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The 2024 MLB draft begins Sunday in Fort Worth with Round 1 and 2, as well as competitive balance and compensation picks, among others. ... with some of the top exit velocities in the draft class ...
Giancarlo Stanton held the MLB record for highest exit velocity at 122.2 miles per hour (196.7 km/h) from 2015 to 2022. In baseball statistics, exit velocity (EV) is the estimated speed at which a batted ball is travelling as it is coming off the player's bat.
He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] Cruz split the 2021 minor league season between Altoona and the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians , hitting a combined .310/.375/.594 with 17 home runs, 47 RBI, and 19 stolen bases .
His maximum exit velocity of 120.0 was 2nd in MLB; it was his 10th straight season in the top 1% of all MLB batters. [ 113 ] [ 114 ] In the ALCS against the Cleveland Guardians , Stanton hit four home runs and had an OPS of 1.222 in five games, winning the LCS MVP Award as the Yankees advanced to the 2024 World Series . [ 115 ]
More than 300 draft-eligible players accepted invitations to attend the combine in Phoenix, including 171 of MLB Pipeline’s Top 200 prospects for this year’s class. Roughly 60% of the players ...
2024 MLB draft prospect promotion incentive picks. 31. Arizona Diamondbacks: OF Ryan Waldschmidt, Kentucky. 32. Baltimore Orioles: SS Griff O'Ferrall, Virginia. 2024 MLB draft compensation picks . 33.
The maximum exit velocity of balls he hit was 116.9 mph, 7th-highest in major league baseball. [52] On defense, his .998 fielding percentage was second-best among NL first basemen, and the best in franchise history.
In 2022 he was third-best in the major leagues in hard-hit percentage (56.1%, behind Aaron Judge and Yordan Alvarez), and in the top 5% in MLB in barrel percentage, and average exit velocity on balls hit (92.4 mph). [28] [4] On January 13, 2023, Davis agreed to a one-year, $4.21 million contract with the Giants, avoiding salary arbitration. [37]