Contact and results in baseball can come down to the slightest of margins.
The bat speed, pitch speed, type of pitch, barrel contact, etc etc etc….
Two very similar batted balls… where Will was probably a mm of barrel off, and a 1000th of a sec behind.
Will Smith
Pitch - 99.5 mp 4-seamer
Hit - 217 feet, 15 degrees, 88.5 mph
Braden Montgomery
Pitch - 94.2 mph 4-seamer
Hit - 219 feet, 11 degrees - 101.4 mph