Hitter Directory
All 467 bat-tracked hitters — how much each one changes his swing with two strikes — plus the live Coaching Gap pulse.
Swing Gear is the context-adjusted two-strike “brake” — a stable descriptive signature of how hard a hitter downshifts, not a predictive grade. Why the brake is mostly the pitch → Click any hitter for the full profile and three-season trend.
Swing Gear percentile: higher = brakes harder with two strikes. Bat speed Δ is the context-adjusted change, already netting out the slower, softer pitches hitters see with two strikes. Full methodology →
April 2026 Sell List archived projection · Apr 26
April hot starts are mostly noise — only 10% of past top-5 hot starters sustained 85% of their April pace. We ran two independent projection models on every 2026 hitter (50+ PA) through April 26 and named the six fakes, six sleepers, and one NPB carry. A frozen snapshot, not a live leaderboard — next re-run at the All-Star break. Read the full Sell List →
April 2026 projection static · April 26, 2026
This is a frozen projection — not an auto-updating leaderboard. Re-runs happen at milestones; the next is queued for the All-Star break (Jul 14, 2026). For the latest hitter discipline data, see the Coaching Gap analysis.
research/hot-start-half-life/data/noise_floor.json.Hot-start half-life across history: how many of last decade's top-5 April hitters sustained their pace? Most didn't.
Buy / Hold / Sell scoreboard for April 2026. Delta column = projected vs prior. SELL = April was noise, BUY = real above-baseline player.
Analysis as of April 26, 2026 · 50+ PA threshold · Dual-agent projection (Claude + Codex, R3)
The Coaching Gap
The CalledThird research finds a +0.04 wOBA edge for low-chase hitters against predictable MLB pitchers, replicating across all four baseline seasons, 2022–25. The pulse below tracks the live 2026 spread against that four-season baseline.