During the Pittsburgh Pirates' 14-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday, Cruz recorded the most hit ball in Statcast history, with a speed of 122.4 mph. Every baseball player has their own specialties, but the two releases that stand out for being the most difficult to hit are the splitter and the slider. Research has been conducted to detect the frequency of smell of various tones, and it was found that the divider had a smell rate of 19.4% while the slider had a smell rate of 17.5%. This means that once a pitcher throws a divider, there is only an 81.6% chance that the batter will be able to put the bat on the ball, and an 86.5% chance for a slider.
Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton are two players who have made it onto the list of the 20 most hit balls of the season multiple times. To grab a slider, place your pointer and index finger slightly off-center from the center of the ball, with only your middle finger resting on the seam. Zack Wheeler was one of the most dominant pitchers in the National League this season, finishing second in the NL Cy Young Award voting. Statcast is a high-speed, high-precision automated tool used to track the movements and athletic abilities of players in Major League Baseball.
The starting velocity, or EV, is the speed of the baseball when it comes out of the bat, just after a batter makes contact with the ball.
