Foul Ball?

[Coach Carl]

In last Sunday's Guardians game, Jose Ramiriez let go of his bat on an inside pitch.  The pitch went between his body and the bat, touching neither.  When the ball passed through, Ramirez was not holding or otherwise touching his bat.  If the ball had hit his bat would it have been a foul ball (or, if it qualified, a foul tip)?

I've provided a video link for context though it is hard to see details:  https://www.mlb.com/video/randy-dobnak-ball-to-jose-ramirez-knbldk?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

[maven]

A batted ball can be fair, foul, or a foul tip. The batter does not have to be holding onto the bat for the entire swing in order for him to have batted the ball.

Indeed, the batter need not swing at all to have a batted ball. If the pitch goes toward the batter, who ducks, and the ball hits the bat, we play it as a batted ball (fair or foul, usually not a foul tip in that case).

[Velho]

If you can hit a HR without holding the bat you can foul off a pitch without holding the bat 😁