For what they pay then you'd think so. But the reality is, they are trying to hit a small sphere with a small cylinder. If they swing too early the ball goes one way, if they swing too late it goes the other way. So as a batter, you need to have your timing just right. But then you have to contend with the pitcher changing the speed at which the ball travels. That's just to make sure you're hitting to one side of the field or not.

THEN you have to control the bat where it HITS the ball above or below the axis of the ball. One makes it pop up, the other makes it go down.

Now that I'm thinking about this I'd love to see Boston Dynamics build a batting robot. Maybe a whole team!