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Statcast Review: Aaron Judge, Byron Buxton, Tony Gonsolin (2022 Fantasy Baseball)


 
Hard hit percentage is one of the most self-explanatory, digestible statistics in sabermetrics. As the name implies, it is the percentage of times a batter hits the ball “hard.” How hard? For the sake of this column, at least 95 mph.

When trying to gauge the success rate of a batter or pitcher, it is usually helpful and essential to dive deeper than the surface numbers, i.e., a batting average can be inflated by a series of weaker hits in a small sample size. Hard hit percentage is that deeper dive, and it is the number behind the number. As usual, we will look at both sides of the game to identify the players who supply or limit hard hits regularly.

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