Starting in 2024, Baseball Savant added a bat tracking leaderboard. For this season’s Diamondbacks, let’s look at two of the many statistics on that leaderboard.
- Percentage of swings that are squared up. Squared up means the ball hit the bats sweet spot. That is determined by comparing exit velocity with bat speed and pitch speed.
- Percentage of swings that are blasted. Blasted means squared up with a fast swing (sweet spot on the bat moves at 75 MPH or faster.
For a broader perspective, please note that blasted balls are more common than barrelled balls.