Baseball Savant consistently delivers high quality data and visuals to help fans understand the game in a different way. Their latest update, rolled out in March, quantifies how a batter sets up in the box, their foot movement during their swing, their body’s angle relative to the pitcher, and even where their bat impacts the baseball on average. They have data for hitters going back to 2023, making it rather easy to check on any adjustments players claim to have made, or to hypothesize from afar how best to help a struggling hitter.
Before getting into the details of what your favorite Tigers are doing, let’s define a few of the newest terms I’ll be using throughout.