Today, we’ll take a break from going over the stats and do some analysis. Luckily for us, the first batch of 2017 Statcast data was uploaded over the weekend and we can start to see how some of our hitters are doing!
The main thing we can use Statcast data for, at least right now, is appropriately measuring power. Statcast itself is mostly raw, observable data (things like exit velocity) but it also has some metrics that have been slowly added. One of these new metrics is “barrels” which is a tool used to try and find “well-hit” balls.