The past few MLB seasons have seen so many things change that it’s making it extremely difficult for analysts to keep up. We track launch angles and exit velocities, then the league alters the baseball. We dig into spin rates, MLB cracks down on sticky stuff.
We take deep dives into sprint speeds and spray charts, but next season the rules change to make the bases larger and outlaw the shift.
It’s enough to drive one … batty.
Then again, one of the reasons baseball is so compelling is that we never know what can happen.