His statcast page is a horror show too. Still hoping its just a really bad slump and he turns it around again. Was hoping he'd polish off his HoF resume to close out his contract.
It's shocking that MLB isn't competent enough to provide the players with a consistent ball. Well, not shocking if you're familiar with MLB, but a major sports league struggling to provide a reliable ball is absurd.
People are complaining on Twitter, but is it actually a problem if the league slash line goes from like 245/320/415 in the last few years to like 235/310/380? And it wouldn't be just the ball - sign stealing has effectively been eliminated.
Maybe we actually see a return of all-fields contact approaches from smaller guys and more base stealing if the Kevin Pillars and Jonathan Villars of the world can't jack 20-30 homers trying to pull the ball in the air every time they swing.
People need to talk more about game times. Last night was glorious:
LAD-ARZ - 2H33
CLE-LAA - 2H22
TOR-BOS - 2H16
7 games on the schedule, and three were finished in the time it would take for a Hallady vs. Buehrle game to finish.