All or Nothing Approach

Has baseball become more exciting or has it become a "what the fans want sport?" Over the years the MLB has made several changes to the rules to speed up the game and make it more enjoyable for fans at the games. For example, the MLB implemented a pitching clock to control how much time the pitcher has to execute a pitch. The average baseball fan in our modern era wants to see two things when watching a baseball game and that's home runs and strikeouts. Oddly enough the game of baseball has shifted from a contact league to a power or nothing league.

Over the past couple of years baseballs have been flying out of MLB stadiums like never before. Rookies, like Aaron Judge, are entering the league with a home run or nothing approach. Last year the MLB seen its first season where players hit over 6,000 home runs in a season.

With the increase in home runs the tradeoff of the all or nothing approach has been the rise of strikeouts. Since 2013, the strikeout rate has risen over 3 percent the average rate.

These results have not necessarily been a bad thing in the eyes of baseball fans because thats what they want to see.

It's exciting to see a batter hit a mammoth home run into the 2nd deck or for a pitcher to have 15 strikeouts. It's pure entertainment. Another trends that have seen a significant rise in the MLB is pitching velocity. In todays modern era of baseball it has become rare to see a pitcher come into the game that doesn't throw 94 mph or below. This has made a snowball effect for lower amateur levels of recruiting baseball players.

Should all this be a major a concern for the future of baseball or is this all a good thing? We like to say this will be good for the game of baseball. Who doesn't like seeing home runs right?

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