Very early observations, 2025
Apr 7 2025
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 2025 (min 30 PA):
| Name | Lg | bb% | ct% | BABIP | OPS | SwK% | EV | LA | Brl% |
| Shohei Ohtani | NL | 18% | 78% | .308 | .990 | 10.6% | 99.1 | 12.7 | 6.9% |
| Eugenio Suárez | NL | 17% | 70% | .063 | 1.085 | 13.9% | 98.7 | 20.1 | 33.3% |
| Kyle Schwarber | NL | 9% | 77% | .250 | 1.099 | 9.5% | 98.4 | 17.8 | 16.7% |
| Aaron Judge | AL | 11% | 70% | .353 | 1.447 | 14.2% | 98.0 | 18.7 | 39.1% |
| Nathaniel Lowe | NL | 6% | 45% | .545 | .978 | 14.1% | 97.5 | 15.4 | 28.6% |
| Ben Rice | AL | 17% | 72% | .375 | 1.073 | 10.3% | 97.5 | 11.7 | 33.3% |
| Elly De La Cruz | NL | 5% | 78% | .269 | .762 | 11.4% | 97.0 | 8.6 | 21.4% |
| Adolis García | AL | 10% | 89% | .136 | .831 | 16.2% | 96.5 | 31.4 | 29.2% |
| Alex Bregman | AL | 5% | 74% | .400 | .837 | 5.7% | 96.3 | 18.6 | 7.7% |
| Pete Alonso | NL | 18% | 82% | .200 | 1.025 |
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