The New Deadball

pokey_reese

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Sprowl said:
The new deadball: fewer home runs but just as many runs? Drop in a link, if you have one.
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Here is the link, but there is a paywall:
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/66204/moonshot-this-baseball-isnt-what-mlb-said-it-would-be/

Introductory paragraph:
"The first few weeks of the season have produced some outlandish statistics, from the highest spin rate ever to the lowest batting average ever to eye-popping speeds off the bat. As has become the rolling tagline of the last half decade, the ball is once again to blame for most of the outliers we’re observing. What the league told us would be a deadened baseball is instead livelier than ever off the bat but dying quickly before it gets over the fence. Though it doesn’t align with the changes MLB said they planned to make, this new iteration of the ball has the chance to break the records for home runs per batted ball and push the game into an even more dinger-dependent state."
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edoug

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"a deadened baseball is instead livelier than ever off the bat but dying quickly before it gets over the fence."
"this new iteration of the ball has the chance to break the records for home runs per batted ball"

So which is it? Or are they predicting a huge increase in inside the parkers?
 
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koufax32

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edoug said:
"a deadened baseball is instead livelier than ever off the bat but dying quickly before it gets over the fence."
"this new iteration of the ball has the chance to break the records for home runs per batted ball"

So which is it? Or are they predicting a huge increase in inside the parkers?
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Maybe implying a record number of 378 foot home runs?
 
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