MLB hitters are training for bat speed as pitchers train for velocity, using data and technology to improve performance.

Ray Kuhn digs into bat speed numbers and other advanced statistics to highlight hitters to target, such as Cam Smith and ...

Mookie Betts says his bat speed, sapped by an illness last spring, is back. “Now I’m swinging it just as fast as when I was younger,” he said. Rick Scuteri / Imagn Images PHOENIX — Mookie Betts is ...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits a home run against the Seattle Mariners in Game 6 of the ALCS. Mark Blinch / Getty Images Improving as a player doesn’t usually boil down to that “One Cool Trick That ...

The Mariners are swinging slower and hitting worse, but connecting these dots isn’t as simple as it seems.

Schanuel said Wednesday that he spent considerable time in the offseason taking part in drills to improve his bat speed and barrel control, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports. The ...

The fantasy baseball community loves their advanced stats. Like the new bat tracking data — with bat speed, attack angle and fast swing rate — they provide inputs to the real-life and fantasy outputs ...

MESA, Ariz. — Things slowed down for Mookie Betts in 2025. Not in a good way. Betts has always gotten the most out of his athleticism, making up for his small frame (he is listed at 5-foot-9 and 180 ...