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Skenes doing this with the new tightened strike zone-amazing
Posted on 5/13/23 at 10:12 am
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Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:14 am to saturncube21
Is the strike zone shrinking a myth or fact?
Need the Myth Busters to determine this .
Need the Myth Busters to determine this .
Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:22 am to LSUvet72
It's a fact. The announcers have been talking g about it for a while. It's an emphasis by the SEC. I still haven't heard a reason for it, though.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:25 am to Sir Fury
Reasoning is umpires scared of bad “grades.” The SEC has implemented a system where they grade umpires, and as a result, umpires are using a tighter strike zone to prevent calling strikes on pitches that should be balls. The side effect to that is now you have some strikes being called balls.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:26 am to LSUvet72
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Is the strike zone shrinking a myth or fact?
Need the Myth Busters to determine this .
They're now* using trackman to grade the umpires so the umpires have gotten tighter on their zones.
It's better for them to call a borderline strike a ball than to ring up a guy on an obvious ball.
A combination of the tighter zone and new ball makes what skenes is doing absolutely outstanding
This post was edited on 5/13/23 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:43 am to Solo Cam
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Solo Cam
Good post. That's how I understand things playing out as well.
It was shown also in the broadcast last night the trend upwards in ERA in the college game. That Skenes is doing what he's doing in this era is even more impressive.
This post was edited on 5/13/23 at 11:44 am
Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:46 am to saturncube21
His control and command are amazing with the power he has. The talk of him making a 40-man roster this year is incredible but plausible.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 12:07 pm to Lou Pai
quote:If he goes 1-1 to the pirates and they're in the thick of the playoff hunt like it looks like he could be pitching in crucial playoff moments in the mlb this year.
The talk of him making a 40-man roster this year is incredible but plausible.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 12:22 pm to saturncube21
Was pretty liberal last night. He is untouchable when it’s like that
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:02 pm to Sir Fury
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It's an emphasis by the SEC.
Here is a point that hasn’t been discussed much. LSU pitching might start shining in the NCAA tournament when we start seeing umps who are not being compared to a computer.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:07 pm to LSUvet72
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Is the strike zone shrinking a myth or fact?
Announcers said last night that (only) 94% of strikes are being called strikes this year in SEC play. No clue how that compares historically tho.
Anecdotally it feels like SEC umps are squeezing tho. Which makes what skenes is doing even more impressive
SECs the only conference tracking and judging their officials w/ trackman this year.
This post was edited on 5/13/23 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:29 pm to Sir Fury
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It's a fact. The announcers have been talking g about it for a while. It's an emphasis by the SEC. I still haven't heard a reason for it, though.
I would assume it’s a way to artificially boost the offensive production
Posted on 5/13/23 at 2:46 pm to saturncube21
I think it's good for our staff.
Aim small..miss small
Aim small..miss small
Posted on 5/13/23 at 5:08 pm to GoldenAge
My friend is a college umpire and the track man technology is used to grade them and it's led to tighter zones that mimic mlb zones.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 5:32 pm to Penrod
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Here is a point that hasn’t been discussed much. LSU pitching might start shining in the NCAA tournament when we start seeing umps who are not being compared to a computer.
Or our hitters rack up a bunch of strikeouts looking.
Posted on 5/13/23 at 6:17 pm to saturncube21
Skenes reminds me of a cross between Nolan Ryan and Greg Maddux.
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