No doubt. It's been available to any recruiters or scouts through PG for close to 6 years now. Just go to the site and look through rankings of any player that's been in a showcase or played in a PG event. The better orgs have been using this data for at least 7+ years and likely a lot longer. Diamond Kinetics was founded in 2013 and I imagine progressive teams were using the tech shortly there after.
There is a direct correlation between bat speed and xwOBACON. It's not the end all be all, but it's ~40% of the equation (ability to square up balls "smash factor" and swing decisions being the other two components to hitting).
Gunnar is OPSing .113 points higher v. LHP than RHP this year. He’s one of the best hitters in the game, a potential MVP and will be rightfully batting lead-off everyday he plays this year.
Holliday had a position. HK does not have a spot on the team unless someone is injured. Who should they benched to give HK every day ABs? Santander, O'Hearn, Cowser?
No one. They will go to a 6 man rotation and keep Burned on a regular schedule. Means, Bradiah, and GRod can use the extra day to help manage their workload.
I mean. It should have been close. The OF cut the ball off. You just knew he was going and there’d be a play and wow, just wow. 9 times out of 10 runner is hosed. To your point, the speed caught them off guard and caused an unforced error.