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Giancarlo Stanton proves he's King of Swing in MLB's latest metric advancements

Posting time:2024-06-03 18:25:48

PHOENIX (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton has smashed 410 homers in his big-league career, and even though the New York Yankees slugger has slowed down in recent seasons, the 6-foot-6, 245-pounder still seems to take some of the most vicious cuts in baseball.

Now there are numbers that prove it.

Major League Baseball debuted new metrics on its Baseball Savant website Monday, unveiling categories that measure some of the reasons that the game’s best hitters are so darn good.

Stanton is the king of swings as it relates to bat speed. The sweet spot of the slugger’s bat barrel travels through the strike zone at an average of 80.6 mph, which is far ahead of Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz, who is in second place at 77.7 mph.

Stanton also leads the league with a 98.4% fast swing percentage, which measures how often he swings over 75 mph. The average big leaguer’s swing is 72 mph.

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