The new rule changes were thought to help increase offense and action, but early trends this season show a reversal in these areas
When Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball instituted the pitch clock , placed limitations on defensive shifts, and made moves to increase base stealing, it's not likely that they anticipated a decrease in scoring in 2024. But in fact, run scoring is down 0.18 runs per game across MLB compared to last season. That's about a 4% reduction in runs.
All comparisons in this article are covering the first 744 team games last year with the first 742 this year. So it's apples to apples, so to speak. It should also be noted that full scoring was 4.28 R/G in 2022 and jumped to a year-end 4.62 last year in the first year under the new rules. But the trends causing lower scoring appear to have resumed.Below are the comparative batting averages and OPS for April 2023 vs. April 2024.
It's good to keep these numbers in mind when looking over player statistics. The environment, or context has changed rapidly. Whenever possible you should refer to metrics like OPS+ or ERA+, which measure a player's output against the league average, and adjust for ballparks as well. 100 is considered league average, and the higher the better.
Clearly the leagues efforts to increase base hits on balls in play through the elimination of the shift has not worked. A side note of interest is that in early 2023 is that 6.9% of runs scored were unearned. That percentage has jumped to 10.3% in 2024. The increase in runs, as well as the decrease in batting average and BABIP could be partly attributed to more errors.
As a side note, it's entirely possible that the perceived increase in pitcher injuries, especially since 2020-21, may very well be due to the increased use of sliders and cutters. That topic is not within the scope of this analysis, but it's a thread I might pull on at a later time.
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