Mets' Bo Bichette has an odd swing problem, and he had it with the Blue Jays, too
This isn't a new development.
Mets' Bo Bichette has an odd swing problem, and he had it with the Blue Jays, too originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Bo Bichette doesn't have the ideal swing.
At least according to all of MLB's Statcast metrics, he actually has one of the least-ideal swings in baseball. That was true with the Toronto Blue Jays , and it's still true with the New York Mets . This sentiment comes from a stat shared by Baseball Savant called "Ideal Attack Angle" for a hitter's swing path.
The ideal angle is between 5 degrees and 20 degrees at the point of contact -- in other words, the bat path heading slightly upward through the baseball. That should, in a perfect world, create the contact most likely to be line drives or fly balls, as opposed to grounders or popups. Bichette, though, isn't good at that.
Last season, he ranked third-worst in baseball by reaching an Ideal Attack Angle in his swing at 32. 8% of the same. MORE: Blue Jays' Ernie Clement is a battle between old-school and new-age baseball This season, he's second-worst in MLB at the moment at just 23.