Thread: Exit Velocity?
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Old 03-22-2019, 01:25 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by CMH View Post

You're using the observation of a failure to prove statistical analysis was unwarranted. I'm telling you that statistical analysis would have predicted the observation.

His flyout rate would have predicted it too. Balls that used to clear the fence were caught at or near the warning track-a clear sign of a slower bat. Flyouts can be quantified and the rate is a pencil and paper calculation. If his flyout rate was up, his bat was getting slower. Knowing the exit velocity would have verified this, not uncovered it.
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