Digging Into New Swing Path & Attack Angle Leaderboards

From Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball The Athletic

Eno, DVR, and Jed discuss the new tools and leaderboards at Baseball Savant offering more public-facing data than ever for bat paths and attack angles. Plus, they talk about the eventual arrival of ABS for regular season games, and their 2025 predictions they want to use a mulligan on.

Rundown

1:02 New Toys at Baseball Savant -- Swing Path & Attack Angle Leaderboards

9:12 Looking for Ideal & Unusual Combinations

16:00 Is Swing Path Tilt the Most Difficult Thing to Change?

25:09 Do Flatter Swing Path Hitters Have Higher Floors?

34:40 ABS Getting Closer to Become a Reality in MLB Games Beyond Spring?

52:03 Which 2025 Prediction(s) Do You Want a Mulligan On?

Baseball Savant's Swing Path & Attack Angle Leaderboards: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/bat-tracking/swing-path-attack-angle

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