Great at-bats start long before the game. ... As the 2019 season draws near, make sure your body of prep work matches the anatomy of the best in the game: 1.) ...

By 110 milliseconds, the bat, moving at up to 80 mph, carries too much inertia to be stopped. A 90-mph fastball can reach home plate in 400 milliseconds -- or four-tenths of a second.

Riley Greene, Colt Keith and the anatomy of a slump. By Cody Stavenhagen. April 16, 2025. ... His bat speed is down from an average of 71.3 mph last year to 69.6 mph now.