Much of the discussion concerning launch angle this season is how it has changed the game, and not necessarily for the better. Shifts lead to more uppercut swings, which lead to more high fastballs, which combine to increase whiffs and strikeouts, all of which decrease the number of balls in play.
It’s generally a less compelling way to play baseball, even if each individual adjustment to what came before it increases a player’s chance of succeeding.
Every column and TV segment bemoaning the evolving game and recommending fixes ignore the fact that some players have remade themselves amid this launch angle revolution, morphing themselves from middling performers into breakouts.