Posted by tecwrg on 5/21/2014 2:28:00 PM (view original):
Posted by bad_luck on 5/21/2014 2:23:00 PM (view original):
Posted by tecwrg on 5/21/2014 2:05:00 PM (view original):
Maybe he's, you know, actually WATCHING MLB baseball games.
It's no surprise to anybody who actually watches MLB games that players have changed their approach to hitting over the years.
The top 15 all-time single season strikeout totals for hitters have come over the past 10 completed seasons. And 31 of the top 50.
I watch baseball games. Yes, the overall hitting approach has changed.
The top 15 all-time single season strikeout totals for hitters have come over the past 10 completed seasons. And 31 of the top 50.
So what? An out is an out.
Except when an out is a productive out as opposed to a non-productive out.
Do we have to go through this again?
Sometimes an out in play is a small gain over a strikeout. Other times, it's a huge negative. Most of the time, it's no better, no worse.
We know it evens out over the course of the year and that there is no correlation between team run scoring and team strikeouts.