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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2021 0:09:00 GMT
What is happening? Is this going to continue for the entire season?
.232- lowest BA since 1968
.699 - lowest OPS since 1992
24.6% - highest strikeout rate of all time!!!!
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Post by SportsFan19 on Apr 27, 2021 0:12:56 GMT
The third one probably will.
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Post by tristramshandy on Apr 27, 2021 0:19:26 GMT
Only two players for the Rangers - - Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Willie Calhoun - - have more hits than strike outs. The Rangers have 268 total bases for the year - - they have 236 total strike outs.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2021 0:30:27 GMT
The third one probably will. It's brutal watching this type of baseball sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2021 0:32:36 GMT
Only two players for the Rangers - - Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Willie Calhoun - - have more hits than strike outs. The Rangers have 268 total bases for the year - - they have 236 total strike outs. That stat is just plain sad and scary. Most teams preach trying to lift the ball over the shift. Is the shift the major problem?
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Post by SportsFan19 on Apr 27, 2021 0:41:14 GMT
Only two players for the Rangers - - Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Willie Calhoun - - have more hits than strike outs. The Rangers have 268 total bases for the year - - they have 236 total strike outs. That stat is just plain sad and scary. Most teams preach trying to lift the ball over the shift. Is the shift the major problem? No.
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Post by millar70 on Apr 27, 2021 0:43:55 GMT
There's a lot more talk about banning any kind of shifts. No more having 3 infielders on one side of the diamond.
As one talking head put it very wisely, "the shift isn't entertaining, it's no fun for the fans". Absolutely true.
The shift isn't the only problem, but it's the most fixable. Maybe lowering the strike zone might help as well. Also now it is being said that 80-90% of all pitchers are now using some kind of foreign substance to help with spinning the ball. Basically, we are in something similar to the steroid age, but for pitchers.
Something needs to be done. I'm a pitchers kind of fan who likes low scoring tight games, but now we have guys flirting with no-hitters basically every day. Baseball's not supposed to be this tilted towards one side.
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Post by SportsFan19 on Apr 27, 2021 0:51:33 GMT
There's a lot more talk about banning any kind of shifts. No more having 3 infielders on one side of the diamond. That, along with the current extra inning rule, would give MLB the title of "Stupidest Rules", easily taking the title away from the NHL. Learn it hit it the other way, you bunch of pussies. And yeah, crack down on the foreign substances, too.
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Post by Rufus-T on Apr 27, 2021 0:53:27 GMT
Only two players for the Rangers - - Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Willie Calhoun - - have more hits than strike outs. The Rangers have 268 total bases for the year - - they have 236 total strike outs. That stat is just plain sad and scary. Most teams preach trying to lift the ball over the shift. Is the shift the major problem? Hardly any player is hitting for contact anymore. Everyone swing wildly for the fence and doesn't affect them if they miss hitting the ball. The shift makes no difference if the hitter can not get the ball in play. The hitting mentality needs to be changed. Hitter may strike out less if they feel embarrassed about lots of strikeouts.
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Post by Rufus-T on Apr 27, 2021 0:56:05 GMT
There's a lot more talk about banning any kind of shifts. No more having 3 infielders on one side of the diamond. As one talking head put it very wisely, "the shift isn't entertaining, it's no fun for the fans". Absolutely true. The shift isn't the only problem, but it's the most fixable. Maybe lowering the strike zone might help as well. Also now it is being said that 80-90% of all pitchers are now using some kind of foreign substance to help with spinning the ball. Basically, we are in something similar to the steroid age, but for pitchers. Something needs to be done. I'm a pitchers kind of fan who likes low scoring tight games, but now we have guys flirting with no-hitters basically every day. Baseball's not supposed to be this tilted towards one side. If we count MadBum's 7 inning no-hitter, we have 3 in 3 weeks already. The Braves got only 1 hit in that entire double-header which MadBum pitched. It is not like the Braves are terrible hitting team.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2021 0:58:40 GMT
That stat is just plain sad and scary. Most teams preach trying to lift the ball over the shift. Is the shift the major problem? No. Inquiring minds need to know.
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Post by millar70 on Apr 27, 2021 1:03:57 GMT
There's a lot more talk about banning any kind of shifts. No more having 3 infielders on one side of the diamond. That, along with the current extra inning rule, would give MLB the title of "Stupidest Rules", easily taking the title away from the NHL. Learn it hit it the other way, you bunch of pussies. And yeah, crack down on the foreign substances, too. I agree with the whole "hit it to the opposite field where there is no one in position" thing, believe me, but apparently a lot of major league baseball players who are making millions of dollars don't have the ability to do that. So the shift stays, at least until they change the rules, which I believe will happen. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2021 1:07:37 GMT
There's a lot more talk about banning any kind of shifts. No more having 3 infielders on one side of the diamond. As one talking head put it very wisely, "the shift isn't entertaining, it's no fun for the fans". Absolutely true. The shift isn't the only problem, but it's the most fixable. Maybe lowering the strike zone might help as well. Also now it is being said that 80-90% of all pitchers are now using some kind of foreign substance to help with spinning the ball. Basically, we are in something similar to the steroid age, but for pitchers. Something needs to be done. I'm a pitchers kind of fan who likes low scoring tight games, but now we have guys flirting with no-hitters basically every day. Baseball's not supposed to be this tilted towards one side. At one time I was adamantly against it but the more I see I'm kind of liking the idea of an electronic strike zone. This year has been brutal from the games I've watched. The foreign substance thing is tricky to a certain degree. It's illegal. Should be enforced. On the other hand it keeps the hitters safer, especially in certain weather conditions. IMO the way MLB muds the balls is part of the problem. No consistency and each park is different. In Japan and China they actually manufacturer "pre mudded" balls.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2021 1:13:22 GMT
That stat is just plain sad and scary. Most teams preach trying to lift the ball over the shift. Is the shift the major problem? Hardly any player is hitting for contact anymore. Everyone swing wildly for the fence and doesn't affect them if they miss hitting the ball. The shift makes no difference if the hitter can not get the ball in play. The hitting mentality needs to be changed. Hitter may strike out less if they feel embarrassed about lots of strikeouts. I think that swinging wildly is part of the shift issue. Players trying to swing hard enough and lift the ball over the shift. This is what the teams are focusing on. As long as the teams keep paying for players whether they strike it or not it won't change. Seems most all teams now have this mentality.
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Post by SportsFan19 on Apr 27, 2021 1:17:14 GMT
Hardly any player is hitting for contact anymore. Everyone swing wildly for the fence and doesn't affect them if they miss hitting the ball. The shift makes no difference if the hitter can not get the ball in play. The hitting mentality needs to be changed. Hitter may strike out less if they feel embarrassed about lots of strikeouts. I think that swinging wildly is part of the shift issue. Players trying to swing hard enough and lift the ball over the shift. This is what the teams are focusing on. As long as the teams keep paying for players whether they strike it or not it won't change. Seems most all teams now have this mentality. Nah, they do that shift, or no shift.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2021 1:31:04 GMT
Shifts and strikeouts have been around forever but over the last 10 years the SO rate has risen along the shift rate.
No correlation?
I thinks it's also interesting that AVG fastball velocity has risen in the last several years but the number of fastballs has declined.
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Post by SportsFan19 on Apr 27, 2021 1:35:21 GMT
Shifts and strikeouts have been around forever but over the last 10 years the SO rate has risen along the shift rate. No correlation? I thinks it's also interesting that AVG fastball velocity has risen in the last several years but the number of fastballs has declined. No. SO's have been on the rise a lot longer than a decade. |
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Post by tristramshandy on Apr 27, 2021 1:39:26 GMT
One of the fun things about watching the Padres is that they play a lot of small ball. In the extra inning games, they are almost always willing to get the guy over to third and give up an out to do so. They have nine more steals than second place Kansas City and double up everybody except for the Royals, A's, and Rangers. They aren't just a jack it out or strike out team.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2021 1:46:02 GMT
No. SO's have been on the rise a lot longer than a decade. This is completely true but we have no actual way of knowing if one has anything to do with other. It may be a coincidence. Do you think it has anything to do with a lot of the hitting coaches being around during the HR steroid era or is this more of a team concept?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2021 1:54:59 GMT
One of the fun things about watching the Padres is that they play a lot of small ball. In the extra inning games, they are almost always willing to get the guy over to third and give up an out to do so. They have nine more steals than second place Kansas City and double up everybody except for the Royals, A's, and Rangers. They aren't just a jack it out or strike out team. I think that the teams that don't 100% buy into the "HR or nothing" concept are the teams who will succeed. The teams who are willing to cut down on the swing and go to opposite field on a 0-2 count will have more success. Funny you mention stolen bases. Over the last 10 years the amount of stolen bases and attempts have declined. A lot!
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