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1. • • Hitting a line drive is highly valued because it greatly increases the chances of reaching base safely. Most line drives are hit with high velocity, making them challenging for fielders to react to and catch. Batting average is a key statistic for hitters, and consistently hitting line drives can significantly boost this number.
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2. www.fantraxhq.com › fantasy-baseball-which-hittersFantasy Baseball: Which Hitters Are Going To Hit More Line ...

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   Dec 20, 2021 · Justin Dunbar examines line drive rates in an attempt to identify players who may hit for a higher average in the 2022 MLB season.

3. www.fantraxhq.com › statcast-101-exit-velocitiesStatcast 101: Exit Velocities and Hard-Hit Rates - FantraxHQ

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   Feb 12, 2022 · If you are looking to use average exit velocity to evaluate and project a hitter, I recommend using average exit velocity on line drives and fly balls. Studies have proven it is a little more sticky than general exit velocity.

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   Feb 20, 2022 · So, they're the hitters that gamers should exercise the most caution with projecting as Line Drive rate leaders in 2022. Still, it's possible they made swing changes that will help sustain...

6. blogs.fangraphs.com › why-line-drive-rate-isnt-stickyWhy Line Drive Rate Isn’t Sticky | FanGraphs Baseball

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   Jul 24, 2024 · Only a handful of elite players – Luis Arraez, Freddie Freeman, maybe Steven Kwan – are capable of consistently putting up top-10 line drive rates. According to Baseball Savant, batters have a...

7. elitebaseballperformance.com › how-baseballHow Baseball Players Can Hit Fewer Pop-ups and More Line Drives

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   Jul 24, 2018 · It’s hard to know how to balance all of the information that is how out there on hitting. In this article, we will discuss how to avoid hitting weak pop-ups that result in outs. With improved swing mechanics, we can turn these pop-ups into line drives and driven fly balls.

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   Apr 14, 2023 · In all of 2022, only 91 line drive homers - or 0.3% of all liners (91 of 27,110) - were hit. A chunk of the increase in SLG on liners is attributable to the ball, while the remainder can be ...

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   What is the line drive rate for qualified hitters in 2021?

   • Further, we can look at the high, median and low marks for line drive rate across qualified hitters in 2021. According to FanGraphs, there were 132 qualified hitters in 2021. Last year, a 29.4 LD% was the highest, 20.75% was the median and 14.6% was the lowest. As I stated above, it takes more than a season to normalize a Line Drive rate.

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   What will MLB decide with the baseballs in 2022?

   • Who knows what MLB will decide with the baseballs in 2022, but one thing is sure. If it is a “deadened” baseball, you will likely see hitters with lower average exit velocities hit fewer home runs. Average exit velocity is not always the most valuable stat, but it does have its purposes.

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   Which hitters have Elite line drive rates?

   • According to FanGraphs, from 2018 through 2020, a few hitters had elite Line Drive rates, such as Freddie Freeman (1B - FA) (30.1 LD%), Whit Merrifield (2B - KC) (28.6%), Joey Votto (1B - CIN) (27.4%), Nick Castellanos (OF - FA) (25.8%) and Austin Riley (3B - ATL) (24.4% since debuting in 2019).

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   How important is a shift in baseball?

   • The value of the shift was intuitive. An early study from the Elias Sports Bureau revealed that, even with fielders generally shading in that direction, when there was no shift, batters had higher batting averages on balls hit to their pull side than to the opposite side (with hits up the middle ignored).

   Plummeting Batting Averages Are Due to Far More Than Infield Shifting

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   Does average exit velocity predict future batting average?

   • Average exit velocity has the strongest predictive correlation with future batting average when projecting a player’s future performance. When testing it against max exit velocity, average exit velocity is more descriptive of home run rate and home runs per batted ball event.

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   Why do hitters take a downward path to a ball?

   • Taking a downward or level path to the ball actually decreases the time that the bat and ball are on the same plane. This increases the chance that a hitter will either hit the top of the ball and create grounders or clip the bottom of the ball and create weak pop-ups.

   How Baseball Players Can Hit Fewer Pop-ups and More Line Drives

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    May 7, 2024 · Overall, from 2015 to 2022, BABIP on fly balls and line drives hit to the outfield fell from .412 to .400, according to data from Baseball Savant. This was part of a larger decline since the beginning of the pitch-tracking era.