The theme of last week’s power rankings centered around the biggest surprises through the first quarter of the season, and we half-jokingly wondered whether we’d really see 16 no-hitters this year, as was the pace at the time. Seven days later, that would-be record total seems rather quaint.
Somehow, two more no-hitters were added to the list in the days that followed. At this rate, we’d have 21 by the end of the season, which would laughably shatter the previous record of eight. The barrage of no-hitters has led to something of an existential crisis throughout the game that surely won’t slow down anytime soon.