Have not followed baseball in years, I can’t believe what I’m seeing with these batters??

How are all these games flying over the totals?

.162 the Tigers shmuck who just struck out is batting .162 Lol how is he in the major leagues ?

.157

.219

does anyone bat over .250 anymore? Holy shit.

Well, pitchers are now checked for sticky stuff and during the summer time, balls just carry harder... 

I think that the new rules took a lot of tools out of the hands of pitchers. One of the biggest assets they always possessed is they control the game. Nothing happens until the ball leaves their hand. Now with the timer, automatic ball, how many people they have to pitch to before getting pulled, etc, etc, etc the batter has more control so more runs. Also batters get paid for the long ball not putting the ball in play. So its a lot of all or nothing swings.

Understood but these batting averages are pathetic? You wouldn’t last in the major leagues batting under .200

@jesron1269

Agreed, the timer is playing a big role on these pitchers along with sticky stuff checkups. Well, it makes sense as MLB implemented the new rule to reduce game time, and support more runs along with extra large pizza box base plates to attract more viewers. I remember Redsox v Yankees games lasting 4+ hours at minimum. By the way, small ball is dead in the MLB. Onlly Asian countries, especially Japan and South Korea continue to apply team sacrifice for team victory mantra. 

@ActionMagnet

 That’s not just this year. That’s been tolerated for the last few years all over the league. They have nobody to replace them. Hell, they had to ban the shift because these “Major Leaguers” are incapable of hitting the ball to the opposing field, something we knew how to do before we entered Pony League. Analytics have totally ruined this sport…All these guys do is strikeout with their launch angles.

*opposite field…

The greatest baseball was during the steroid era.

If you think these batting averages are pathetic, wait until you check out these relief pitchers. MLB refers to their sport as “The Show”, when it should be labeled as “The $hit Show”…..

All sports have changed, the same goes with betting. How many of you guys are still doing the majority of your bets pre game? In play is where the money is these days.

@OneWayOut

 100%. It's too bad really. There was more to the game when it was "simpler." It's not your Daddy's baseball anymore, the game I played growing up.