An interesting article about more and more pitchers touching 100 mph, and the outfits training all these guys thinks they can get even faster.
The article is correct, in my opinion, that it is putting baseball into a death spiral. I know the metrics crowd likes anything that increases win probabilities, but I'm convinced that the average fan wants to see the ball put in play, wants to see action. Twenty to thirty strikeouts a game is boring. The authors of the article point out that fans want more action in a short time, and the current trend in MLB is less action in a longer time.
The article is correct, in my opinion, that it is putting baseball into a death spiral. I know the metrics crowd likes anything that increases win probabilities, but I'm convinced that the average fan wants to see the ball put in play, wants to see action. Twenty to thirty strikeouts a game is boring. The authors of the article point out that fans want more action in a short time, and the current trend in MLB is less action in a longer time.
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