Mookie Betts missed the Los Angeles Dodgers’ season opener in Tokyo as he dealt with a stomach virus that prevented him from eating and keeping any solid food down for multiple weeks. The Dodgers ...

The new world, which includes Statcast radar data, provides many avenues to test theories and make related projections on player performance that are more well-reasoned (and hopefully more accurate) ...

Schanuel spent time this offseason on activities aimed at improving his bat speed, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports. Schanuel participated in drills that included swinging bats of ...

HOUSTON — Nolan Schanuel spent his winter trying to improve his bat speed, and so far it’s worked. The Angels first baseman has increased his average bat speed from 65.2 mph to 68.2 mph, making him ...

TEMPE, Ariz. — Nolan Schanuel went into his winter with a couple of clear objectives. Get stronger. Increase bat speed. The Angels’ first baseman is now confident he’s done both. It remains to be seen ...

Last year, Statcast gave us some fun new toys to play with when they dropped their Bat Speed Leaderboards. At the time, we discussed that bat speed had a close correlation to power, with every 1 mph ...

Last season, Statcast launched bat tracking data for the first time, which let us see who had the top bat speeds in baseball. (It was, unsurprisingly, hitters like Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge and ...

Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino (9) drives in three runs with a single in the eighth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Kauffman Stadium. Peter Aiken Imagn Images Like many of ...