New York Yankees Slugger Leads MLB In New Stat

If there is one member of the New York Yankees that you can count on to break Statcast, it's Giancarlo Stanton. Nothing changed as Baseball Savant unveiled a new Statcast bat tracking section and Stanton was on top of the league. While the league average for bat speed is 72 MPH and 'fast' being considered at least 75 MPH, the designated hitter is all the way up at 80.6 to lead all batters. Stanton is seeing a bit of a resurgence after finishing under .800 OPS in each of the last two seasons and for the first times in his career.