Second half surgers, 2024

Let's take an early second half look at the batters whose contact rates and batted ball quality have surged the most since the calendar turned to July (min 50 PA).

This group of hitters has increased their contact rates the most since the start of July:

 2H vs. 1H
NameLgTmbb%ct%EyeEVLABrl%
Trent GrishamALNYY-4%22%0.23 1.9 (11.9)-2.7%
Brent RookerALOAK2%16%0.32 0.5 (2.0)6.6%
Pete Crow-ArmstrongNLCHC0%15%0.12 3.4 5.5 2.2%
Seth BrownALOAK-3%13%(0.01)0.9 (9.0)5.1%
Garrett HampsonALKC0%13%0.13 1.0 (2.1)-0.1%
Mickey MoniakALLAA-4%12%(0.09)3.3 3.7 3.4%
MJ MelendezALKC-2%12%0.07 (1.8)1.8 -4.1%
J.T. RealmutoNLPHI5%12%0.47 (2.4)(1.0)-6.3%
Taylor WallsALTAM4%12%0.33 (0.1)(5.8)5.8%
Victor RoblesALSEA-5%11%(0.04)0.4 2.2 -7.0%
Tyler FreemanALCLE

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