FanGraphs now has a Statcast Bat Monitoring part out there on each the participant pages and the leaderboards.
The next stats are included, with primary definitions from the MLB Statcast glossary. Please discuss with the linked Statcast glossary web page for extra in-depth descriptions of the statistics.
Bat Pace (BatSpd): “How briskly the candy spot of the bat is transferring, in mph, on the level of contact with the ball (or the place the ball and bat would have met, in case of a swing-and-miss).” (MLB glossary hyperlink)
Swing Size (SwgLng): “Swing size is a metric supposed to establish if a batter has a brief or lengthy swing. It’s calculated by way of toes the bat traveled through the swing.” (MLB glossary hyperlink)
Quick-Swing Price (FastSw%): “Statcast defines a ‘quick swing’ as one which reaches a swing pace of 75 mph. A participant’s ‘fast-swing fee’ is just displaying the proportion of all of his swings that did attain 75 mph. Within the first month of 2024, 23% of all swings certified as a ‘quick swing.’” (MLB glossary hyperlink)
Squared-Up Contact Price (SqUpCon%) and Squared-Up Swing Price (SqUpSw%): “A swing’s squared-up fee tells us how a lot of the best doable exit velocity out there (primarily based on the physics associated to the swing pace and pitch pace) a batter was in a position to acquire – it’s, at its easiest, how a lot exit velocity did you get as a share of how a lot exit velocity was doable primarily based in your swing pace and the pace of the pitch.” (MLB glossary hyperlink)
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Blast Contact Price (BlastCon%) and Blast Swing Price (BlastSw%): “A blast, in Statcast phrases, is when a batter squares up a ball and does so with a excessive bat pace.” (MLB glossary hyperlink)
Swing Path (Tilt): “Swing path is a metric that tells you the form of a hitter’s swing on the way in which towards contact. The lean of the swing is outlined because the vertical angle fashioned by the bat path in comparison with the bottom.” (MLB glossary hyperlink)
Assault Angle (AtkAng): “Assault angle measures the vertical route that the candy spot of the bat is touring in the meanwhile it hits the baseball.” (MLB glossary hyperlink)
Assault Path (AtkDir): “Assault route measures the horizontal route that the candy spot of the bat is transferring on the level of contact with the baseball (or the purpose the bat and ball cross paths on a swing-and-miss).” (MLB glossary hyperlink)
Very best Assault Angle Price (IdealAtkAng%): “A hitter’s splendid assault angle fee is the proportion of his aggressive swings that fall throughout the 5-20 diploma assault angle vary.” (MLB glossary hyperlink)