The essence of hitting, with all its nuances and intricacies, can be summarized succinctly as “barrel to ball.” From little league to the major leagues, if a hitter solidly squares up a pitch, good things will generally happen. If they don’t barrel it up…not so much. Thanks to Baseball Savant’s bat-tracking data, this maxim can now be verified precisely…
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