Exit velocity surgers, 2023 second half

Let's take an early second half look at the batters whose average exit velocity has surged the most since the All-Star break.

These hitters near the top of this list have experienced big gains in their average exit velocity during the second half of 2023 (min 50 PA each half):

		Pre-ASB		Post-ASB		Δ
Name	Lg	EV	Brl%	EV	Brl%	EV	Brl%
Byron Buxton	AL	90.7	13.9%	96.9	19.2%	6.2	5.3%
Shohei Ohtani	AL	93.8	18.3%	99.8	25.0%	6.0	6.7%
Chas McCormick	AL	87.4	9.8%	91.5	18.4%	4.1	8.6%
Shea Langeliers	AL	89.2	10.3%	93.1	12.2%	3.9	1.9%
Oscar Colás	AL	85.8	5.7%	89.6	5.9%	3.8	0.2%
Martín Maldonado	AL	88.0	7.9%	91.5	11.8%	3.5	3.9%
Carlos Correa	AL	89.2	10.9%	92.7	6.3%	3.5	-4.6%
Andrés Giménez	AL	84.6	4.7%	87.9	6.8%	3.3	2.1%
Mike Tauchman	NL	87.0	5.9%	90.3	8.6%	3.3	2.7%

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