Things were looking dicey for a while, but offense has come back to Major League Baseball. Almost everywhere you look, hitters are hitting again.
But why the "almost," you ask? Because behind the plate is a place, and it's where hitters are still in a rut.
It's easy to miss that in light of how much offense has come roaring back in 2015 and 2016. The league followed a .700 OPS in 2014, its lowest since 1989, with a .721 OPS in 2015. In 2016, the league's OPS is up to .739, its highest since 2009.