- Jun 18, 2023
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Hitting the ball hard is the measurement the batter should take with them!
gotta couple it with launch angle too, but that tech certainly isn't at most softball fields. So you're left with approximating it with the stats you have.
You can probably guestimate with XBH and BABIP, because those things are somewhat corelated with hitting it hard and slightly elevated. Hitting it hard just above fielders heads is the fastest trajectory to grass and a base hit. But that requires a somewhat uniform Hit/Error schema.