When it comes to research, development, analytics, and biomechanics, the Tampa Bay Rays lead the way in Major League Baseball.
The Rockies have been on the other side of the measuring stick.
For example, in 2023, the Rays had the biggest research and development department with 44 employees. The Rockies R&D has grown from its laughable staff of one in 2020 to 11 in 2023, which was still tied for second lowest in MLB according to Four Rings Sports Solutions and the Denver Post.
In 2015, Tampa Bay implemented a baseball technology revolution, which is detailed in Eno Sarris and Alec Lewis’s 2022 Athletic article “The future — and present — of baseball is in biomechanics.