2022 MLB age of the dead ball?

[LadyStanley]

Welcome to MLB's new dead ball era: How 2022 might change with the juiced ball gone

The baseball giveth and the baseball taketh away. As MLB hitters adjust to a newly deadened ball, who is most likely to succeed? And who's in trouble?

sports.yahoo.com

MLB has installed humidors at all ball parks. And a manufacturing changes has resulted in decrease in hits/runs to lowest this century.

Good for pitcher stats, not hitters.

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[OG6ix]

It's been brutal the last few years in terms of offense. If this is actually the case - ugh... it might become super unwatchable.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

I'd say its more a factor of the lockout and no spring training than the baseballs

 

[triggrman]

So batters might have to learn how to hit for contact again.......

 

[KevFu]

I'd say its more a factor of the lockout and no spring training than the baseballs

No, it's most definitely something with the baseballs. Yes, April and early May is the worst time for offense in an MLB season... usually because of weather. And of course abridged spring training is a factor -- although it should be more of a factor for PITCHERS than hitters.

But plenty of stats monkeys have done comparisons of distance on balls with the same Exit Velo/Launch Angle at same stadium in different years and seen a massive drop off in how far the balls are going.

Baseball Savant had this chart, and they only used INDOOR venues to remove weather as a factor:

This year you have 3 HR, 1 double, 3 fly outs.
Previous years it was 6 HR and 1 fly out.