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Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:23 am to DamnStrong
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:54 am to biglego
quote:I know this will cause the clutching of pearls across the entire website but a big part of it is the last 25 years or so you have more and more kids specializing early on and even specializing to just pitch. If you all you are doing is focusing on how to be the best pitcher you can be by the time you are 13 onward, not even wasting time with bp, you are going to be better at it. And yes for 99% of travel ball parents it’s a complete money sink but for that 1% that actually do make it you see a difference in the level of ball being played. And yes, the internationals have also shifted over that same time to where now you are no longer finding a Dominican playing stick ball, these guys are being picked to go to baseball academies in the Caribbean from their pre teen years.
But how? Have human arms changed so much in the past decade?
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:06 am to Jack Daniel
quote:
Every swinging dick that comes to the mound is throwing 100+ mph with nasty movement.
Yup, batters have improved too but it's hard to compete with the endless onslaught of Randy Johnson Jr's.
What sucks is that it both makes games less entertaining and makes pitchers much more fragile/disposable, as the human body can't handle the forces required to pitch that way.
But you play to win the game
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:38 am to biglego
Because they’re only facing one type of hitter.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:39 am to notsince98
Correct
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:23 am to lsu xman
Irrelevant
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:57 am to DamnStrong
quote:
I was a Braves fan back in the day with Maddox, Smoltz, Horner, Chipper etc
Bob Horner in the middle of a bunch of 90s guys. awesome!
but if you go back far enough to mention him, how to leave out Murphy?
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:59 am to DamnStrong
quote:
MLB batting averages
aren't valued anymore. it's about launch angles and exit velocity.
if you go 1/4 with a HR and 2 RBI, that's valued over 2/4 with 2 singles
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:02 pm to monsterballads
This is why Judge should be considered one of the GOAT hitters. Only seven batters batted over .300, and Judge was at .331, with a million walks and 53 DONGS. He batted .364 in the WC round. Compared to his peers, the Captain is in a class of his own
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:06 pm to littleavery1948
quote:he doesnt even pitch
Compared to his peers, the Captain is in a class of his own
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:18 pm to littleavery1948
quote:
This is why Judge should be considered one of the GOAT hitters.
he is
raleigh had a much better seasons though. also better in clutch situations, where judge has struggled this year and in the playoffs historically.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:38 pm to witty alias
quote:
Everybody trains to throw harder for less pitches. Teams use more pitchers, now. It’s smart.
I agree. It's also boring.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:48 pm to facher08
quote:no its not
It's also boring.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:50 pm to monsterballads
quote:
raleigh had a much better seasons though.
I wouldn't go that far, by WRC+ Judge was a massive 43% better than Raleigh. 43% better than a guy that hit 60hrs, just let that sink in.
Raleigh had better defense and imo a better story. 60hrs is insane and from a catcher is even more wild. But even with pitch framing included, Judge put up better overall value
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:52 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:
no its not
Compared to baseball before advanced analytics, I absolutely find it boring.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:53 pm to facher08
well i dont
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:56 pm to DamnStrong
Pitching has evolved , hitting hasn't or cant after a certain plateau. The difficulty levels are completely different. Pitching has many variables that can be controlled to evolve, hitting doesn't.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 1:44 pm to monsterballads
This has been a fascinating thread for me. I don’t follow MLB that much anymore and my attitudes on baseball are still stuck in the 80s and 90s.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 2:16 pm to DamnStrong
Pitchers are fricking insane now.
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