BATTERS: Digging deeper
Mar 28 2022
Let's continue our look at draft day targets that are appealing for reasons that might not be obvious on the surface.
We can use Statcast metrics to find hitters with hidden talent.
These batters posted the highest average exit velocities in 2021:
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Average Exit Velocity (EV), 2021* Name Lg Pos EV ====================== == =========== ==== Judge, Aaron AL RF/DH 95.8 Stanton, Giancarlo AL DH 95.1 Guerrero Jr, Vladimir AL 1B/DH 95.1 Donaldson, Josh AL 3B/DH 94.1 Longoria, Evan NL 3B 94.1 Tatis Jr, Fernando NL SS/RF 93.9 Acuna Jr, Ronald NL RF 93.8 Ohtani, Shohei AL DH ...
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