When Major League Baseball equipped all 30 ballparks with Statcast tracking systems in 2015, it truly changed how fans watch games (and how teams evaluate players).
Almost every facet of the game imaginable is tracked with technology – from home run distance to spin rate down to the singular RPM. It’s astonishing.
Statcast has also impacted how home runs are accurately measured, giving fans a real-time look at distance, launch angle and exit velocity. And there’s just something about a hard-hit home run that captures the attention of an entire ballpark. When it comes to hard-hit homers, nobody does it better than the players below.
