Live MLB Hard-Hit Ball Tracker
Real-time tracking of batted balls with 95+ mph exit velocity across all MLB games.
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About the Hard Hit Tracker
Contact quality, before the box score catches up
The Hard-Hit Tracker logs every batted ball at 95+ mph across today's MLB slate as it happens — exit velocity, distance, direction, and the pitcher who allowed it. Filters isolate barrels, 102+ mph elite contact, players stacking multiple hard-hit balls in one game, and live versus final games, turning raw Statcast-grade contact data into a same-day research feed.
What is a barrel?
A batted ball whose exit velocity AND launch angle both land in the window that historically produces the most damage — at least 98 mph, paired with a launch-angle band that widens as the ball is hit harder. It is a stricter bar than hard-hit: a 105 mph ground ball is hard-hit but is not a barrel, because the angle is wrong. We classify each ball from its measured exit velocity and launch angle, so a small number of balls right on the edge of the window may be graded differently elsewhere.
What is a hard-hit ball?
A batted ball with an exit velocity of 95 mph or more — the standard Statcast hard-hit threshold. Balls struck that hard turn into hits and extra bases at far higher rates than softer contact, which is why hard-hit rate is one of the most watched quality-of-contact stats.
Why does the board have a 102+ mph filter?
Because damage concentrates at the top of the exit-velocity range. The 102+ mph filter isolates elite contact — the swings most likely to produce extra-base hits and home runs — from ordinary hard contact.
Why track hard-hit balls live?
Results lag contact quality. A hitter who has squared up three balls at 100+ mph with nothing to show for it is hitting into outs, not slumping — and a slate full of live exit velocities shows that gap while games are still being played. The board also flags players with multiple hard-hit balls on the day.