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What has happened to the offense in MLB?
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:12 pm
Full disclosure, I have not followed MLB for decades. I was a Braves fan back in the day with Maddox, Smoltz, Horner, Chipper etc.
Over the years, I have completely lost interest in Major League Baseball and almost never watch a game, or even follow the scores. I do love LSU & SEC baseball though, so it’s not the sport that lost me.
So tonight, I put the Red Sox/Yankee game on in the background as I’m doing a project around the house. I noticed that outside of Aaron Judge, there is not 1 other batter that is hitting above .300. Judge led the 2025 regular season with a .331 avg, but 2nd place is .311 (I think) that the majority of starters in this game are not even hitting above .250
So I looked at the top MLB batting averages going back to 1995, in 5 year increments. This is what I found….
YEAR—# Batters @ .300+ ——-Best Avg
1995————-44——————.360
2000————-53——————.372
2005————-33——————.335
2010————-23——————.359
2015————-20——————.338
2020————-23——————.364
2025—————7——————.331
Obviously the pitching has dominated, but I was shocked that only 7 full time batters in both leagues are hitting over .299 this year. That’s crazy to me.
Over the years, I have completely lost interest in Major League Baseball and almost never watch a game, or even follow the scores. I do love LSU & SEC baseball though, so it’s not the sport that lost me.
So tonight, I put the Red Sox/Yankee game on in the background as I’m doing a project around the house. I noticed that outside of Aaron Judge, there is not 1 other batter that is hitting above .300. Judge led the 2025 regular season with a .331 avg, but 2nd place is .311 (I think) that the majority of starters in this game are not even hitting above .250
So I looked at the top MLB batting averages going back to 1995, in 5 year increments. This is what I found….
YEAR—# Batters @ .300+ ——-Best Avg
1995————-44——————.360
2000————-53——————.372
2005————-33——————.335
2010————-23——————.359
2015————-20——————.338
2020————-23——————.364
2025—————7——————.331
Obviously the pitching has dominated, but I was shocked that only 7 full time batters in both leagues are hitting over .299 this year. That’s crazy to me.
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Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:14 pm to DamnStrong
Pitchers throw insanely hard and much fewer pitches with more effort
This post was edited on 10/2/25 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:16 pm to DamnStrong
Every swinging dick that comes to the mound is throwing 100+ mph with nasty movement.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:17 pm to TheWalrus
Launch angle and analytics
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:17 pm to DamnStrong
Emphasis on power hitting, launch angles, etc leads to more guys trying to hit homers and less about contact. I was at a game yesterday and notice they emphasized batters OPS over batting average on the scoreboard.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:22 pm to DamnStrong
It’s easier to hit a home run than it is to move runners station to station.
Walks and home runs
Walks and home runs
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:26 pm to DamnStrong
That’s what makes what Judge is doing awesome. Dude won the batting title and hit 53 home runs.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:27 pm to DamnStrong
The offense during this playoff run has been awesome so far.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:33 pm to dlmast87
That all makes sense, I just didn’t realize how much the game has changed since the 90s.
BTW the .364 leading average in 2020, was none other than former LSU Tiger, DJ LeMahieu, with the Yankees. In 2016, DJ led the National League (Rockies) with a 348 avg. He is the only player in MLB history to win both, the AL & NL batting title.
BTW the .364 leading average in 2020, was none other than former LSU Tiger, DJ LeMahieu, with the Yankees. In 2016, DJ led the National League (Rockies) with a 348 avg. He is the only player in MLB history to win both, the AL & NL batting title.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:41 pm to DamnStrong
Yankees just sent out a brand new rookie who threw two types of pitches over 100mph for 8 innings 
That’s what’s happens to offense
That’s what’s happens to offense
Posted on 10/2/25 at 9:59 pm to DamnStrong
Batters trying to hit bombs instead of just making contact
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:23 pm to Jack Daniel
quote:
Every swinging dick that comes to the mound is throwing 100+ mph with nasty movement.
But how? Have human arms changed so much in the past decade?
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:28 pm to biglego
More Brayden's playing travel ball.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:31 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Batters trying to hit bombs instead of just making contact
That makes sense in explaining lower batting average. Have HRs gone up though?
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:51 pm to biglego
Everybody trains to throw harder for less pitches. Teams use more pitchers, now. It’s smart.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:09 am to witty alias
It’s interesting that baseball has been around 130 years but only recently did it occur to coaches/trainers to focus on pitch speed
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:53 am to biglego
quote:
But how? Have human arms changed so much in the past decade?
Lsu777 bat signal
Posted on 10/3/25 at 2:31 am to DamnStrong
Pitchers are becoming harder and harder to hit. Seems like the guy who can throw 96+ with a nasty slider are becoming a dime a dozen.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 3:20 am to Undertow
Still only 12 starting pitchers with a sub 3.00 ERA. 18 with a sub 3.50 ERA.
That's not even a averaging one sub 3.50 starting pitcher per team.
That's not even a averaging one sub 3.50 starting pitcher per team.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 7:32 am to DamnStrong
it is almost 100% due to the fact that modern hitters aren't taught how to just put the ball in play. They are up there to either work the pitcher or hit homeruns/extra base hits.
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