Outfielder Josh Womack had been practicing his swinging bat trick for about seven years. So he was surprised when a video of him performing the feat became popular last summer. Womack flips a wooden ...
You're the manager perched on the top step of the dugout. Two outs in the ninth inning, score tied, your runner at third base. Next up is your hitter whose swing generates the fastest bat speed in all ...
Swinging harder does not always mean more success, but it does when hitters do it the right way. Guerrero and the Jays are ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Chapman knows what you were probably thinking. He hit .185 after Aug. 1 last season with the Toronto Blue Jays. He’s been struggling to keep his average above .200 in the early ...
If you want to feel good about Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford’s chances to be a special hitter, here’s yet another reason to feel optimistic: when it comes to generating exceptional bat speed and ...
The MLB released new data on players’ bat swing speeds that could determine if sluggers are slowing down at the plate, and two of the New York Mets and MLB’s best hitters had opinions on the advanced ...
Through five games of the World Series, the Dodgers’ lineup has sputtered out, hitting just .201/.296/.354, and there’s blame to be assigned up and down the order – even to Shohei Ohtani, who, when ...
Baseball is a game of numbers, and Major League Baseball just released a bunch of them to break down batting. MLB's Hawk-Eye tracking system uses 12 cameras around each team's ballpark, including five ...
Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz didn’t just have a breakout night on Monday — he lit up the scoreboard with two home runs, seven RBI and a stolen base. But it wasn’t just his raw athleticism on display ...
BALDWIN CITY, Kansas (KSHB) — Less than a week into baseball season, the type of bats some players are using is a national conversation. Jawbats, a Baldwin City-based baseball bat manufacturer, is ...
The Mariners beat the Athletics,11-4, on Sunday. Jorge Polanco added two runs as he reached on both a walk and single in the game. However, it was during his fourth and final plate appearance of the ...