If you had a player on your fantasy roster with a hard-hit rate (51.9 percent) ranked in the top 6 percent in the league, according to Statcast, and a 113.5 mph max exit velocity among the top 8 percent, you’d expect solid power production.
If that same player had hit 80 balls 95 mph or harder, the 12th most in the majors (ahead of Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani, among others), over the first 50-plus games of the season, you’d be excited — especially when you learn those metrics came from a 27-year-old player who has hit 21 or more home runs every season he has played (except for the abbreviated 2020 season).
So, with those numbers in mind, how many home runs do you think Fernando Tatis Jr. hit in his first 231 plate appearances?
That’s right, none! Zero. Zilch. Nada.
