For the fourth week in a row, MLB offense came in at over nine runs per game. Through 17 weeks, 2018 is still running behind 2018, but the gap narrowed a bit. The 2018 season is producing 8.90 runs per game, compared to 9.33 runs per game through 17 weeks of the 2017 season. (All comparisons are through 17 weeks.) One piece of good news is that strikeouts are coming down. In April games were seeing 17.5 K per game, in July 16.6 K per game. We may in fact be seeing the adjustment people want, with more batters trying to put the ball in play. I even saw Bryce Harper get an infield hit yesterday by taking an easy swing on a two strike pitch and grounding the ball to where the shortstop should be. By the time the third baseman got to the ball, Harper was safe. I’ve even seen two hit and runs this week.
That said, all hits are still down 0.5 per game compared to last season. It’s good to see that some adjustments are happening.
from baseballmusings.com https://ift.tt/2v1qEPj
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