Speed of ball off the bat

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Interesting stat courtesy of Paul @Braveschophouse [Twitter Handle]
 
Maybin has looked a lot better at the plate than I expected, and, oddly enough, worse on the field.
 
I'm interested in how this perceives what pitches the batter is hitting. I'm certain hitting a 95 mph fastball will get you a bit more MPH off the bat than a 69 mph curve or 80 mph change up.

Maybin hits the ball pretty hard. Reminds me actually of how Justin used to hit liners so easily with his swing. Maybin you can tell swings harder, but Justin had such a long stroke that it looked so easy.
 
Heywood said:
I'm interested in how this perceives what pitches the batter is hitting. I'm certain hitting a 95 mph fastball will get you a bit more MPH off the bat than a 69 mph curve or 80 mph change up.

Maybin hits the ball pretty hard. Reminds me actually of how Justin used to hit liners so easily with his swing. Maybin you can tell swings harder, but Justin had such a long stroke that it looked so easy.
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Great comparison. I'd add that even with Justin being a better hitter in about every category, it only adds to keep a guy like this around. His swing is really tight in my opinion.
 
Heywood said:
I'm interested in how this perceives what pitches the batter is hitting. I'm certain hitting a 95 mph fastball will get you a bit more MPH off the bat than a 69 mph curve or 80 mph change up.

Maybin hits the ball pretty hard. Reminds me actually of how Justin used to hit liners so easily with his swing. Maybin you can tell swings harder, but Justin had such a long stroke that it looked so easy.
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Calling vf the final speed of the ball off a bat, the final velocity would be

vf = (F*t/m) + vi

So yeah, the higher the vi (the speed of the ball at impact), the harder the ball would be hit. Of course, we're pretending these are inelastic surfaces. And I suspect that how well you square up on the ball is a better indicator of how hard you hit it than how hard you swing, for most major leaguers.
 
Heywood said:
I'm interested in how this perceives what pitches the batter is hitting. I'm certain hitting a 95 mph fastball will get you a bit more MPH off the bat than a 69 mph curve or 80 mph change up.

Maybin hits the ball pretty hard. Reminds me actually of how Justin used to hit liners so easily with his swing. Maybin you can tell swings harder, but Justin had such a long stroke that it looked so easy.
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It would be interesting to see this data corrected for pitch speed.

Obviously this doesn't mean you are necessarily a great hitter. If you swing really hard, you are going to hit the ball hard, but you are going to strike out far more often. That seems to be one of the issues for Maybin. But it absolutely shows that his power spike this season isn't a complete aberration. EY needs to slowly drift away forever.
 
thethe said:
Further proof that Maybin needs to get everyday playing time?
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Because hard hit balls that result in outs are better than those outs that aren't hit as hard?

I agree Maybin should be getting more at bats, but it's not because of some hitting speed stat.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
Because hard hit balls that result in outs are better than those outs that aren't hit as hard?

I agree Maybin should be getting more at bats, but it's not because of some hitting speed stat.
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hard hit balls aren't better than soft hit balls?

Interesting.
 
I am cackling at the fact that we have two pitchers in the top 5. Our offense is not good.
 
Maybin should be starting in CF over EYJ if for no other reason that we need him to get a shot to build trade value. Plus Maybin seems to have taken to what Seitzer has been teaching so hopefully he's making progress.
 
chop2chip said:
Is this what this stat says? I wasn't aware it was the number of outs each hitter has. My reading comprehension must be poor.
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Not sure about your reading comprehension. You seem relatively smart. An asshole too. But smart nevertheless.
 
holden said:
Calling vf the final speed of the ball off a bat, the final velocity would be

vf = (F*t/m) + vi

So yeah, the higher the vi (the speed of the ball at impact), the harder the ball would be hit. Of course, we're pretending these are inelastic surfaces. And I suspect that how well you square up on the ball is a better indicator of how hard you hit it than how hard you swing, for most major leaguers.
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Also other variables such as bat weight. Justin used a 32 Oz bat, chipper used a 30. I'm not sure what EY and Maybin use.
 
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