Mike Petriello

But he has this really true skill that's really hard to repeat.

Like, it's hard to find guys who can do this because you need years and years and years to know if it's real or not.

Well, I want to let you know that you are actually the very first place that I'm telling people about this.

We've teased it a little bit, but we haven't actually openly talked about it.

So the next big StatCast metric release, which is expected to come out on Tuesday, is going to be about how much does the bat miss the ball?

We're going, you know, miss distance, right?

So what is the distance that batters are missing pitches or pitchers are making them miss?

And I know this is going to be one of those things where it's like, well, it's a strikeout.

Why do I care about how much the distance is?

It's kind of the same thing for if it's a home run, why do I care about how far the home run went, you know?

To some extent, it's just fun.

It's fun to know.

But to some extent, it's also about evaluation, too.

If you're a pitcher and you are missing the bat by a lot, well, maybe you feel pretty confident about siding that pitcher, knowing that even if he declines, there's still some wiggle room there, as opposed to a guy who's only just barely getting those swing and misses by like a half an inch, and you're worried that he's walking the tightrope.

So you'd be stocked to know that the number one guy in terms of which pitcher and pitch

by the most is Mason Miller and his slider.

Guys are not coming within eight inches or so of that pitch, which is amazing.

The Blue Jays early to pick is this.

So you can take that and you can add some directionality to it, right?

You could say, okay, well, who's missing above the bat or below the bat?