Cave thinks the broken back might have been a big deal. exit velocity of 95 mph or higher. Not only is he continuing to walk at an elite clip and avoiding strikeouts, but he is also hitting the ball well. Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports - Updates for J.D. Free MLB Betting Picks - Today's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (5/1/23) Join the Best Live Fantasy Chat Community! He only has 40th-percentile contact rates, but that's normal for a power hitter, and he made clear gains there from his debut season. 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. He still hit the snot out of the ball, but that strikeout rate still would have been the 15th-worst in baseball among hitters with over 400 plate appearances. ALL 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017. xwOBA is formulated using exit velocity, launch angle and, on certain types of batted balls, Sprint Speed. Another improvement that really jumps out was that Longoria cut his swing rate that pitches outside of the strike zone (O-Swing%) by 7% from 2020 to a career-low 22.5%. Cole is the first Yankees pitcher to lead the league in wins since CC Sabathia took home at least a share of the wins crown from 2009-10. This homer off Edwin Jackson made him the first Royal to ever hit 40 homers in a season. He is running a 66.7% hard-hit rate and a 96.2 mph exit velocity during spring training, and maybe just as importantly, he has one of the biggest sample sizes on the list, with 33 balls in play measured by Statcast. Its been an interesting ride for Mike Zuninoover this past offseason. Major League Leaders. Daily MLB Injury Roundup for May 1st, 2023 I see that so often in todays analysis. The statcast era people get so excited about that exit velo number. At this rate, Cruz might still be hitting 110 mph rockets at age 50. MLB's exit velocity kings: The 20 hardest-hit balls in 2021 Jake Cave While the groundball rates, fly ball rates and pull rates remained pretty consistent for Belt between 2018-2021, it's clear that he is making a more concerted effort to drive pitches in the air, perhaps being more aggressive on pitches up in the zone. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. been capable of posting eye-popping exit velocities, but this year he's doing it consistently. That has made for a 16.7% Brls/BBE rate that is tied with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Not too shabby. How hard, in miles per hour, a pitch is thrown. Sweet Spot a batted-ball event with a launch angle between eight and 32 degrees. The Giants rotate players at nearly every position and Ruf is going to split time between 1B and OF with guys like LaMonte Wade Jr., Steven Duggar, and Alex Dickerson. Major League Leaders. 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. The reason Ruf is hard to count on in fantasy is lack of consistent playing time. 90) are all bringing heat in Spring Training. First, hes well and truly blocked, so much so that Eric Longenhagen, who ranked him as the organizations sixth-ranked prospect last July, mentioned him as a trade candidate. He's been quiet as of late, not going deep yet in July. And the need to improve his overall profile. Tellez definitely needs to improve his plate discipline if he wants to avoid getting buried on the Blue Jays depth chart. In his age-30 season, Max Stassi is finally developing an offensive game. Since arriving in Clearwater, hes posted a 61.5% hard-hit rate and 92.3 mph average exit velocity. This time, we will review the top players in average exit velocity, hard hit rate, and barrels. His groundball rate plummeted, but unfortunately so did his line drive rate and his pull rate. In the video below, Stanton takes an 0-1 pitch from Twins pitcher Randy Dobnak to left field for a double. Im in a pretty good spot. Batters C 1B 2B SS 3B OF DH MI CI. But Zunino has always been a guy who could punish the ball when he connects, as Mets lefty David Peterson found out the hard way on this shot. Its understandable that the team would give the 36-year-old Ruf a chance to prove that he can regain his old form before casting him aside for a rookie with essentially the exact same profile. Youth. However, when he does make contact, he hits it harder than a vast majority of MLB players. The likelihood, in percent, that an outfielder will be A Batted Ball Event represents any batted ball that window.". A lot of the same names appear on this list too.