Baseball Savant: Statcast, Trending MLB Players and Visualizations (2024)

How Ranger Suárez is off to historic start

There has been no shortage of players responsible for the Phillies' MLB-best 38-15 record, but Ranger Suárez might be their most valuable one so far. Suárez was an integral No. 3 starter on recent Phillies playoff teams behind Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola, posting a 3.41 ERA and 3.72 FIP...

These relievers have been lights-out in 2024

Mason Miller has been the breakout bullpen star of 2024. The converted starter -- who began his college career at Division III Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania -- has become a lights-out closer for the A’s, routinely reaching into the triple digits and blowing away practically everyone with his electric fastball....

The disciplined approach behind Tucker's MVP push

The Astros are at the 50-game mark of their season, and Kyle Tucker is more than twice as good as your average big leaguer. Tucker leads the Majors with 17 home runs and a 1.060 OPS. His OPS+, which compares him to his peers, is 202, also the best in...

Historic RBI binge, sweepless streak finally ending among stats of the week

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (May 17-23). RBI machine: Luis Matos had quite the stretch on Friday and Saturday, with a five-RBI game followed by a six-RBI game. At 22 years and 111 days old Saturday, Matos became the youngest player...

The unique, almost-impossible swing of Juan Soto

We didn’t really need advanced metrics powered by high-speed cameras to know that Juan Soto occupies a particularly lofty realm of the hitting world. Did we? After all, it’s now been nearly five years since we noted that a then-teenage Soto was off to one of the most incredible starts...

The two sides to Elly De La Cruz, and how to make sense of them

As it turns out, there isn’t just one Elly De La Cruz. There are two. As exciting as that must sound for Cincinnati fans – imagine adding another superstar Elly to an otherwise struggling lineup! – we’re not magically introducing another player to the Reds roster. Instead, let’s introduce you...

Cruz makes hard-hit history with TWO lasers over 120 mph

PITTSBURGH -- When Oneil Cruz dropped a fly ball in the first inning Tuesday at PNC Park, the Giants could not have possibly known that they had awakened a sleeping giant. “I was really pissed off when I went to hit,” Cruz said through interpreter and Major League coach Stephen...

Do hitters have a 2-strike approach? Data says: Yes!

Do hitters have a two-strike approach these days? To see the strikeout rate, which climbs and climbs each year, you’d say perhaps not; to hear old-timers tell it, you’d hear definitely not. We can’t really tell you what batters were thinking in 1924 or 1974 or even 2014. But in...

Can Elly bring back the 100-steal season?

As recently as 2022, the idea of a player challenging the long-abandoned 100-stolen base mark felt about as fanciful as humans walking on the surface of Jupiter (the planet, not the Spring Training site in Florida). Then again, the out-of-this-world talent that is Elly De La Cruz did not reach...

Chris Sale is dominating hitters like it's 2018

Chris Sale is healthy, slinging wipeout sliders and mowing down hitters like it’s 2018 all over again. Sale finished that season at the top of the MLB mountain, coming on in relief against the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series and striking out the side in the ninth...