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re: Should MLB lower the mound again?
Posted on 4/5/19 at 8:19 am to UltimateHog
Posted on 4/5/19 at 8:19 am to UltimateHog
nah
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Posted on 4/5/19 at 8:23 am to UltimateHog
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Pitchers are dominating again early
This always happens in the first month. Have you tried to hit a 94 mph fastball in cold weather?
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believe it would reduce stress on the arm.
Let’s have them throw underhanded like a softball. That reduces arm stress too.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 10:49 am to UltimateHog
The Yankees struck out 18 times against the Tigers the other day setting a franchise record. Last season there were more strikeouts than hits in MLB for the first time ever. How anyone can call that entertaining is beyond me.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 10:51 am to UltimateHog
If batters would quit swinging for the fences on every pitch and learn to shorten their swing with 2 strikes it would cut down on SOs.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 11:08 am to UltimateHog
I think they should move the mound closer. Make it 60 feet just like in softball!
Posted on 4/5/19 at 11:21 am to ChanceOfRainIsNever
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The Yankees struck out 18 times against the Tigers the other day setting a franchise record. Last season there were more strikeouts than hits in MLB for the first time ever. How anyone can call that entertaining is beyond me.
So this doesn’t entertain you?
Posted on 4/5/19 at 12:58 pm to ChanceOfRainIsNever
It's not, most around the game think something will change soon and lowering the mound is up at the top. Much prefer that over disallowing shifts.
This post was edited on 4/5/19 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 4/5/19 at 1:36 pm to UltimateHog
I think the strikeout totals are more of function of the htitters swinging for the fences more, so I don't think lowering the mound would do much. Right now, and it is early, hitters average 8.95 K per game, which is insanely high. But they also draw 3.57 walks per game (would be a record) while hitting 1.11 HR per game (just off the record pace).
The real problem is that hitters are batting .235 (and OPS of 706). For context, in the Year of the Pitcher, 1968, batters went 237/299/340 averging 5.89 K and 2.82 walks. And nearly half the level of home runs.
The problem is a simple war on math. The average game has nearly always had about 34 at bats. If you strikeout 9 times and hit one home run per game, that's 24 balls in play. At a league average 300 average BABIP, you'll get another 7 hits. 8 hit over 34 at bats is a .235 average. Right where they should be based on their K and HR numbers.
One day, a small market team with no budget is going to load up on speedy slap hitters.
The real problem is that hitters are batting .235 (and OPS of 706). For context, in the Year of the Pitcher, 1968, batters went 237/299/340 averging 5.89 K and 2.82 walks. And nearly half the level of home runs.
The problem is a simple war on math. The average game has nearly always had about 34 at bats. If you strikeout 9 times and hit one home run per game, that's 24 balls in play. At a league average 300 average BABIP, you'll get another 7 hits. 8 hit over 34 at bats is a .235 average. Right where they should be based on their K and HR numbers.
One day, a small market team with no budget is going to load up on speedy slap hitters.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 1:47 pm to Baloo
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The real problem is that hitters are batting .235 (and OPS of 706). For context, in the Year of the Pitcher, 1968, batters went 237/299/340 averging 5.89 K and 2.82 walks. And nearly half the level of home runs.
It legitimately makes me smile every time I look at Gallo’s like for 2019.
.227/.433/.545.....leads the league in walks and has an OPS+ of 175. It’s incredibly hilarious.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 1:53 pm to Zappas Stache
Would like to see 1 less fielder in the game. Open things up.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 5:09 pm to Tiger Ryno
Once again, why do we always have to take away from the defense to “open things up”? Is this generation just too lazy to improve on their own craft? From Gallo’s commentbin the other thread I guess the answer is yes.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 8:42 pm to Baloo
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One day, a small market team with no budget is going to load up on speedy slap hitters.
Kyle Boddy, the founder of driveline baseball, was doing an AMA on Reddit today, so I asked him if that would work. Here’s what he said
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It could work, but defense has gotten so good in the last 10-15 years and no one is really talking about that. Way more batted balls are being converted into outs than normal. The pendulum has swung back to defensive specialists because it's super hard to hit - think about Roberto Perez himself, who is one of the most valuable catchers in the league despite everyone hating his bat.
Posted on 4/6/19 at 6:49 am to UltimateHog
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Pitchers are dominating again
Please watch the Braves bullpen and you'll see that your statement is false.
Posted on 4/6/19 at 7:34 am to xiv
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Historically speaking, the average number of total runs per game hovers around 10. What if every year the average dipped below 10, the mound lowered an inch, and every year it goes above 10, the mound raised an inch?
Do they check?
I could see Robert Kraft buying a team and adding a half inch to an inch to the mound when a good offensive team comes to town.
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