Nitpicking: Analyzing the Top 5 - Second Base
Second base has some decent depth and outside of the top 3 or 4, the fifth spot in the top 5 was a revolving door. Again, in this series, I am going to break down the top 5 second baseman based on the rankings they get from websites to see if we can find any alarming trends or possibly some gold to show you all. Without further adieu, here are the top 5 that I chose based on the rankings: Jose Altuve, Javier Baez, Whit Merrifield, Ozzie Albies, and Scooter Gennett. The first chart we will look at is their plate discipline and exit velocities. BB% K% BB/K Z-Swing% O-Swing% SwStk% LA (degrees) EV 95 MPH+ E.V (mph) Barrels/BBE Avg. 8.5 22 0.39 67 30.5 10.6 12.3 34.3 87.1 6.4 J.A 9.2 13.2 0.70 68.7 33.3 7.8 9.5 33.8 86.3 5.9 J.B 4.5 25.9 0.17 78 45.5 18.2 9.2 43 89.6 12.6 W.M 8.6 16.1 0.53 67.7 32.9 8.4 16.6 31 86.5 4.6 O.A 5.3 17 0.31 82.3 38.2 11.5 15.4 29.4 86.3 4.7 S.G 6.6 19.6 0.34 73.1 38.3 9.5 13.2 31.9 86.7 6 The first stat that I like to look at is the BB/K rati
