"What's all this I keep hearing about batters not wanting shingles? I mean who wants Shingles?"
Posted on 05/15/2019 12:33:21 PM PDT by C19fan
MLB did something in 2008 that looked fairly unremarkable. The league set a new record for strikeout rate, bumping just a hair above the record of 17.3% after having spent the last decade bouncing back and forth within the boundaries of a single percentage point.
The 17.5% K-rate was not dramatically higher than the previous record from 2001. But it was the start of something big. Baseball broke this record again in 2009—and 2010, and 2011, and every year since, with no signs of stopping. It’s looked like an unrelenting march across the Land of Balls in Play to the Sea of Three True Outcomes.
The 2019 season has only offered more of the same. In fact, it’s offered dramatically more of the same. It’s not just that the game’s strikeout rate is on track to set a record for the 11th straight year; at this point, the simple existence of a new record hardly feels worth remarking on. No, it’s that the strikeout rate is on track to set a record by a margin that is nearly a record in its own right. Entering Wednesday, 23.2% of plate appearances have resulted in a K—0.9 percentage points above last season’s rate, which might not sound like very much, but on this scale, a tiny fraction can equal hundreds and hundreds of strikeouts. It’s tied for baseball’s eighth-highest increase, year over year, ever, and it’s the second highest in the last quarter-century. So… what does it mean? What does it look like? And where is it going?
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I would make a rule that you aren’t allowed more than two pitching changes per game.
Of course, the Players Union would never allow it.
In his 13 year career, Joe only had 8 more strikeouts (369) than home runs (361)
There’s a lot less stealing bases anymore. Being on second isn’t worth the risk, since they are trying to hit home runs.
One of the rule changes being discussed is to require any pitcher to face at least 3 batters before being replaced, just to stop the “one batter” substitutions. (which are more common today apparently, back in the day I remember it happening rarely, like when a pitcher got in trouble quickly or got injured, there was one bullpen guy who could warm up quickly, and then you’d bring in the guy who took longer to warm up).
McClain’s 31 W’s in 1968 will be a tough one to beat.
I would love to see that happen.
Sounds like Bayesian Statics are now rampant; maybe they need to be banned....
Don’t drink Jobu’s rum.
Bad ju-ju.
Sounds like Bayesian Statistics have now run rampant; maybe they need to be banned....
:: Starters never throw more than 100 pitches/game anymore. ::
Which is comforting to me. That means that Dennis McClain’s record will NEVER be broken.
Up your butt, Jobu!
1. Pitching speeds are higher today than 10 years ago.
2. Batting swings are being coached to achieve a certain launch angle.
3. The Washington Nationals suck.
Wondering if a pitcher will beat Seaver’s 10 strikeouts in a row.
They should show film of Rod Carew.
"What's all this I keep hearing about batters not wanting shingles? I mean who wants Shingles?"
They’re deflating the balls.
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Apparently not a new concept in the Boston atmosphere...no wonder the RSox won last year
Man — you beat me to it. I just posted almost the exact same thing here on this thread. LOL.
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