Facebook

Santino Rosso

Height – 5’10”   Weight – 185 lbs
Birthday – 11/30/2001
Position(s) – SS, 2B

Batted Ball Raw Data

Batted Ball Assessment

+ Above average peak exit velocity at 98.7 mph
+ Above average exit velocity to all parts of the field
+ In range launch angle of hard hit balls (13.62 degrees)

– Below average hard hit rate of 48.57%
– Low top 8th exit velocity when compared to peak exit velocity (93.7 mph)
– Low average distance of balls hit to the pull side (124 feet)

Goals

Santino should look to improve his average distance of balls hit to the pull side to make sure he is effectively pulling the ball. He should also look to raise his top 8th exit velocity (what his hardest hit balls look like)

Bat Data Assessment

+ Average bat speed at 68.25 mph
+ Plus efficiency of 3.65 (how well he transfers hand speed into bat speed)

– High time to contact at 0.172 seconds
– Low connection at impact (65.24 degrees)
– Below average on plane efficiency (55.58%)

Goals

Santino should look to shorten his time to contact while maintaining his current bat speed. Along with this he should look to see his average on plane efficiency improve closer to the average (66.88%)

Body Data Breakdown

+ Even pelvis and torso counter rotation at heel strike

– 2.5% of swings in sequence
– Hands start the swing, then the pelvis rotates
– Under rotated at contact

Goals

Allow the pelvis to start the swing, having a more efficient transfer of energy from the ground up

Summary

Santino shows an above average peak exit velocity of 98.7 mph (average is 96 mph). He has the ability to consistently hit the ball hard to all three parts of the field.  This is due to his average bat speed at 68.25 mph, giving him the ability  to transfer that energy into the ball. Not only that but he does a great job at turning his peak hand speed into bat speed. We also see that he has a close to even counter rotation between the pelvis and torso at heel strike, putting him in a good position to create separation from. Areas to improve on would be increasing the average distance of balls hit to the pull side, ensuring that he is efficiently creating backspin on the ball. In order to do that he would need to improve his on plane efficiency to increase his margin of error throughout his swing. On top of that decreasing his time to contact will allow him more time to get to the inside pitch. Lastly, this can be achieved by allowing the pelvis to start the swing. By allowing the lower body to initiate the swing, not only will it allow him to transfer more energy up the chain, but it will allow for a more consistent bat path throughout the zone.

Assessment Videos

This page will continually be updated as Santino progresses through the Data Driven Development program.  If there is other data you would like to see here, please let us know!