Even though the Reds are struggling this year, it’s an exiting time to be a baseball fan: teams are using new defensive formations around the diamond, new hitting strategies are emerging, and some teams are learning that people see what you do while browsing the internets!
The “big picture” trends in baseball are well known: pitchers are throwing harder than ever before, hitters are becoming an endangered species, and teams are placing players in strange new configurations. The result of these trends is also well known: baseball is feeling a bit “run down”.
It is rumored that MLB is considering a few options to correct for the decline in offense, including lowering the mound (something that has not happened since 1968).