In an incredible moment of baseball magic, witness a rare and astonishing feat as an MLB hitter throws his bat at a pitch and ...

The fabled torpedo bats were again on center stage at Monday night’s Home Run Derby, as the Mariners' Cal Raleigh took home ...

Hitters do not need elite bat speed to have success, but gains in bat speed can result in higher exit velocities, and hitting the ball harder tends to translate to more hits.

For decades, the prototypical no. 2 hitter was basically just a slightly better version of the prototypical no. 8 and no. 9 hitters, which never made much sense. If the two options for a specific ...

In data going back to April 3, Baseball Savant has tracked overall bat speed, the percentage of “fast swings” each hitter has, the length of their swings and so much more. As with any data dump of new ...

Most Diamondbacks hitters saw the torpedo bats and dismissed them. They are taking a closer look as the team faces the New York Yankees this week.

Hard-hit rate. Hitters do not need elite bat speed to have success, but gains in bat speed can result in higher exit velocities, and hitting the ball harder tends to translate to more hits.