Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) revisit one of their favorite in-season edges — tracking year-over-year Statcast changes — but with an offseason lens to see which early-season signals actually held up. Using Fangraphs’ Season Stat Grid and Podhorzer’s retrospective articles as a guide, they break down the biggest movers in Max EV, bat speed, barrel rate, fastball velocity, Stuff+, and K–BB%.
Referenced Articles: Mike Podhorzer, Fangraphs
Early 2025 Starting Pitcher Velocity Changes — A Review
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/early-2025-starting-pitcher-velocity-changes-a-review/
Starting Pitcher Stuff Risers & Fallers (Apr 28, 2025) — A Review
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/starting-pitcher-stuff-risers-fallers-apr-28-2025-a-review/
Early 2025 Hitter MaxEV Gainers — A Review
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/early-2025-hitter-maxev-gainers-a-review/
Early 2025 Hitter Average Bat Speed Risers & Fallers — A Review
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/early-2025-hitter-average-bat-speed-risers-and-fallers-a-review/
- 0:00 Intro
- Max EV — 6:51
- Corbin Carroll
- Trevor Story
- Brandon Lowe
- Bat Speed — 20:09
- Brice Turang
- Anthony Volpe
- Vinnie Pasquantino
- Barrel % — 30:00
- Dalton Varsho
- Corbin Carroll
- Anthony Volpe
- George Springer
- Michael Busch
- PCA
- Zach Neto
- Brice Turang
- FB Velo — 36:20
- Hunter Greene
- Hunter Brown
- Jesús Luzardo
- Jack Leiter
- Max Meyer
- Stuff+ — 42:45
- Hunter Greene
- Hunter Brown
- Cristopher Sánchez
- K–BB% — 50:00
- Cristopher Sánchez
- Hunter Brown
- MacKenzie Gore
