re: Dylan Crews will hit nukes this year

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I'm sure you already know this, as well, but you don't have to swing real hard, if the pitcher throws hard, to have a pretty high exit velocity. It's the least important metric, in my humble opinion.

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Not here to argue the relevance of EV, but this simply isn't true. Per Dr. Alan Nathan, 1 mph pitch = 0.2 mph exit= 1 ft distance. 1 mph bat = 1.2 mph exit= 6 ft distance.

~85% of EV is attributable to bat speed. To put it into perspective, in 2012, Giancarlo Stanton hit a bomb off of Jamie Moyer. The ball measured at 438ft (only bc it was stopped by the scoreboard), and had an EV of 122.4. The pitch was thrown at a whopping 66.4 mph.

We are getting off track, but to me EV is an easily measurable metric for bat speed and barrel contact, and thus the swing and mechanics in general.