MLB Baseball's Are "Dead" Today, and You're Not Imagining It 

The mariners are going to use this video to justify why they've so terrible at offense 💀

Glad the Mariners can blame their putrid offense on dead balls and not cheap ownership (says with obvious sarcasm).

I don't have an issue with a new version of the "dead ball" I DO have a major problem that MLB has THREE different types of baseball and there is no consistency in which group of ball is being used in a given game. With how cozy MLB is with Vegas and gambling do you REALLY think the MLB cares about the integrity of the game!???

Meanwhile Aaron Judge: 🗿

At this point last season 1200 more runs had been scored :o 1200!!!

I will say, Kwan completely readjusted his approach in the offseason to add more pop. He’s swinging and missing a lot more in order to hit for more power

Would love to see an anlaysis of the change in pitchers' "stuff" over the last few years. With the rise of the splitter and ever increasing velo, I wonder what effect that could be having. Also, when they look at expected distance, do they take into effect wind or humidity at all? Or do they just assume that should all even out.

Only problem is the drag coefficient, arguably the best statistical evidence that can be deduced purely by Statcast data on balls in play, has been unchanged from last year.

After watching the Brave's issues all year and so many HR die at the track, we all said this was the issue. I'm glad you put the data together, because I was sick of people trying to down play this because they hate Atlanta.

"It's all a theory, a baseball...... Nevermind"

It's hard to say the ball is "dead" if you lived through 2014. Or frankly any time before 1996.

damn 👎 baseball deserves a consistent ball

When Judge and Shohei are still league leading hitters, I don't think we're existing in a world where power hitters can't play their game. A ball that appears to also be rewarding contact hitters doesn't seem like a bad thing to me, batted balls in play are where so much of the fun of baseball lies. I'm not saying the balance is where it should be right now, but I just think you're trying to paint this as unquestionably a bad thing and I think there are pros and cons.

What then do we make of Judge's season? Best of all time relative to ball?

in my opinion I believe that MLB should start producing a more juiced ball, not as insane as 2019, but something to increase offence through xbh. however I believe that if they make a more juiced ball, they need to come up with a formula for some sort of substance to give pitchers more grip on the ball. in case anyone from the MLB is reading this, baseball is more exciting when the top pitchers are actually pitching instead of constantly being shut down due to TJ

good video man but slow the speech down a little and move the mic back a bit, it's hard to understand what's being said sometimes

why on earth would the league want to hurt the game by taking away the most exciting part of it

It might have been dead till May (around 800) but since June the HR is on par with 22,23 season (around 900-1000) feel like they fixed the problem now

Braves have had a lot more issues than the balls but Been saying this since 2nd week of season. Truist become a known hitters park but first weekend set guys where getting all the right ext velocity and launch angles but balls would be short of the track. Even the announcers were making comments on why the balls whereby going further.

And yet Aaron Judge has 41 home runs on August 3rd.

Lower seams increases offense in two ways: Less drag, longer flight Less break or movement on the pitch, easier to hit.

I watch the clips of all the batter balls in this video, and I’m not seeing many that deserve to be better than fly out. They’re high fly balls to the deepest parts of the park. Some of them are on bad swings, and obviously not squared up. I’m not really seeing an issue here, those swings don’t deserve to be homers

They should just keep a consistent ball. 2019 guys were hitting bombs to opposite field on what looks like it should have been pop flys.

I bet the Yankees are still getting the "Goldy Locks" balls

If it's an expected stat how do we know it's not the computing of that stat is wrong?

The league messes with the ball every single year, this is not new news

Been watching you since 2018 when you only made highlights, you have come a long way. I am happy to be a og fan

The Mariners play in a cavernous park. If they played in Yankee Stadium, their OPS would increase by 200.

the MLB has historically messed around with when they decomission balls. so a new Dead Ball era is not unprecedented.

Wish they would stop trying to manufacture the game. Let the players do their thing and adjust.

2:26 bro, you just showed the xSLG vs SLG being negative in 2023, it's not the first year

Home runs are definitely down this year from last year. I live in MA and started betting last season, I can clearly see the difference. Last year there were 5,868 homers between the NL and AL. This year to this point there have been 3,773, and I highly doubt there will be 2k+ hit for the remainder of the season. It's going to finish way under, though they have picked up since July, just not close to the pace needed to meet last year's totals.

Whoa...I watch your vids despite barely following baseball, and the stats were coming hard and fast there for a bit. How are all of these "expected" stats being calculated? It doesn't effect your argument in this vid at all, but maybe an idea for an easy (for you) video would be to explain some of these more advanced metrics for people like me that aren't as familiar, but still love sports stats. I just get uncomfortable when I don't know exactly how some of the stats are calculated, even if they are common parlance to you.

Shouldn’t this be able to be measured? If balls are being hit just as hard but not going as far we should be able to calculate drag and bounce?

They will liven up in playoffs. Watch

It's not the ball, the outfielders are just playing much deeper this year. Batters have been focusing on launch angle and slugging so teams have started to control what they can and that is "prevent the extra base hit". That's why we've seen an increase in bloop base hits (which matches up with your "who's slugging above expected" players). Balls that would either go deep into the gap or over the OF's heads are now just singles or caught at the track. Slugging percentage goes down when this occurs.

I honestly knew I wasn't crazy. Those balls are definitely dead right now. I've seen guys whose swings I've been watching for years change nothing and not drop off the production cliff but notice a big dip this year. Idk if it's because of the new Pitching talent. Idk if it's because of the juiced ball allegations. It just feels and looks weird. However, I have noticed a slight shift towards the hitters adjusting as the year has progressed. It's still not great, but I think we'll see the overall curve of the line to rise post all star and trade deadline this year. Maybe I'm crazy.

Youre telling me Juan Soto should be even better than he is? Thats crazy

Never before? You have heard of the deadball era right?

The mariners being cheap isn’t completely their fault. A big part of why they had to sign lesser free agents and spend less money is because of RSNs losing a ton of money

Humidors don't necessarily make balls "wet." I'm sure they can be adjusted over a wide range of humidities, even to make the balls uniformly dry.

Not sure I believe it. Baltimore moved it's short porch back quite a bit, and they are nuking the ball this season like never before

BEST CHANNEL ON RU-vid KEEP IT UP❤️⚾️

This should be as big a scandal as the Black Sox

Now try to imagine ball manufacturer consistency in the 20s or 40s 😂

I love flyouts. Homeruns are boring. I like watching good fielding and runners trying to make their way from base to base. Steals, pickoffs, double plays, rundowns. That's baseball. As soon as a ball goes over the fence, I'm heading for a hotdog or to the men's room. I can likely make it without missing much.

You insinuate that the late 90's power spike was due to PED use. But the efficient cause is a live ball.

"At the top of the league right now are the Orioles, the Yankees, the Dodgers, and the Braves" Me, a Phillies fan: ????

Really fascinating. I always thought the humidity just meant a normal ball traveled further in the air, hence Fulton County Stadium being called the launching pad. I didn't realize it had an effect on the balls themselves. I do remember the temperature being a big thing because well it was a bit before my time I remember in 1967 the White Sox would store balls in the freezer. I guess you could say in baseball is with anything it's not just the heat it's the humidity. :-)

It's also way down in NPB

This is baseball trying to tell the players to stops trying to swing for the fences all the time. It is time to bring back the level swings and value batting average again.

Judge already hit 40 homer’s I think the ball is fine the true power hitters in baseball will at least hit 30 plus.

A baseball theory…

I’d be curious to see how the guardians compare to previous years.

I was betting those overs and chaching... now with lack of homers means less consistent runs, so now there is no telling if a game is gonna go over or under the spread.

Kwan is just good

But doesn't Stephen Kwan currently have twice the number of home runs than in previous full season years?

Good video

Imagine what Judge and Ohtani could be doing?

Controversial topic. Im not touching that with a 10 foot pole

You need to apologize to my boy austin barnes 😤 hes batting .270

So just how many HRs would Judge have with a livelier ball?

always the braves

I don’t get what all this “dead ball” talk is all about. It’s clearly just the marine layer and it’ll be cleared up by July!

Well, they cheaped out on the uniforms, so would you put cheaping out on the baseballs past them?

I think mlb would be more likely to juice the balls to increase offense for new fans. Only established fans care to see pitchers duel.

Oh, man. I don't miss the shift (4:15). Not even a little bit...☺ Funny how all of this is happening under the watch of Manfred.

If a team is 24 points below expected, it's .024, not .24. :-)

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is batting .714 with 5 hits, a homer, 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored in 2 games this month. -statmuse omg guys its august and offense is back!!! /s

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Tatis hasn't played since, when? Was it even this season. Barely feels like it.

Aaron Judge doesn’t think the balls are dead

The BRAVES?!?!?! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Next he'll say Babe Ruth couldn't hit today.

Someone should let judge and ohtani know

Meanwhile Cleveland Guardians

Pardon my lack of understanding here with how batting stats are calculated, but couldn't we plot out exit velocity and trajectory as a function of recorded distance to isolate the effects of the ball per year (even per month if we want that level of granularity)? Exit velocity and trajectory are pretty much calculated at impact while distance should be once it lands right? Or is distance sort of "predicted" based on those impact metrics? Feel like it wouldn't be too hard if we had flight time/distance data to see if the balls did anything different across seasons/months.

3:20 What??? Where are the Guardians???

How does something nonexistent die?

So literally everyone is sleeping on the guards… okay

"The Oddball Conspiracy"

As a Yankees fan idk if this applies to judge or Soto tbh

I mean take a look at the entire guardians team.

They're not juiced anymore.

Love this

Are you forgetting the tenth place when you mention these stats? .071

Dead today, juiced tomorrow 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Check which young position players are up for arbitration or new contracts this off-season. A bad offensive year could save the owners a few pretty pennies.

They did change the mud source

COR stands for core of restitution

There not it’s just pitchers are getting betyer

A BASEBALL THEORY

love your content, but i wish youd slow your speech down some. Theres no reason to talk/read the script so fast

Your microphone is too close to your mouth, it feels like you are spitting in my ear.

goodgriefthis guyreallyknows how tospeakunintelligibly fast. Evenwhenyou slowitdown youstillcan't undstandwaword hesays. Thisiswhy I can't tolerate Artificial Illiteracy. It's either painfully slow with pauses as pregnant as elephants or speechsofast you can'ttellwhereoneword ends andthenext begins.

Air is denser this year due to wildfires over the past couple of years... hahahha.

Global warming.

Dead balls are boring, keep them juiced. I want baseball scores to look like football.

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Sounds a little too tinfoil hat