David Adler

"When I'm on plane, when I'm doing everything right, I know that's when my bat speed is at its best." Junior Caminero has MLB's fastest AND flattest swing. He's out-Stantoning Stanton. Turns out, that swing was inspired by Albert Pujols. Story here ➡️ mlb.com/rays/news/juni…

Kevin McGonigle wants to battle pitchers just like his idol, Chase Utley. So he uses a closed batting stance to get right on top of the plate and let his elite bat-to-ball skill play. Story here on the star rookie and his "hold-your-ground" approach ➡️ mlb.com/tigers/news/ke…

Bat tracking - A.J. Ewing's 1st HR Exit velo: 110.5 mph Swing length: 6.4 ft (MLB avg. is 7.4 ft) Since bat tracking started in 2023, only 2 other players have hit a HR that hard w/ a swing that short: Oneil Cruz, 9/9/24: 113.7 mph/6.4 ft Corey Seager, 9/4/23: 111.2 mph/6.4 ft

"When I'm on plane, when I'm doing everything right, I know that's when my bat speed is at its best." Junior Caminero has MLB's fastest AND flattest swing. He's out-Stantoning Stanton. Turns out, that swing was inspired by Albert Pujols. Story here ➡️ mlb.com/rays/news/juni…

Only 1 player has multiple home runs off 98+ mph fastballs this season: Munetaka "Velo Killer" Murakami

We show 14 hitting stats at the top of Baseball Savant player pages. Hitters who have ranked in the 60th percentile of MLB or better in all 14 of those (aka, "reddest Savant pages"): 2024 Juan Soto 2025 Ben Rice 2026 Yordan Alvarez mlb.com/astros/news/yo…

James McCann throwing 30 mph eephuses but then dialing it up to 65 to get a double play ball 🤌🤌🤌

Not only is James Wood the 2nd-tallest RF after Aaron Judge at 6'6", but per @WeatherApplied, Juan Soto's robbed HR here was blown in 3 feet (and 6 feet right) by the wind and would've cleared the fence about 4 feet higher in calm conditions Soto robbed by height and the weather

Munetaka Murakami's batted ball profile • Pulled airballs: 25.4% (high) • Straightaway airballs: 30.2% (very high) • Oppo airballs: 6.3% (2nd-lowest in the Majors behind Jose Altuve) That's how you get this spray chart:

Swing tracking for Stanton's HR over the Monster

Mike Trout tried going back to his old swing yesterday (no step-back), and that lasted until his first at-bat today -- a weak groundout on a check-swing. Then he started doing the step-back again and immediately hit a 113.2 mph home run.

Murakami home run bat tracking 80.2 mph bat speed ➡️ 113 mph exit velo

3D tracking of Julio Rodríguez catching that 108 mph knuckleball line drive last night

@AyakoOikawa Lol

この記事を書いたアドラー記者に「さすが村上推し」だね。村上愛が伝わる記事でした、と伝えたら。 「俺の村上💙愛はこんなもんじゃない。これはまだ一部だ。第2弾もあるぞ！」 アドラー記者、熱い🤭@_dadler

@gmass927 Need some footage of his swing

@_dadler Russell Kohler has been ahead of this game for a decade.

Mike Trout's new(ish) swing step-back vs. Nolan Arenado's

With pitch arsenals getting bigger and bigger, you don't see a lot of 3-pitch starting pitchers these days. And you *really* don't see 3-pitch starters who don't throw a 4-seamer. And then you have Cristopher Sánchez. Story here ➡️ mlb.com/phillies/news/… 🚰

Munetaka "Can't Hit High Velocity" Murakami hit a 114.1 mph / 431 foot tank of a grand slam off a 98.2 mph heater

Mike Trout and Aaron Judge, 9 home runs combined in a ridiculous series at Yankee Stadium

@MannyOnMLB 9/10 on the Arenado-swing-ometer

Interesting

Francisco Lindor's leadoff home run off Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 80.1 mph bat speed -- Lindor's fastest home run swing since the 2024 season 111.3 mph exit velo -- Lindor's 2nd-hardest home run as a Met