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THE SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers
The Saturday Survey offers the opportunity to weigh in on a relevant topic.
So here is a poll to gauge the pulse of our passionate readers.
Today, we center the discussion on the factors that could be causing the rise of no-hitters and the fall of the league batting average.
As always, we welcome your comments, so please vote and then submit your reasons (4 sentences max!) for how you voted in the usual comment box. Don?t forget to come back later and view the results!
The Detroit Tigers are hitting .224 as a team and ranked #26 in all of MLB (through Thursday?s games). But they are not the only team struggling with their offensive numbers.
All 30 teams are hitting a collective .236. Offensive numbers are down for everyone. For the most part, MLB has been averaging around .255 each year until recently when they started dipping into the mid-high .240?s.
But we?re also seeing the rise of the no-hitter this year. Six of them in just 7 weeks. And strikeouts are on the rise with a full 25% of all at-bats this year resulting in K?s.
Theories as to why this is happening abound. Some explanations include:
1. Pitchers are bigger (thus shortening the distance to home plate and reaction time) and throwing harder.
2. Offensive strategies are more focused on pushing launch angles and HRs.
3. Analytics information favors pitchers over hitters.
4. MLB ?deadened? the baseball this year.
Your mission today? Select the single best option you feel is contributing the most to the decline in offensive numbers. Selecting ?all? is not an option!
