MLB has a bad, boring baseball problem that's only getting worse.. has analytics ruined the game?

[Rekkapryde]

Oh I agree fully. The problem is that every team wants to copy that not realizing they don't have a Steph, Klay or Durant. In the past you'd have more teams saying I got these big men so I'm just going to cancel that out by beating that ass on the inside. Now you even got teams like the Pelicans with two great big men playing outside in.

Yup. The shyt ain't gonna last forever and changes will be made.

 

[yseJ]

And people forget that. Only a couple of years ago we were talking about the comeback of the pitcher and how KC was bringing back old school baseball because they didn’t hit home runs. What Manfred is finding out is that fans hate defense. There’s fans who love pitching duel, but this is a country which functions primarily on scoring and half of the aspect that makes baseball great is frowned upon. The shift has nothing to do with why players strike out, but it kills those extra runs.

even people who say love pitching duel only mean the extremes

they will love a kershaw 8.2ip, 4 hits, 13k, 0-1 er game

but random two pitchers who pitch 7 innings, give up 7-8 hits, get 4ks and 1-2ERs is not a 'duel' anymore and holds little interest, but the pitchers still pitched extremely well

defense will never be as interesting to an average fan. and in sports where defense can and does play a huge part thats a 'problem' for an average fan

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Forget the innings.

Time it. Two 30 minute halves.

Road team bats the first half. Home team bats the 2nd half.


Just call me Commissioner