Vargas's wind-stymied double (5/10/26) - statcast search
I was at the game, and with how much the wind seemed to kill this flyball I found this so interesting so I wanted to look it up. I mean it fooled the fireworks operator.
In searching for similar contact I found 29 examples that were +/- 1-1.5 for Exit Velo, Launch Angle, Bat Speed, and Pitch Speed.
12 HRs
11 Doubles
1 Single
5 Outs
Vargas' double was the 4th shortest distance, with the shorter hits being familiar names: Joshua Palacio, Joey Gallo, and Lenyn Sosa.
I'm a bit surprised there aren't even more home runs, but also I've never used Statcast before. Any tips, did I isolate too many variables or ignore something? I was interested in finding an estimated distance, basically how much the wind took off, but I don't know if that's possible beyond just rough guesstimates.