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Originally Posted by Curve Ball Dave
And I've already explained that if a batter is slowing down it will show up. There's no way to lose bat speed without it showing up in stats, old school or otherwise.
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Stats also contain noise, and can fluctuate to some degree with luck. BABIP being the most obvious example.
Exit velocity is useful because it provides an additional data point to try to understand the underlying fundamentals of changes in stats (or not!). It's a way of measuring contact quality. Now you can look at stats AND exit velocity to try to get a more total picture.
It's confusing to me why you're against having more information? Nobody wants to replace stats, it's just augmenting available information.