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19 hours agoMunetaka Murakami Watch: Big Homers, Wacky Numbers | Defector
Munetaka Murakami has shown impressive power in MLB, hitting three home runs in recent games despite high strikeout rates.
But his encouraging signs ran deeper than simply the box score, as he produced his two fastest bat speeds since pre-injury on a pair of 72-m.p.h. swings. The first of which came on a third-inning groundout, while the second was a product of Bichette's RBI single in the seventh - a swing that also generated his highest exit velocity (109.6 m.p.h.) of the World Series.
Last nightâs victory over the Rockies masks concerning underlying numbers for the Braves, with notably low xwOBA and hard-hit rates that raise questions about their performance.