Who hits the ball the hardest in Major League Baseball? For the first time in history, we might be able to get an answer, and it's thanks to the revolutionary technology of Statcast.
With Tuesday night's showcase game between the Cardinals and Nationals featuring the state-of-the-art Statcast trackers for the first time on television, we can see the St. Louis and Washington sluggers in action and see just how hard they hit the ball based on exit velocity numbers.
Washington outfielder Bryce Harper is a leading contender in this department, and his April 17 homer off Phillies pitcher Sean O'Sullivan's curveball was tracked by Statcast as having an exit velocity of 109.