Another No Hitter

[Really Clark?]

Yeah, the major leaguers lack skill.... solid argument there, genius. That's why runs have been going UP over the last decade. Again, the issue is not the lack of runs being scored... it's how the game is designed to get those runs. It's the environment in which these hitters operate. There is too much velocity, shift, and spin rate. Because of those factors the ability to get base hits have been lessened. To adjust, natural incentives have shifted to trying for HR and BB. This isn't a hard concept to understand. The same hitter that batted .300 in 2000 who took the same exact approaches would probably hit around .275 today. This means BB and HR are more valuable and must be prioritized to WIN GAMES. If you ban shifts, foreign substances, and move the mound back the INCENTIVES to not K and to get base hits would increase and thus you will get more base hits and less K's! This. Is. Not. Complicated.

You are stating runs are going up, which is true but there are historic cycles we can point to as well, but leaving that aside, if runs are going up shouldn?t you be looking at doing things to help the pitchers and defense not aid the hitters? Everything you want to do; move mound back, ban the shift, find ways to decrease spin rate are all things that would be advantageous to hitters and the biggest adjust they would have to make is waiting longer to read the pitch and spin. They wouldn?t change their approach.

We will see what happens come summer but so far it looks to be a pitchers year and runs are down on average this year but a lot ball left to be played.