KluberSociety
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A lot harder, no. I don't have top 25% but for max we're talking about 111.5 MPH (71 percentile) for Amed versus 113.3 MPH (91 percentile) for Oscar. For average we've got 42 percentile for Oscar (88.6) and 39 percentile for Amed (88.3). I must've looked at it in reverse when I said Amed's average was higher but the point is they're roughly equal. Oscar isn't really getting to that huge raw power he has in games on a consistent basis. And if you're putting balls (not strikes) in play you generally aren't going to be connecting for lots of your natural power and pitchers probably know this.I think a more accurate assessment would be to take the top 25% of their hard hit balls and compare those exit velocities. OGon hits the ball a lot harder than Amed when it's barreled up. Hell, he hit as many HR as Amed in what, half the AB's?
In 2022, Oscar's furthest HR was 433 ft, while Amed's was 450 ft. I don't doubt that Oscar can hit it 450 or more but he just hasn't yet.
The main difference I see for Oscar that enables him to hit more HRs is Amed hits too many fly balls to CF while Oscar is more pull happy. So I do think he will continue hitting HRs at a significantly higher rate due to abusing the shorter left field wall, but the two are generally otherwise very similar hitters. Bat-to-ball, undisciplined, with raw pop that isn't totally harvested. Oscar is just a little more extreme.
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