A joke has been on the tour for some time. It's really simple. It says: “Tommy Edman, power batsman? [Pause for laughter]. “I made a joke in the Tokyo series, and if the joke is actually funny, it's because Edman doesn't have such inconsistent performance, which is an inconsistent premise. Find love, or want to be a snail who wants to be a racer.
Edman didn't reach double-digit home runs until he reached the Grand Slam, and he still never reached more than 13 times in a season. But, I think it's time to change the turning point. Tommy Edman is a power batsman, or at least half of his batsman. It might be surprising even for those who have been rooting for him (and consider him cousin Tommy) since their debut in 2019.
All three home runs started this year, and the three home runs hit harder than the 108 mph blow. Edman's eight-book home run this season is sixth in baseball. He also ranked 27th in the percentage of wins (.514) and 16th in the percentage of balls (.271) in the percentage of isolated balls. But, needless to say, such hot spots will not last forever. Edman is hard to hit, but his bat speed is still below average. He managed to pull a lot of balls into the air, and while I would love to see him as persistent as the high-contact guy Daniel Murphy and Justin Turner, we have to wait and see what happened. So, I don't have to focus on this momentum surge. I think bigger.
Let's start with Edman's bat speed. As I mentioned, he is currently at the 20th percentile, but the split was what I caught my attention in the first place. As a left-handed, Edman's 68.4 mph bat speed will put him in the tenth percentile next to Jose Altuve. But, as correct, his 73.7 mph Mark puts him in the 78th percentile next to Matt Olson. in other words, More than two-thirds of the league The position between the right bat speeds belonging to Edman! The following picture is from Savant.
It's not just Edman that tends to be the right swing. The distribution is also narrower. As a left-handed, he made more connections and was more likely to have a weaker swing. Right, he almost never makes weak cuts. On the chart, he is stronger than his average swing as the right swing! It's not just a swing. This is the result. These are the number of professionals Edelman has.
Tommy Edman's career split
| statistics | As RHB | As LHB |
|---|---|---|
| Exit speed | 90.2 | 87.3 |
| Hard speed | 44.8 | 33.9 |
| Lugging | .495 | .381 |
| Isolated sl | .219 | .123 |
The switcher wants to have more power from one side or the other, but it's an incredible gap, which is not uncommon. I was curious how it was stacked historically, so I did some talent searches looking for each player who made at least 500 hits from both sides of the plate. (It is worth noting that these numbers are slightly different from the above, because in his career Edman beat 66 times in his career, and you can't just search for all right-handed pas. In the case of Edman, the statistic for the inning is the maximum time of all isolated times compared to the statistic that has an advantage in the batting table.
The largest ISO split ever
Source: stathead
*The data for splitting is incomplete.
Edman ranked fourth with ISOs of 106 points respectively. Not only that, but among the better players from the right, he has the biggest gap ever. There is no such hard time in baseball history to switch rods slipping from the right side, and so lightly from the left side. However, this is not even the most interesting detail about this chart.
Edman on the left has an ISO of .123. This is a job for the 71 ISO+, and while this is absolutely not good, the lowest number on the table is far from that. His .228 ISO as the correct ISO is 137 ISO+. Edman's marks are all fourth highest when it comes to the table. My point is that Edman appears on this table more because of his power being correct than the weakness of the left-handed. If that's not my point of view, maybe this will. Once again courtesy of Stathead, the most powerful switch hitter ever, when right-handed hitting left-hand pitch (Min. 500PA).
The most powerful right-hand switch striker ever
Source: stathead
*The data for splitting is incomplete.
Edman tied for second place with Ketel Marte, just behind Mickey Mantle. Yes, that Mickey mantle. Now, I'll pause for a moment so you can reassemble the exploded head. He ranked fifth in victory and 15 in OPS. Even though he only had 67 home runs in total, Edman was somehow one of the most powerful switch hitters ever, involving left-handed pitching. We also don't need to limit ourselves to switching speed. Edman's .228 ISO vs. Lefties are ranked 42nd in baseball since his debut in 2019, just between Ronald Acuña and Mike Trout. Yes, that Ronald Acuña Jr. and Mike Trout. He ranks 35th between Fernando Tatis Jr. and Willson Contreras in terms of hit percentage against Southpaws.
The whole post is an interesting fact, and I'm in a sense, it's a little shocking. Edman has an incredible skill that we should definitely celebrate, but since it's only about a third of the time, hitting from the left is much better than hitting from the right. Edman has 100 professional WRC+, with 686 careers on the left and 2,003 on the right. If those numbers are reversed, he will have 115 professional WRC+ and may be some of his All-Star games. But, it's a really interesting fact! From the right, Edman is indeed one of the game’s legitimate power hitters, which allows him to develop a great career for himself. Since 2019, he has ranked 40th in position players and his record is 40th. This doesn't seem to be the fact that he does. This fact makes it even more interesting.
