Second half surgers, 2024
Aug 12 2024
Let's take an early second half look at the batters whose contact rates and batted ball quality have surged the most since the calendar turned to July (min 50 PA).
This group of hitters has increased their contact rates the most since the start of July:
| 2H vs. 1H | ||||||||
| Name | Lg | Tm | bb% | ct% | Eye | EV | LA | Brl% |
| Trent Grisham | AL | NYY | -4% | 22% | 0.23 | 1.9 | (11.9) | -2.7% |
| Brent Rooker | AL | OAK | 2% | 16% | 0.32 | 0.5 | (2.0) | 6.6% |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | NL | CHC | 0% | 15% | 0.12 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 2.2% |
| Seth Brown | AL | OAK | -3% | 13% | (0.01) | 0.9 | (9.0) | 5.1% |
| Garrett Hampson | AL | KC | 0% | 13% | 0.13 | 1.0 | (2.1) | -0.1% |
| Mickey Moniak | AL | LAA | -4% | 12% | (0.09) | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4% |
| MJ Melendez | AL | KC | -2% | 12% | 0.07 | (1.8) | 1.8 | -4.1% |
| J.T. Realmuto | NL | PHI | 5% | 12% | 0.47 | (2.4) | (1.0) | -6.3% |
| Taylor Walls | AL | TAM | 4% | 12% | 0.33 | (0.1) | (5.8) | 5.8% |
| Victor Robles | AL | SEA | -5% | 11% | (0.04) | 0.4 | 2.2 | -7.0% |
| Tyler Freeman | AL | CLE | ||||||
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