Let's dive in: The average swing for a big league batter comes in at 71.5 mph. New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton has the fastest bat in baseball with an average speed of 80.6 mph.

baseball coaches have been training batters all wrong for years. “Hitting a baseball comes down to just one simple question: ‘Are you going to swing at this pitch or not?’” Helke told SI. Since most ...

MLB’s official baseball rules do not offer any definition for a check swing, only that a strike is a pitch “struck at by the batter.” The practical definition is when a batter swings short ...

It’s one of the great sports debates – was that a swing? Every baseball fan has participated in the discourse at one point or another. You’re watching a game when a pitcher throws, say, a nasty ...

That batter is out! A baseball bat is a smooth ... with delightful names like Silly Mid On and Short Square Leg. A baseball swing is explosive. The ball needs to go 100 metres for a home run ...

The result is only 43.4% of Tanaka's pitches are actually in the strikezone and yet, batters swing at his pitches 50.5% of the time, one of the largest rates in baseball. If we break it down even ...