Week one observations, 2026

Let's take a very early look at some notable week one performances among batters by analyzing them in terms of their batted ball metrics.

The hitters have shown the highest average exit velocities (EV) so far in 2026 (min 20 PA):

Name	Lg	OPS	bb%	ct%	Eye	SwK%	EV	LA	Brl%
Garrett Mitchell	NL	.991	12%	55%	0.30	15.8%	98.4	16.3	0.0%
Jordan Walker	NL	.959	10%	74%	0.43	12.2%	98.4	11.0	15.0%
Yordan Alvarez	AL	1.474	28%	85%	2.50	6.1%	97.0	20.9	21.7%
Ben Rice	AL	1.244	19%	64%	0.67	12.5%	96.9	2.3	25.0%
Max Muncy	AL	.923	3%	60%	0.08	17.9%	96.5	9.5	22.2%
Michael Harris II	NL	.593	3%	83%	0.17	11.3%	95.9	9.7	17.2%
Brice Turang	NL	1.062	14%	67%	0.50	4.9%	95.8	21.7	9.5%
Max Muncy	NL	.732	14%	63%	0.44	10.9%	95.8	14.7	13.3%
Alex Bregman	NL	.741	13%	86%	1.00	4.1%	95.8	15.3	12.5%
Samuel Basallo	AL

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