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On this article, I’m exploring tendencies affecting baseball in 2023 that had been underreported. You may not find out about them. So I’m telling you them.
Right here’s what we lined within the first article:
- Batters proceed to get hit at a near-record tempo.
- Place participant strikeout charges hit an all-time excessive.
- The shift ban resulted in fewer balls in play than in 2022, the third-lowest ever.
- Stolen bases, and the stolen base success fee, had been up sharply, however some groups went the wrong way.
I’m going to wrap up with three enjoyable ones. Reminder that I’m excluding 2020.
We might have turned a nook in reliever utilization. It appeared had been inexorably headed towards a recreation through which groups used 3.5 relievers per recreation, every throwing one inning. That development’s turned.
