Warren Foegele received a 5-minute major and a game misconduct for a knee-on-knee hit in the Stanley Cup Final. Despite not facing any supplemental discipline, he may return to the lineup for Game 3 as the Edmonton Oilers aim to bounce back from being down 2-0 in the series. Following the hit, there was backlash…
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Over the past month, smart people have been deciphering the relationship between swing length and pitch location in MLB’s new bat tracking data. If you’re looking at raw data, it’s hard to know whether someone has a long swing because they like inside pitches (Isaac Paredes) or because their swing…
D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports I continue to find Statcast’s bat tracking data fascinating. I also continue to find it overwhelming. Hitting is so complex that I can’t quite imagine boiling it down to just a few numbers. Even when I look at some of the more complex presentations of bat tracking, like squared-up rate,…
