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Changing the pitcher/hitter interaction to get more balls in play is way, way more difficult than people give it credit for.
Worth it to keep testing ideas like this.
Tough part is how to get more balls in play without significantly more runs.
MLB's testing of new outfield positional rules in Arizona seems to be working exactly as intended.
Offense is WAY up.
Is that a good thing?
baseballamerica.com/stories/…
This piece is good & I know it says ‘generalization’ but I would pump the breaks a lot that because pulling the ball airside is good means every ball should be.
Social media isn’t always what’s going on in the cage.
This is still going lol
Weighted balls added 3.3% pitch velocity in a 6-week RCT of 38 pitchers ages 13 to 18. The same group had a 24% injury rate: 4 elbow injuries, 2 during the program and 2 the following season. The control group throwing regulation balls had zero injuries. Shoulder external rotation rose 4.3 degrees in the weighted group.
Strong foundational strength levels (balanced #90mphformula metrics) and full arm and body assessment should be a precursor to high intent overload balls.
Low key it’s more interesting & underrated that scouting is what’s mentioned.
Way under discussed the tension that still can exist between scouts, coaches & analyst and who gets credit or blame for performance.
Would go as far to say that is the tension between old/new school.
We’ve spent years talking about the Dodgers payroll, but are we asking the WRONG question?
Milwaukee, Tampa Bay, Cleveland… year after year, these organizations find ways to compete without spending like the giants.
At what point do big-market teams stop obsessing over analytics and start POACHING the scouts from these organizations?
Maybe the biggest competitive advantage in baseball isn’t payroll. It’s knowing how to IDENTIFY TALENT that can compete when the lights are the brightest?..
Remember like 10 years ago people were still questioning if velocity could be developed.
Now it seems very reasonable to draft/acquire a decent stuff good command guy and get him to throw harder & tweak the stuff.
Bunch of information on what does/doesn’t work in the later now.
Idk man, sometimes things are that clear and I would say that experimenting with things is a positive.
Would be easier to just make the ball 6 oz instead of 5.
You can make the bases bigger, tell the defense where to play, control the pick off attempts, but none of that can help a human react and handle the pitching stuff that we’re seeing in today’s game. At some point, we’ll have to move the mound back. #1890
Depends if they’re winning or losing 🙃
Hitters have always adjusted. Just a nature of the sport.
The hitters ‘offense’ is at mercy of what pitch the defense (pitchers) throws and where they stand.
Changing defense runs makes it easier for hitters to get hits where they did in the past, what fans seem to ask for.
