Four batters hitting the ball hard without good results, and what Pull Air has to do with it

For the first week data is collected, bat speed tells you more about what to expect for a batter’s rest-of-season power than any other metric. A few weeks into the season, Barrel rate tells you a little bit more. But now we’re more than a month into the season and there are players with good bat speed and good Barrel rates, and no power to show for it. What do we make of those players?Advertisement