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June 11, 2021 On Wednesday night, Nick Madrigal hit a groundball to third base. That’s a normal state of affairs; he’s fourth in the majors in total grounders so far this year. While hustling down the line, however, he tweaked something in his leg and pulled up slightly. It looked like it might be a nagging injury, but the truth turned out to be far worse: Madrigal was diagnosed with a complete tear of one hamstring tendon and a partial tear of another, and the Sox have placed him on the 60-day IL. Madrigal and the club have a decision to make. A surgery to fix the tears would end his sea...

SOURCE: Baseball Savant Out of 39 hits on such balls since 2015, 30 have been home runs. If the ball remains playable, it’s likely to get caught. (Surprisingly, Correa’s home run is the only one of the 30 that was hit at Fenway.) We can presume that the other 29 home runs were pulled down the line, but to understand by how much, we’ll need to look at a third batted ball parameter: spray angle. While not a direct measurement tracked and provided by Statcast, spray angle can be calculated based on the hit position. A spray angle value of 0 would mean a ball is hit up the middle; -45 degre...

Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary.

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