The Phillies' leadoff hitter vs. the Phillies' cleanup hitter 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2084806077476995338

The big Q for Munetaka Murakami was: Can he hit MLB velocity? Well ... Highest OPS vs. 97+ mph pitches, 2026 1. Munetaka Murakami: 1.249 👀 2. Yordan Alvarez: 1.142 3. Juan Soto: 1.103 Story ➡️ https://atmlb.com/4vTTXio 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2082501195252305975

Most HR off 97+ mph pitches this season Junior Caminero -- 4 Juan Soto -- 4 Munetaka Murakami -- 4 ❕ 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2081497198471139433

Jacob Misiorowski isn't just missing a lot more bats this season, he's also missing bats *by* more. Story here on how Miz's ridiculous fastball is unlocking bigger whiffs for the rest of his arsenal ➡️ https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/jacob-mi… 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2081459576495358438

Juan Soto started using a hockey puck knob in May. It's the first time he's ever experimented with his bat. So what do the numbers say? His swing got shorter. His 2-strike hitting got way better. Exactly what he wanted. Story ➡️ https://atmlb.co… 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2080799487811899776

Tried to do some hard-hitting reporting and ask Roki Sasaki about his obviously giant glove. Roki's answer: "Probably my face got smaller. That's why the glove looked a little bigger." 🤭 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2080839482010472717

Baseball Savant Player Comparison Tool is live Go use it here ➡️ https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/comparison-tool 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2079238148970692784

Starters who've hit 100+ mph more than 20 times in a game, pitch tracking era (since 2008) Jacob deGrom  Nathan Eovaldi  Hunter Greene  Jordan Hicks  Jacob Misiorowski James Paxton Cam Schlittler  Noah Syndergaard  Yordano Ventura  Roki Sasaki (… 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2078306176932954272

All-Star Game starting pitching matchup (coming soon on Baseball Savant 🤫) 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2077146243155849667

Swing tracking for Shohei's 300th home run 77.9 mph bat speed ➡️ 112.2 mph exit velo, even with a contact point more than 8 inches deep behind the plate 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2075309061323596213

The batting stance phases of Pete Crow-Armstrong 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2072783576815288472

Tarik Skubal's changeup velo this season Entering tonight: 87.1 mph Tonight: 89.1 mph K's at 90.3, 88.8, 88.5 and 91.4 ⬇️ 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2072134327396077870

Jo Adell vs. Jose Canseco 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2062195005930840419

Juan Soto is setting up about 2 inches closer to the plate during his hot streak 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2061557935793131937

Since he got to the Phillies, Zack Wheeler's arm angle has lowered by 15°. You might think that'd make him vulnerable to lefties. But he's dominating them. "I didn't necessarily try to change my arm angle. I think my mechanics just got better." … 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2058243831552778517

Shohei Ohtani vs. 95+ mph elevated fastballs this season before last night: 1-for-13, 5 strikeouts, 1 infield single Shohei Ohtani vs. a 95.5 mph elevated fastball last night: 💣 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2057557219420381618

A quick breakdown of Roki Sasaki's forkball vs. his splitter, now that we've updated his Statcast pitch classifications to reflect that he's throwing both ➡️ https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/roki-sasaki-s-forkball-and-splitter-explained ✌️🍴 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2056098178588398064

Kevin McGonigle wants to battle pitchers just like his idol, Chase Utley. So he uses a closed batting stance to get right on top of the plate and let his elite bat-to-ball skill play. Story here on the star rookie and his "hold-your-ground" appro… 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2055400952224461073

Bat tracking - A.J. Ewing's 1st HR Exit velo: 110.5 mph Swing length: 6.4 ft (MLB avg. is 7.4 ft) Since bat tracking started in 2023, only 2 other players have hit a HR that hard w/ a swing that short: Oneil Cruz, 9/9/24: 113.7 mph/6.4 ft Corey… 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2054986230379520512

"When I'm on plane, when I'm doing everything right, I know that's when my bat speed is at its best." Junior Caminero has MLB's fastest AND flattest swing. He's out-Stantoning Stanton. Turns out, that swing was inspired by Albert Pujols. Story … 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2052481975622009104

Only 1 player has multiple home runs off 98+ mph fastballs this season: Munetaka "Velo Killer" Murakami 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2051494018945585263

We show 14 hitting stats at the top of Baseball Savant player pages. Hitters who have ranked in the 60th percentile of MLB or better in all 14 of those (aka, "reddest Savant pages"): 2024 Juan Soto 2025 Ben Rice 2026 Yordan Alvarez 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2051430254669935055

James McCann throwing 30 mph eephuses but then dialing it up to 65 to get a double play ball 🤌🤌🤌 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2049949933252260238

Not only is James Wood the 2nd-tallest RF after Aaron Judge at 6'6", but per @WeatherApplied, Juan Soto's robbed HR here was blown in 3 feet (and 6 feet right) by the wind and would've cleared the fence about 4 feet higher in calm conditions Soto… 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2049911840067428693

Munetaka Murakami's batted ball profile • Pulled airballs: 25.4% (high) • Straightaway airballs: 30.2% (very high) • Oppo airballs: 6.3% (2nd-lowest in the Majors behind Jose Altuve) That's how you get this spray chart: 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2049244167323144456

Swing tracking for Stanton's HR over the Monster 💬 @NamethatYank: @_dadler hey, could you possibly do a HR diagram of Stanton’s homer today against BOS? I wanna see launch angle, swing tilt, exit velo 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2047073452973084815

Mike Trout tried going back to his old swing yesterday (no step-back), and that lasted until his first at-bat today -- a weak groundout on a check-swing. Then he started doing the step-back again and immediately hit a 113.2 mph home run. 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2047066182310666433

Murakami home run bat tracking 80.2 mph bat speed ➡️ 113 mph exit velo 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2046786271268221189

3D tracking of Julio Rodríguez catching that 108 mph knuckleball line drive last night 🐦 https://x.com/_dadler/status/2046632457793892459