Quote:
Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Velocity, yes. It's a very popular baseball analytic that announcers are now all regurgitating. My personal feeling is that if "velocity" seems too lengthy to fit into normal conversation, maybe try "speed". It's only one syllable compared to velo's two.
1) A pitcher's "velo going down" may indicate an issue.
2) The "exit velo" of a ball off the bat is a metric that might be useful to managers and statisticians, but is not relevant to a fan's excitement for (or disappointment of) a home run.
|
And (at the risk of being nerdy), "speed" is a more accurate term than "velocity" for what (I assume) is being measured in those stats.