Very early observations, 2024

Let's take a very early look at some notable week one performances among batters by analyzing them in terms of their batted ball metrics.

The hitters have shown the highest average exit velocities (EV) so far in 2024:

Name	Lg	Tm	bb%	ct%	Eye	EV	LA	Brl%
Bobby Witt Jr.	AL	KC	8%	72%	0.30	101.0	12.8	26.9%
William Contreras	NL	MIL	13%	62%	0.40	98.2	6.1	5.9%
Matt Chapman	NL	SF	5%	73%	0.20	96.2	19.8	14.8%
Ryan McMahon	NL	COL	13%	78%	0.71	95.4	12.6	11.5%
Seiya Suzuki	NL	CHC	11%	78%	0.57	95.2	17.2	15.4%
Yordan Alvarez	AL	HOU	10%	86%	0.80	94.9	15.7	19.4%
Brandon Nimmo	NL	NYM	21%	72%	1.00	94.8	15.9	5.6%
Gunnar Henderson	AL	BAL	11%	83%	0.80	94.5	14.8	11.5%
MJ Melendez	AL	KC	10%	79%	0.50	94.5	21.8	22.7%
Kyle Schwarber	NL	PHI	8%	67%	0.27	94.4	8.9	9.1%
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