DRaysBay · Apr 18, 2019
The Rays are hitting the ball harder than ever before
Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY SportsThis morning, this tweet was sent into the DRaysBay Slack channel.
Trends in April exit velo, launch angle, and barrels. Easy to see how approach has changed since the start of the @statcast era pic.twitter.com/0OnVRUXCQu
— BaseballTools (@baseball_tools) April 18, 2019 The graphs created by @baseball_tools give a great look into the annual change, specifically in the month of April, in batted ball metrics across Major League Baseball, thanks to Statcast.
Seeing this tweet inspired me to compile these same statistics, but with the focus being on the Rays and how the team has progressed since 2015, the beginning of the Statcast era.